Which fighter has gone up most in your rankings, due to your time on this site?

I don't make lists, so it's harder for me to say "Oh yeah; this guy's gone up substantially in my estimation." It's more a question of realizing on a much more general level how good they really were.

Olivares, before the advent of youtube (and Raging B()ll) was to me the prototypical Mexican KO artist; big left hook, just wading through guys. I found in watching film of him since joining ESB that he was actually a very sound boxer, very well-schooled and savvy. The power was just a plus.


Conversely, heavyweights in general have gone down the shitter in my view since watching so much footage of other weights.

 

seeing as how this forum just ranked him by consensus as the greatest heavyweight of all time i'm a little confused here

 

Loads, as I wasn't very knowledgable at all when I first came here.

Larry Holmes would be a big one. I didn't really know much about his era or achievements at all before coming here.

 

I hear ya man. The way he just bobs his head an inch or 2 outta range everytime is an art in itself. Never see it now

 

It would have to be Napoles and Charles for me ... you knew about them, but you didn't watch as much footage as you should've, that is until you started seeing their names pop up time and time again.

I'd certainly be inclined to call them two of the most effective fighters to ever be captured on film.

 

i haven't read many threads extolling ali's no. 1 spot.

 

Bob Fitzsimmons.

 

never knew just how good harry greb was until i spent time on here...heard guys mention him and then researched him.

 

Anybody who fought or can in any way be reasonable related to my favourites.

 

Ezzard Charles, Barney Ross, and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad are the prominant ones but dozens of others to some degree or an other.

 

A ton of guys, but to throw one name out there I'll go with Jack Dempsey. I was basically a blank slate when I got here. Now it's just a slate covered with gibberish; I'm not sure which I prefer.

 

He's referring to the pretty vocal minority that backs Mr. Barrow as the once and future king of the mountain.

Of course, that vocal minority consists of pretty much just reznick & me, but...

 

Luis Manuel Rodriguez.

When I came onto this site, I thought of him primarily as one of Griffith and Napoles's opponents, much like people think of Esteban deJesus only as an accessory to the career of Roberto Duran.

Now I rank Rodriguez higher than Napoles and at least as high as Griffith.

 

boxing ability the better brother is khaokor but khaosai done all that any boxer could do against the opposition put in the ring with in his tittle years he beat all challengers . no matter what you think of the quality of opposition he retired undefeated champion and showed that he was able to stay focused enough to do so. should lewis of lost to rahman or mccall

 

Without a doubt, for me it is Bob Fitzsimmons.

Next would probably be Greb, followed by many others. In fact, i think most champions have gone up, and very few have gone down, if that is possible.