Who do you think would struggle to dominate 2010s division(s) among the very best ever in terms of resume? Here is McGrain top 30 P4P list (which is outstanding BTW): 01 - Sam Langford 02 - Harry Greb 03 - Sugar Ray Robinson 04 - Henry Armstrong 05 - Ezzard Charles 06 - Bob Fitzsimmons 07 - Muhammad Ali 08 - Joe Gans 09 - Joe Louis 10 - Roberto Duran. 11 - Benny Leonard 12 - Mickey Walker 13 - Willie Pep 14 - Barney Ross 15 - Archie Moore 16 - Ray Leonard 17 - George Dixon 18 - Terry McGovern 19 - Packey McFarland 20 - Pernell Whitaker 21 - Tony Canzoneri 22 - Jimmy McLarnin 23 - Sandy Saddler 24 - Stanley Ketchel 25 - Charley Burley 26 - Holman Williams 27 - Billy Conn 28 - Gene Tunney 29 - Roy Jones 30 - Joe Walcott
All have a good chance, but the only one I'd pick to not be elite is George Dixon, just based on the fact his best wins came around 118 But that's Inoue's domain
I dont know damn near anything about Dixon and only started reading tid bits about McGovern so far so that disqualifies me there. The only guy I may take issue with is Ketchel. Big Big power but does he have the ring craft to land it against the more mobile guys today??
We are taking a lot on trust with the old timers so I'm going to go with Dixon.Maybe McGovern and Fitz.
The sport has evolved and changed so much over the past 100+ years that I don’t see any reason to assume that even the most accomplished swashbucklers of the early years would dominate.
For those who probably would be the most unlikely to dominate in this decade, I would pick: Fitz Dixon McFarland Ketchel Walcott
They'd make excellent fights, imagine Wallcott vs Porter (personally I'd see it as a missmatch but a great clash of styles) Fitzsimmons vs Canelo (another I'd say is a missmatch but a great fight) Ketchel vs GGG (oml this one would be incredible) McFarland vs Lomachenko would be a technical masterpiece And we could even have Ketchel vs Fitzsimmons
No Porter fight could possibly be a great clash of styles. His style is awful. Watching him hurts the eyes more than accidentally rubbing your eyes after picking peppers.
Neither does Roy Jones, Pernell Whitaker, Joe Walcott, Stanley Ketchel or Sandy Saddler imo but it's not are list And he belongs there more than Marciano does
