Precisely! And based on agreeing with that one thing I’ll assume you too also believe “Big” James > 70s GF and invite you to feel superior at the expense of every biped’s patience.
- 15 rounds fights should be back - boxing gloves for hw should be 6 oz - No antidoping (better recovery)
Carlos Monzon is the greatest middleweight head to head of all time. Julio Cesar Chavez was the greatest fighter of his generation. Sam McVea would have creamed Tommy Burns.
Chavez might have been the greatest fighter of his generation, but his loss to Whitaker is too hard to look past. Not to mention, Arizmendi is greater.
I find it extremely tough to compare fighters across different era's. It hard enough predicting fights in the same era let alone comparisons of fighters several decades. You should say there are standouts but for me there was never one guy who was way above the rest at least in my opinion which I imagine is in the minority.
I just researched it on a site called boxrec.com. It turns out that Whitaker only managed a draw against Chavez, not a win. So, he struggled with a past it, over-his-best-weight Chavez. That actually is a feather in Whitaker's cap, to do that well against an ATG, even one who was past his pull date.
I thought Hughie Fury would be among the best heavyweights in world and would be heavyweight champion someday back around the 2016-2017 times but that went south big time.
I think a surprising # of fighters have better pure resumes than Chavez - for example, Fritzie Zivic has wins over Burley, Armstrong x2, & LaMotta. Chavez has a lot of wins over very good-to-near great fighters, but is lacking wins over true greats IMO. H2h, I wouldn't rule out that Hearns beats any ww not named Sugar Ray. Unfortunately for him, he shared a division w/ 1 of those Rays, but still succeeded in outfighting him most of the way before being stopped late. While I agree that Hearns' actual achievements @ww may leave something to be desired compared to other ATGs, a blowout of long-reigning titlist/hofer Cuevas + other wins over ex-titlist Espada & perennial contenders like Shields, Gray, & Weston are collectively nothing to sneeze @ either. Even just judging pure achievements, I don't think he falls short of fighters like Curry or Spence.
Marciano's skillset gets underrated a little bit I think. I think most people rank him in the top 10 heavyweights and many have him in the top 5 or even top 3 but it's just with the opinion many feel he would be too small for later era's despite his achievements.
Oh I'm not talking about their fight, I'm talking about their coke snort-off. But seriously, Whitaker is the best fighter of Chavez's generation. That fight was as close to a shut out than a draw.