Done! (though you never feel especially comfortable with these lists).
I knocked this up rather hastily, just now...I've developed a similar list in the past, but this one has most of the core names, though the orders...
Sounds like an interesting read. Still around?
Charles could have a case made in his name for being in the top-ten pound-for-pound of all-time. He is a shoo-in for the top-twenty. How many...
It is a fact of the division, but it is not a fact of Rahman. Not at all. It's not significant Rahman never did this, before or since? Well, I...
Rahman never, "sparked" a single quality fighter the way he did Lewis, before or since. Why? Well, for one, he was just a rather poor fighter...
Well, you asked. All I can do is say what I saw. I think Tyson puts him to sleep, but that's my take.
The loss to Rahman. I didn't think he was really out. I think he packed it in as a combination of poor conditioning & a good, solid shot.
I consider heart an in-ring function. He took on all-comers, & no one can take that from Lennox Lewis. However, what happened with Rahman was...
That's a good post & I can certainly agree with the most of it. You are right --- Tyson never bested an elite level opponent --- I simply watch...
Speed still kills for me, in this match-up. Tyson to find his man wanting & knock him out.
George Foreman's competition was pretty decent when he first met Joe Frazier. "Pretty decent," is positively light-years removed from what Joe...
Langford could have started his career at Strawweight. He was still more live than Holyfield, who beat Valuev. He wins.
There are many. You under-estimate the true depth of Boxing's history.
The counter-claim to that being how glorious one can look on hi-def TV network, as opposed to hand-cranked, early 20th-Century filming.
How much better do you think Langford was than a fossilised Holyfield?
Mancini on a close decision, for me. Corrales would certainly have his moments.
Just be duly prepared for the day when they say the same thing about Roberto Duran, in regards to a Mosley-level fighter. It'll happen.
Tyson wasn't throwing one shot at this point in his career. He was throwing, five, six & seven. Every one of which was heavier than anything...
I didn't say he was durable per se. I said he was more durable than Lewis.
Lewis was better than the likes of Tillis & Smith, but lacked their durability & recuperative powers. At 245lbs, he's too sluggish to react in...
It amazes me how many excuses are made for Tyson in Tokyo --- there are literally thousands of boxers in their peak who had financial,...
Corrales is nothing special in terms of all-time heart. He would not have stood out as being, "extra courageous" in the 40's, 50's etc.
Calzaghe could never have built upto Heavy while maintaining Charle's' lean physique, though --- & I'll say that's true even if he were fighting...
Charles was also a bigger man by some measure, but I don't consider that a relevant factor, such is the divide between them in other areas. I...
Well, let's see what we can see... Tyson had some trouble, even at the top of his game, with tall, smart fighters with strong jabs & the...
Why are you doing this?
LOL!
Foreman actually missed an awful lot of punches in their first fight.
I pick Frazier to win based on a lot more than that. Etienne's, "performance" against a shot Tyson was worthy of a withheld purse. A young...
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