I dont think there's 5. I think there's 3. I think 66 Ali, 88 Tyson, and 73 Foreman beat prime Lewis. That would be all. I used to favor prime...
Nap's footwork was flawless.
Never in all my years of following boxing has there been a year this bad in the sport.
I might add, the point I made about Roy's foot placement against southpaws, Ray Leonard did the same thing against Ayub Kalule - intentionally...
In hindsight, Ouma was just a good fighter. Capable of beating other good fighters, but would have always fallen short against the very top. A MM...
The Hall fight is the perfect example. Right off the bat, Roy is moving in what conventional wisdom tells you is the wrong way against a SP. And...
What Jones did was instead of keeping his lead foot outside the lead the foot of a southpaw, he actually stepped inside the wheelhouse, which is...
Both Duran and Chavez were effective against southpaws. Trinidad handled southpaws well. Two Aussie legends, Fenech and Tszyu, were both very...
That's the main reason I would take prime Whitaker over prime Floyd. It's not that Whitaker was some full level above, it's that the styles favor...
Bud will go down as a fighter whom I liked, but really disappointed me. So content at beating garbage. It's surprising, because circa 2013, he...
The 1990 Foreman still had a bit of quickness and velocity left. Not compared to 73 Foreman, obviously, but he wasn't a sloth. I would give him a...
BTW - when assessing Taylor's chances against the elites of 140 in the last 25 years, I forgot that Oscar and Cotto fought at 140 in the last 25...
Tszyu is a terrible matchup for Taylor. Pac and Whitaker are the only two southpaws who beat Tszyu at 140. Meaning, without a doubt beat him....
Yeah, the mid-70s Conteh would really beat the Hell outta Froch. Conteh was far better from the outside with his piston jab. Conteh was 100x...
CTE is most apparent in Bowe and Taylor. Why? Because Bowe and Taylor were good family men before brain damage set in. Then all of sudden they're...
Yup. Beat me to it. Only southpaw he excelled against was a washed up Camacho. I think it's a very real possibility that the mid-80s Camacho...
90s George likely beats every one of these fucking scrubs today except for MAYBE Fury, but in all honesty, the 1990 Foreman is probably too much...
George is making good points, good enough points that I'm re-assessing the matchup. However, I can't erase from my mind the trouble Ramirez and...
Ouma is a very good example. At one point, Ouma was most hyped fighter in the sport. He was considered a threat to beat Wright. I would have...
I don't recall Lewis ever being compared to those three. By 2001, Tito was moving up to 160 to fight Joppy, DLH moved up to 154, and Quartey was...
Lewis got so much hype off of the Page win that there was a minority of Secondsout posters claiming he would beat Mosley.
Jose Luis Lopez had an extremely brief prime.
Mayorga definitely belongs. He had three fight prime - the Lewis rematch, and both Forrest fights. Thats it.
Antonio Esparragoza might belong, despite the fact that he was featherweight champion for 3 years, and ranked top 5 P4P. In all his defenses, he...
Livingstone Bramble also comes to mind. Excellent in both Mancini fights (much moreso the first fight), and also excellent in dismantling...
McGuigan meets the criteria. Awesome against Laporte, Pedroza, and Taylor. Then fell off.
That's not Curry though. Curry was awesome for basically three years.
Curry's prime was longer than Nunn's. Curry's peak was definitely longer. Nunn's peak was 88-89. Thats it.
Miguel Lora in his short prime in the late 80s was one of the most talented bantamweights ever.
Forgot about Colin Jones. Yeah, Jones had devastating power.
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