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.
I don't see how Hatton is "underrated" though. People say that, but how is he? He's pretty correctly rated. No one picks scrubs over him. He...
Hatton doesn't make my top 5, but if he's on someone's top 5 I'm not gonna be outraged or anything.
Promise not to take this off topic, but any tennis fans in here? If so, answer my question in Fracture Ward, please.
Didn't mean top 5. I just meant he at least deserves a shut out. He definitely isn't top 5.
Wayne Alexander, if compared to a current guy, was like a better version of Nathaniel Gallimore.
Forgot about Honeyghan. Talentwise, he def deserves mention here.
I can't envision Froch winning at all. He simply did not have the skill and talent to pull off what Barrera did. If you're gonna beat Hamed being...
I didn't wanna derail JOM's thread with this question, so I opened a separate one. Top puncher from the UK? Ok, from a historic standpoint, the...
P4P, prime Hamed would knock Froch's head into the cheap seats. This guy was dropped hard on his ass by Taylor and Groves - two NON punchers. God...
Ok, I think I've got my list. It's gonna be nearly the same as Slice's, only mine swaps out Fury, and replaces him with Naz. On a P4P level, I...
I feel like Lewis, Buchanan, and Calzaghe are the three guys every list must have. The other 2 spots can be debated.
This is a pretty good 5. In fact, I might actually have the same exact 5.
I tend to think of McGugian as better than Froch and Hatton. They both beat out Barry in longevity, but for pure peak, McGugian was a higher...
I forgot about McGowan. Wonderful little technician - shitty skin.
Froch would have lost to Jorge Ahumada, Chris Finnegan, and CERTAINLY to Yauqi Lopez. You said "best" anyway. While we can compare resumes,...
John Conteh was a helluva lot better than Froch, and would have beaten Calzaghe. Ken Buchanan can't be left off the top 5, and is arguably the best.
At 168, Eubank clearly wins. At 175? Eubank did fuck all at 175, so naturally Pascal would have be favored. Overall, Eubank was a MUUUCCHH...
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