I ll try to not make this too painful, but i feel like i need to say this.
a) Mike Tyson.
Great champion, makes it to the top 20 (at the HW division) at his prime.
But considering him among the top 10 best pound for pound fighters or the top 10 heavys, its ridicolous.
He never beated a really big name except an old larry holmes and a scared blown up cruiser Spinks.
b) Ray Leonard.
This guy, many people place him at the top 20 p4p or the top 10 as a welter / middleweight.
Being honest, if the analyze his 5/6 bigger fights, he wasnt that "sweet".
He lost to duran prime for prime, being Duran a natural lightweight.
He won to a dehydrated and unconditioned Duran only 5 months later, having duran got fat and slow after his victory in Montreal.
He got a lucky early stoppage over Thomas hearns, and before that, the hitman had clearly outboxed him and beated him on points.
Later on, as a middleweight, Hearns got robbed with a ridicoulous draw againts sugar ray, after knocking down leonard 2 times.
And then, after ducking Mike McCallum and Aaron Pyror his whole career, he came to suddenly fight and old and battered Marvin Hagler, and got away with a split decision which i consider a robbery as well.
c) Manny Pacquiao.
Nothing against the pac man, big fan of his, but today you can find a lot of people placing him in the top 10 pound 4 pound of history. No comments on that.
d)Rocky Marciano.
And undefeated record does nothing to make you a great fighter if you never truly fought any good fighter in his prime, and most of your opponents were bums of old fighters way past their prime.
Let the hate begin.
a) Mike Tyson.
Great champion, makes it to the top 20 (at the HW division) at his prime.
But considering him among the top 10 best pound for pound fighters or the top 10 heavys, its ridicolous.
He never beated a really big name except an old larry holmes and a scared blown up cruiser Spinks.
b) Ray Leonard.
This guy, many people place him at the top 20 p4p or the top 10 as a welter / middleweight.
Being honest, if the analyze his 5/6 bigger fights, he wasnt that "sweet".
He lost to duran prime for prime, being Duran a natural lightweight.
He won to a dehydrated and unconditioned Duran only 5 months later, having duran got fat and slow after his victory in Montreal.
He got a lucky early stoppage over Thomas hearns, and before that, the hitman had clearly outboxed him and beated him on points.
Later on, as a middleweight, Hearns got robbed with a ridicoulous draw againts sugar ray, after knocking down leonard 2 times.
And then, after ducking Mike McCallum and Aaron Pyror his whole career, he came to suddenly fight and old and battered Marvin Hagler, and got away with a split decision which i consider a robbery as well.
c) Manny Pacquiao.
Nothing against the pac man, big fan of his, but today you can find a lot of people placing him in the top 10 pound 4 pound of history. No comments on that.
d)Rocky Marciano.
And undefeated record does nothing to make you a great fighter if you never truly fought any good fighter in his prime, and most of your opponents were bums of old fighters way past their prime.
Let the hate begin.
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