**** Tiger is in the Top 10 of my all time favourite fighters.
For me, he is criminally underrated in terms of his all time great ranking and is rarely mentioned amongst the all time greats in the history of Boxing.
I personally rank **** Tiger as a Top 10 ATG Middleweight, usually flip flopping between 6 and 9. A truely exceptional list of accomplishments at MW.
On top of that, winning the Lineal LHW title by beating HOF'er Jose Torres twice. Being outweighed on plenty occasions at LHW, bascially being Lineal LHW Champion whilst being a Middleweight.
Tiger beat;
Gene Fullmer x2
Joey Giardello x2
Jose Torres x2
Nino Benvenuti
7 wins over HOF opposition.
Along with other wins over Top ranked and fighters who went on to be top ranked fighters such as;
Ruben Carter
Holly Mimms
Gene Armstrong
Henry Hank
Don Fullmer
Roger Rause
Henry Casey
That is simply an incredible amount of quality wins.
2 time Lineal Champion at Middleweight, Lineal Champion at Light Heavyweight. Beating current Lineal Champions on 3 seperate occasions.
Who do we compare **** Tiger with? Who is he as great as? Who is greater than?
I tend to see a comparison between him an Emile Griffith. Considering Griffith was one of the fighters of the 60's. But wasn't Tiger also one of the fighters of the 60's?
For me, Tiger was better than Ali in the 60's. I expect people to disagree with that. But, I think it's a reasonable argument.
Is he greater than say, Bernard Hopkins? For me, I think he is certainly greater than Bernard Hopkins. What are peoples opinion on this? I am wrong to say that?
Hopkins is generally considered a Top 50 ATG. Is Tiger?
So, where do you rank him?
For me, he is criminally underrated in terms of his all time great ranking and is rarely mentioned amongst the all time greats in the history of Boxing.
I personally rank **** Tiger as a Top 10 ATG Middleweight, usually flip flopping between 6 and 9. A truely exceptional list of accomplishments at MW.
On top of that, winning the Lineal LHW title by beating HOF'er Jose Torres twice. Being outweighed on plenty occasions at LHW, bascially being Lineal LHW Champion whilst being a Middleweight.
Tiger beat;
Gene Fullmer x2
Joey Giardello x2
Jose Torres x2
Nino Benvenuti
7 wins over HOF opposition.
Along with other wins over Top ranked and fighters who went on to be top ranked fighters such as;
Ruben Carter
Holly Mimms
Gene Armstrong
Henry Hank
Don Fullmer
Roger Rause
Henry Casey
That is simply an incredible amount of quality wins.
2 time Lineal Champion at Middleweight, Lineal Champion at Light Heavyweight. Beating current Lineal Champions on 3 seperate occasions.
Who do we compare **** Tiger with? Who is he as great as? Who is greater than?
I tend to see a comparison between him an Emile Griffith. Considering Griffith was one of the fighters of the 60's. But wasn't Tiger also one of the fighters of the 60's?
For me, Tiger was better than Ali in the 60's. I expect people to disagree with that. But, I think it's a reasonable argument.
Is he greater than say, Bernard Hopkins? For me, I think he is certainly greater than Bernard Hopkins. What are peoples opinion on this? I am wrong to say that?
Hopkins is generally considered a Top 50 ATG. Is Tiger?
So, where do you rank him?
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