Greatest Resume of All Time?

[JAB5239]

Listen, I dont kow how much more obvious I can make this.

Jackson at that point in his career was getting knocked out by 1-1 bums. Jeffries beating that 1-1 bum is a more significant win than Jackson.

Would you list a win over a guy that was the level of a 1-1 bum as a decent win?

It does not take away from the fact that Jackson is on Jeffs resume and considered an over all ATG. I mean we are talking about great resumes, right? Jackson showed some of his old form against Jeffries. Their are newspaper accounts that attest to it. For a young guy with so little fights thats a nice little test against a great name. A much better win than over a 1-1 bum as you put it. But using that as an example isn't going to work unless you can provide evidence of how Jackson actually fought. We don't know if Jeff finished him off. We don't know if he was out of shape looking for a payday. We do know he showed some of his old form against Jeffries though. Nothing great, but a decent win that has significance because of who Jackson was.

[RubenSonny]

It does not take away from the fact that Jackson is on Jeffs resume and considered an over all ATG. I mean we are talking about great resumes, right? Jackson showed some of his old form against Jeffries. Their are newspaper accounts that attest to it. For a young guy with so little fights thats a nice little test against a great name. A much better win than over a 1-1 bum as you put it. But using that as an example isn't going to work unless you can provide evidence of how Jackson actually fought. We don't know if Jeff finished him off. We don't know if he was out of shape looking for a payday. We do know he showed some of his old form against Jeffries though. Nothing great, but a decent win that has significance because of who Jackson was.

When is more important than who, Jackson should not have been fighting anyone at all at that point, it doesn't add to his resume. We know all the facts I layed out earlier which you have conveniently ignored in this post.

[JAB5239]

When is more important than who, Jackson should not have been fighting anyone at all at that point, it doesn't add to his resume. We know all the facts I layed out earlier which you have conveniently ignored in this post.

I haven't "conveniently" ignored anything. If you want to go on "when" as I HAVE been, than after only 8 fights it is a decent win and not something to simply be called "meaningless".

[RubenSonny]

I haven't "conveniently" ignored anything. If you want to go on "when" as I HAVE been, than after only 8 fights it is a decent win and not something to simply be called "meaningless".

Against an opponent who shouldn't be fighting full stop, I've could never imagine anyone giving a fighter credit for beating someone in that kind of condition.

[JAB5239]

Against an opponent who shouldn't be fighting full stop, I've could never imagine anyone giving a fighter credit for beating someone in that kind of condition.

The thing is I am not giving it credit as some great win. Im saying at that stage of Jeffries career it was not meaningless. No more, no less. You're acting as if the fight shouldn't even be counted at all.

[RubenSonny]

The thing is I am not giving it credit as some great win. Im saying at that stage of Jeffries career it was not meaningless. No more, no less. You're acting as if the fight shouldn't even be counted at all.

I feel it shouldn't be counted at all in terms of resume.

[JAB5239]

I feel it shouldn't be counted at all in terms of resume.

Than we'll have to agree to disagree my friend.

[Greatest1942]

Can an argument be made for Ezzard Charles? He's atleast up there.

Charley Burley x2
Archie Moore x3
Lloyd Marshall x2
Jimmy Bivins x4
Joey Maxim x5
Jersey Joe Walcott
Joe Louis

Along with a long list of very very good wins.

I wouldn't say he has THE best but I do think he's up there.

Well Ezzard has a great resume...but not on par with Greb, Sam or Rosenbloom.

Langford holds several wins over Harry Wills, Joe Jeannette and Sam McVea- all of whom are arguably all time top 30 heavyweights. And he also stopped O'Brien and Kid Norfolk- two top 20 all time light-heavyweights unquestionably. He beat Joe Gans a top 5 lightweight and barbados Joe Walcott. P4P a great resume. He was half blind and 44 years old when he flattened a certain young guy called Tiger Flowers.


For me rosenbloom had the best resume. He won 87 times against a top 10 contender when they were rated in the top 10 out of some 106 bouts. He beat Lou Nova, Tiger Flowers, Dave Shade ,Lou Scozza ,Tiger" Flowers ,Leo Lomski ,Jim Braddock ,"Tiger" Jack Fox ,John Henry lewis, Mickey Walker ,Lee Ramage,King Levinsky,Jimmy Slattery. Drew with Harry Greb.

Now lets nit pick a bit about the quality.

John H Lewis and Jimmy Slattery ---great LH Champions
Jim Braddock -- Heavy Champion
Bob Godwin held a version of a Championship
Mickey Walker held titles at 2 weights and fought a draw with heavyweight champ Jack Sharkey
Pete Latzo was a champion
Leo Lomski was a murderous hitting LH who floored and nearly kod Tommy Loughran.
Ace Hudkins was a hard hitting contender
Patsy Perroni was a fringe heavy contender
Al Ettore was a heavy contender
Lee Ramage good heavy.
Lou Nova fought Joe Louis for the Heavyweight title, beat Baer.
King Levinsky -- Heavy contender.

Greb has a spectacular resume too. But I pick Rosenbloom.

[Wild Blue Yonda]

Though I side with Greb, Charles is always in the discussion. He is no worse than top-5.

[IronDanHamza]

Well Ezzard has a great resume...but not on par with Greb, Sam or Rosenbloom.

Langford holds several wins over Harry Wills, Joe Jeannette and Sam McVea- all of whom are arguably all time top 30 heavyweights. And he also stopped O'Brien and Kid Norfolk- two top 20 all time light-heavyweights unquestionably. He beat Joe Gans a top 5 lightweight and barbados Joe Walcott. P4P a great resume. He was half blind and 44 years old when he flattened a certain young guy called Tiger Flowers.


For me rosenbloom had the best resume. He won 87 times against a top 10 contender when they were rated in the top 10 out of some 106 bouts. He beat Lou Nova, Tiger Flowers, Dave Shade ,Lou Scozza ,Tiger" Flowers ,Leo Lomski ,Jim Braddock ,"Tiger" Jack Fox ,John Henry lewis, Mickey Walker ,Lee Ramage,King Levinsky,Jimmy Slattery. Drew with Harry Greb.

Now lets nit pick a bit about the quality.

John H Lewis and Jimmy Slattery ---great LH Champions
Jim Braddock -- Heavy Champion
Bob Godwin held a version of a Championship
Mickey Walker held titles at 2 weights and fought a draw with heavyweight champ Jack Sharkey
Pete Latzo was a champion
Leo Lomski was a murderous hitting LH who floored and nearly kod Tommy Loughran.
Ace Hudkins was a hard hitting contender
Patsy Perroni was a fringe heavy contender
Al Ettore was a heavy contender
Lee Ramage good heavy.
Lou Nova fought Joe Louis for the Heavyweight title, beat Baer.
King Levinsky -- Heavy contender.

Greb has a spectacular resume too. But I pick Rosenbloom.

I feel Greb's resume is stronger than Charles' personally I was just saying he's up there and not really mentioned alot. Well, he is starting to now atleast.

We discussed about Rosnebloom's lengthy resume in another thread if you can recall

I'm just saying that Ezzard Charles has one of the storngest resumes I've ever seen. Not the strongest but it's certainly up there.