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How highly do you rate Ezzard Charles?
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Yeah, depends how i'm feeling and what i'm doing though. Sometimes i would consider Moore to be the greatest light heavyweight. I need to do a new top 10 list of the weightclasses tbh!
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Originally posted by Left Hook Leuty View PostYeah, depends how i'm feeling and what i'm doing though. Sometimes i would consider Moore to be the greatest light heavyweight. I need to do a new top 10 list of the weightclasses tbh!
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Yep. Maxie Rosenbloom too. I also like Michael Spinks and Bob Foster in that division. Not the greatest though, but would say they fair very well head to head with the rest. Tunney could also rated very high as a light heavy to some people, although I like him at Heavy.
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Originally posted by orriray59 View PostGreat division ain't it? Conn, Moore and Charles could all be viable contenders to the pinnacle spot.
and Tunney
This division is so stacked that a fighter like Jones Jr. is typically not mentioned in the #1 discussion, which is really telling...
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Originally posted by Left Hook Leuty View PostYeah, depends how i'm feeling and what i'm doing though. Sometimes i would consider Moore to be the greatest light heavyweight. I need to do a new top 10 list of the weightclasses tbh!
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Its all subjective. Like i said, i mainly have Charles there, but sometimes i think what Moore did was remarkable at Light Heavy. Look at the man's record! But yeah, at this moment in time Charles is the man there for me.
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Originally posted by Left Hook Leuty View PostIts all subjective. Like i said, i mainly have Charles there, but sometimes i think what Moore did was remarkable at Light Heavy. Look at the man's record! But yeah, at this moment in time Charles is the man there for me.
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Yeah, i see your reasoning. However, i don't do rankings based on head to head (otherwise it leads to people saying that Marciano should be rated above Louis because he beat him for example). Charles was also the fresher of the two, and obviously had the style to beat Moore consistently. Still after all is said and done, I have Charles numero uno currently.
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Originally posted by Left Hook Leuty View PostYeah, i see your reasoning. However, i don't do rankings based on head to head (otherwise it leads to people saying that Marciano should be rated above Louis because he beat him for example). Charles was also the fresher of the two, and obviously had the style to beat Moore consistently. Still after all is said and done, I have Charles numero uno currently.
Moore was 30-32 when they fought, and went on to have the most celebrated part of his career *after* those fights. Louis was 37, shot to pieces and retired after the bout.
I also don't usually look at h2h (Holmes-Ali, Tyson-Holmes are other examples of terrible ones) but when you have a 3 fights series among prime fighters, it seems valid information.Last edited by wmute; 01-06-2013, 09:33 AM.
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