Most wins vs. former or current world titlists
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You clueless c*nt.................Now I know your just a kid.
Insults that would get your butt handed to you in person are meaningless over the net. Another internet tough guy.......
Don't go away mad just go away.........
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You're right about there being a lot more titles now it's ridiculous, but at the same time back in those days fighters were fighting 3-4 times a month whereas nowadays they fight twice a year. So obviously someone like SRR had a lot more opportunities to fight guys and therefore people say those guys records were way better because of the sheer number of fights they had. That plus nostalgia makes it very hard for people to rank Floyd above these guys but that's not the debate here and I think we can all agree he has the most wins vs champs and the best resume in the modern era (or lets just say last 20-30 years). Even a guy like JC Chavez who had 100 plus fights had less wins against world champs than Floyd.Comment
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Go and learn how many rounds there are in a fight and come back clown.Comment
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Yeah. Today you have 4 'recognized' sanctioning bodies and 17 divisions. That makes 68 potential champions (not counting 'regular', 'interims', 'silver', 'ring', 'lineal' etc.). Compare that to the 8 original champions.
Lets say that a welterweight from back in the day decides to move up 13 lbs, he would have a chance to get one boxer to give him a score in this threads criteria. If a boxer did that today, he'd have 8 potential scores.
It clearly shows that this comparison is not fair when comparing eras. It's clearly skewed towards modern fighters who also have the option of cherrypicking the easiest opponent to get a score.Comment
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A better point might be for the sake of boxing purists, How many undisputed titles(true champion) did any of the names mentioned hold. This is a true measure of greatness. Robinson was the undisputed welterweight champion and the undisputed middleweight champion.
Unfortunately in this era a fighter can win one version of the welterweight title and select the best matchup for himself at light(junior) middleweight but not take over the division by beating all the champions. Leaving an asterisk by his accomplishment.
Food for purist thought.Last edited by TBear; 10-12-2017, 05:05 PM.Comment
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A better point might be for the sake of boxing purists, How many undisputed titles(true champion) did any of the names mentioned hold. This is a true measure of greatness. Robinson was the undisputed welterweight champion and the undisputed middleweight champion.
Unfortunately in this era a fighter can win one version of the welterweight title and select the best matchup for himself at light(junior) middleweight but not take over the division be beating all the champions. Leaving an asterisk by his accomplishment.
Food for purist thought.Comment
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True, but I'd still only count undisputed, lineal, and Ring champions, which are usually also lineal.Comment
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