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    Posted this on the history section but it seems as dead as dinosaurs over there. Maybe i can get NSB's opinion on this;

    This is my opinion of the different levels or hierarchy of professional boxing. Starting from beginning professional to all time great living legend. I would like to identify which boxers past present & future are at which level/ point in their career. Feed back would be greatly appreciated.

    Level 1 - Beginning professional.

    5 to 10 fights. This is your omar henrys, matyev korobovs, erislandy laras & shawn porters, rigondeauxs etc.

    Level 2 - Tomato Cans.

    The no hopers. Chums for beginning professionals. Probably boxing as a part time gig.

    Level 3 - Young Prospect
    Past the the beginning stage of their career. ready for the next step. This is your saul alvarez & to a certain extent chavez jr. (at least he's being treated by top rank as such.)

    Level 4 - Journey Men
    Good enough not to be labeled as tomato cans but have no future in the sport. This might be your emmanuel augustuses, monte barrets & hector velasquezes.

    Level 5 - Shot/Washed up Name

    Former contenders, hall of famers who have no business fighting professionally & need to retire asap. These are your erik moraleses, evander holyfields, marco barreras, & sad to say roy jones jr.

    Level 6 - Gate Keepers

    Done as elite fighters but not done as a good honest pugilistic professional. Get past this bunch you are a serious professional that is ready for the next level. This bunch could include rocky juarez, ricardo mayorga(maybe too high), antonio tarver, glenn johnson, & nate campbells of the world.

    Level 7 - Contenders
    Ready for a title shot, a shot at the champions. This your yuriorkis gamboas, urbano antillons, vanes martirosyans, bernabe conceptions, & eddie chambers.

    Level 8 - Belt Holder/champion
    This is a very ambiguous level. Sure they are above gate keepers & contenders but with the ubiquitous nature of belts & champions the boxers who reside in this level could also be considered level 7 contenders or even gate keepers. This is everybody with a title or belt.

    Level 9 - Elite Fighter Status

    This level is what differentiates a true champion with a belt to a ordinary fighter who happens to have a belt. This is your p4p top 10. You dont have to own a belt to be considered elite. This is the shane mosley, paul williams, chad dawson, arthur abrahams & bernard hopkins.

    Level 10 - Super Star/ Legend Status

    This is a level above elite. You cant be too gracious with this designation. I think only 1 or 2 fighters can be considered in this level each year. Sometimes you could go years without anyone attaining this level. I think this level requires some out of ring attributes. I think you have to transcend the sport. I think You have to galvanize the fans, the media, & non boxing fans to consider yourself for this level. I can only think of 2 fighters currently fighting that fit this criteria: Manny Pacquiao & Floyd Mayweather jr.


    What do you think guys? Agree or disagree with the placement of levels or the placement of fighters in the levels? I would be glad to see your opinion.

    we could identify currently active fighters & which level do they belong in right now. we could talk about fighters who will move up in the higher levels, which fighters will move down. we could talk about fighters throughout history; the highest levels each attained, the lowest. we could talk about the wins of a fighter & at which level were the fighters that they defeated were at.

    I would like to see & participate in serious discussions. No name calling or childish talk please.
    Last edited by Roy Hobbs; 02-09-2010, 05:25 PM.

  • #2
    Great read. Did you write that?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Roy Hobbs View Post
      Posted this on the history section but it seems as dead as dinosaurs over there. Maybe i can NSB's opinion on this;

      This is my opinion of the different levels or hierarchy of professional boxing. Starting from beginning professional to all time great living legend. I would like to identify which boxers past present & future are at which level/ point in their career. Feed back would be greatly appreciated.

      Level 1 - Beginning professional.

      5 to 10 fights. This is your omar henrys, matyev korobovs, erislandy laras & shawn porters, rigondeauxs etc.

      Level 2 - Tomato Cans.

      The no hopers. Chums for beginning professionals. Probably boxing as a part time gig.

      Level 3 - Young Prospect
      Past the the beginning stage of their career. ready for the next step. This is your saul alvarez & to a certain extent chavez jr. (at least he's being treated by top rank as such.)

      Level 4 - Journey Men
      Good enough not to be labeled as tomato cans but have no future in the sport. This might be your emmanuel augustuses, monte barrets & hector velasquezes.

      Level 5 - Shot/Washed up Name

      Former contenders, hall of famers who have no business fighting professionally & need to retire asap. These are your erik moraleses, evander holyfields, marco barreras, & sad to say roy jones jr.

      Level 6 - Gate Keepers

      Done as elite fighters but not done as a good honest pugilistic professional. Get past this bunch you are a serious professional that is ready for the next level. This bunch could include rocky juarez, ricardo mayorga(maybe too high), antonio tarver, glenn johnson, & nate campbells of the world.

      Level 7 - Contenders
      Ready for a title shot, a shot at the champions. This your yuriorkis gamboas, urbano antillons, vanes martirosyans, bernabe conceptions, & eddie chambers.

      Level 8 - Belt Holder/champion
      This is a very ambiguous level. Sure they are above gate keepers & contenders but with the ubiquitous nature of belts & champions the boxers who reside in this level could also be considered level 7 contenders or even gate keepers. This is everybody with a title or belt.

      Level 9 - Elite Fighter Status

      This level is what differentiates a true champion with a belt to a ordinary fighter who happens to have a belt. This is your p4p top 10. You dont have to own a belt to be considered elite. This is the shane mosley, paul williams, chad dawson, arthur abrahams & bernard hopkins.

      Level 10 - Super Star/ Legend Status

      This is a level above elite. You cant be too gracious with this designation. I think only 1 or 2 fighters can be considered in this level each year. Sometimes you go a year without anyone attaining this level. I think this level requires some out of ring attributes. I think you have to transcend the sport. I think You have to galvanize the fans, the media, & non boxing fans to consider yourself for this level. I can only think of 2 fighters currently fighting that fit this criteria: Manny Pacquiao & Floyd Mayweather jr.


      What do you think guys? Agree or disagree with the placement of levels or the placement of fighters in the levels? I would be glad to see your opinion.

      I would like to see & participate in serious discussions. No name calling or childish talk please.
      thanks for posting this here at nsb...

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Droid View Post
        Great read. Did you write that?
        yes. just my opinion on the different hierarchy of boxing. What do you think? agree or disagree with the placements of level or placements of boxers in each level?

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        • #5
          Great TS. But I'm thinking if you were to put that in order of a boxer's career from start to finish, how would you it? There are so many variants depending on your description.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Roy Hobbs View Post
            yes. just my opinion on the different hierarchy of boxing. What do you think? agree or disagree with the placements of level or placements of boxers in each level?
            Good read. I appreciate it much.

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            • #7
              wow nice thread!

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              • #8
                Love this thread,


                Crazy that you picked the same names I would pick, before I would even read each one.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by tesla_power View Post
                  Great TS. But I'm thinking if you were to put that in order of a boxer's career from start to finish, how would you it? There are so many variants depending on your description.
                  i guess maybe we could just do this for currently active fighters. You are right about the varaiations. If you take roy jones for example his career went trhough almost the whole level from level 1 to level 9. now i have him at level 5, shot/past it name. You guys could take it & run away with it. You can discuss the highest level a certain fighter throughout history got.

                  I feel that we could talk about something else other than that reflex guy's countless idiotic threads.
                  Last edited by Roy Hobbs; 02-05-2010, 02:30 AM.

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                  • #10
                    I think it would be cool to list it as a level of someones career. This was about what level a certain fighter is at. Listing levels of some fighters career would be really interesting.

                    I don't really know what to say. NSb has brain washed me, and when I come to a good thread im speechless.

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