With Kovalev and Ward in the horizon, arguably the two P4P best fighters in the world, both arguably in their primes, it made me wonder how many times has a prime Top 2-3 been taken to school.
We have James Toney P4P #2 getting utterly embarrassed by Roy Jones.
Julio Cesar Chavez P4P #1 schooled by Whitaker. Could argue Chavez wasn't prime.
Mike Tyson P4P #1 beaten up and stopped by Douglas.
Nonito Donaire P4P #3 schooled by Rigondeaux.
Shane Mosley P4P #1 dropped and outboxed by Forrest. Wouldn't call that a schooling myself.
Any other candidates? What was the worst?
Kovalev or Ward may be amongst the list soon who knows.
when was the earliest year ring magazine did official top 10 p4p list?
Nunn and Reggie had already exposed Toney's terrible flaw of poor footwork and struggling with a mover, but Roy took it to a whole different level.
That fight is the best example of two things; Toney's poor footwork and his poor ring IQ. I mean, talk about having absolutely no plan B.
Once It became apparent that Jones was 10 levels above him Toney just began winding up a loaded up hail mail right hand and hoping for the best and completely missing, constantly crossing his feet over in the process leaving himself completely out of position.
I remember when Roy Jones would blast him with 6 clean punches and Toney would stand their looking ****** talking to Roy and Gill Clancy said on commentary "you don't win fights by talking" reminds me of our convo abojt Toney-Broner comparison.
Get clocked clean in the face, shake your head like nothing happened.
Mosley wasn't even top ten when he fought Mayweather. He was a 4 to 1 underdog when he KOed Margarito and that win didn't make him top 3 or even top 10. Mosley was an old man and hadn't been top 3 for many years. Marquez was top 3 in a smaller weight class than Mayweather.
Mosley was top 3 P4P on every list you can think of, go look it up.
Mosley wasn't even top ten when he fought Mayweather. He was a 4 to 1 underdog when he KOed Margarito and that win didn't make him top 3 or even top 10. Mosley was an old man and hadn't been top 3 for many years. Marquez was top 3 in a smaller weight class than Mayweather.
lol uh yea he was.. so many history revisionists on here
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