A lot of people think he was at his best at light heavy but he didn't fight enough there. He never fought for the title at light heavy and even with wins over Moore, Burley, Bivins and Maxim, they all came fairly early in his career. Especially the Burley and first Maxim fights. All of his biggest fights, including the last Maxim fight, were at heavyweight. Archie Moore had longgevity in the division and had the bigger wins.

Great fighter though, his fight with Marciano was one of the best fights ever, huge turnaround in that one.