When Rating Fighters................

[killersheep]

Quality over Quantity any day.

Of course when fighters take a long time off I start to lose interest in them.

[Lance Uppercut]

Quality over Quantity any day.

Of course when fighters take a long time off I start to lose interest in them.

Exactly, quality is much more important. Joe Frazier and Sonny Liston also made under 4 defenses. BUt they had some huge wins

[Spicoli]

Have to echo Lance and Killersheep.....Quality over quantity.Quality on a fight per fight basis, performance In the bouts and Quality of opposition.

You can beat a top p4p fighter after some sub par matches....that does not automatically warrant p4p inclusion Imo.

[Mikkel_K]

Quality over Quantity any day.

I agree. But longevity is a quality in itself, and a fighter should get credit for that also.

To go with RozzySean's example - on his best night Bowe was better than Holyfield has ever been, but for Holyfield to stay at the top so long and continuously facing the very best in the world, I would rate Holyfield above Bowe. I would also rank Calzaghe above Roy Jones, if we were ranking Super Middleweights, even though a prime Roy Jones at SMW could put a beatdown on Calzaghe and still be able to play another game of basketball the same night.