Michael Moorer didn't have enough achievements or quality opposition at 175 to be considered seriously.


Ezzard Charles has got to be up there. He never got a title shot due to the risk/reward being too high for the champs to fight him, but look at what he did at light-heavyweight.

3-0 against Archie Moore
3-1 against Jimmy Bivins
2-1 against Lloyd Marshall
2-0 against Joey Maxim

That's an 8-1 record against Hall of Famers, and Marshall's exclusion from Canastota is a glaring omission.

Ezzard also lost a controversial decision to the heavyweight Elmer "Violent" Ray, when he was giving up 20 lbs. He knocked Ray out a year later.