As I've said Ricardo Lopez & Alexis Arguello for me.
I understand but you do have to also say Calzaghe beat everyone in front of him. He did his job and a prime Kessler if I am not mistaken and a prime Jeff Lacy. These two were no slouches. You can't blame Calzaghe who he fight's or doesn't fight he was a champion for a long period of time and did exactley what he was supposed to and beat everyone in front of him. Do also remember he beat the legend B-Hop convincingly and then B-Hop being embarrassed fought Kelly Pavlik and beat him easily. Calzaghe IMO is completley underrated on these boards. I would have put him in with any of the supermiddle's of his era and have him win.
Donald Curry at one time looked like he had all the tools.
Y'all may think I am crazy, but Aaron Pryor.
He could find angles; he could box circles around good boxers. Maybe too much of an iron chin to be a perfect fighter. He was determined, squared up a lot because he always felt he was stronger than his opponents, but knew how to impose his will in the ring. Only thing I would take away from him is I wouldn't say he avoided a lot of unnecessary punishment.
... Which bring me back to an early point in this thread... Ali was definitely not a perfect fighter. Look at him now. He took way too much punishment in the ring.
Too many people ducked Pryor and of course the drugs later in life...
"Floyd needs to inject Xylocaine into his balls to gain the courage to fight Pacquiao."
- and I quote from some random guy on the internet
Aaron Pryor was very good but he was far from perfect, he constantly left his chin in the air. And he was far too wild at times, and he did lack some firepower, which may seem strange because he had a high KO percentage.
But he mostly stopped opponents with a barrage of punches, because he's swarming style was hard to counter against. Have you seen his fight against Gary Hinton ? he got outboxed for alot of that fight, and just about earned a decision because of his late round knockdown.
Aaron Pryor seems to get a bit overrated, because of his two wins against Alexis Arguello. Alexis Arguello was past his best and Jr Welterweight wasn't his best weight, Aaron Pryor was really good but we didn't ever seen him against an elite prime fighter.
LOL i've been watching boxing for years bro, my grandfather also used to tell me loads about boxing. And its so easy in this day and age to watch all the old classics, i mean youtube has countless fights. And you've got countless download links. I mean in one instance in a span of a week, i was able to download almost every single one of MAB, Pernell Whitaker, fights.
Last edited by ICB; 08-02-2009 at 12:03 AM.
You know, I developed this software game that I call Boxing Trivia 21. You have 5 seconds to answer a question. First one to reach 21 wins ($$$). You might be good at it.$$$
I'm impressed.
“If you want loyalty, buy a dog.” Ricky Hatton
I'll throw into the mix Vitali Klitschko because I can't see him mentioned.
Perfect Chin
Excellent Power
Excellent Stamina and Conditioning
Technically Sound
Great Heart
Good Speed
Perfect Size
Great Movement
if you had to design a heavyweight you'd pretty much come up with him imo
How does Pernell Whitaker fair in this as well?
pernell whitaker.
the tools he possessed and the way he used them. amazes me everytime i watch his fights.
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