jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑11 Oct 2022, 16:26
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑11 Oct 2022, 16:15
Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑11 Oct 2022, 16:13
I've seen polls where people rate Fury above Lennox
I think Fury gets rated more on what’s he capable off than hos resume.
And that's the difference between and ATG and an also ran, the ATG's don't leave it in doubt, because they take on enough top flight fighters to prove it beyond doubt.
3 wins over wilder, 3 over chisora and a win over Wlad don't make an ATG.
I think it does. Wlad is the dominant force of a decade, to outbox the man who outboxed everyone was very impressive. Wilder is the biggest puncher of the decade and then you have Whyte, Cunningham and Wallin who may yet have a decent career.
Marciano gets called an ATG off beating Past prime Charles x2, Old Moore, Old Walcott x2 and a shot to pieces Louis. There was a clear number 1 for the majority of his reign called Valdes who was significantly bigger than him who his management avoided. They also kept him away from taller bigger Bob Baker.
Most fans consider Jack Dempsey an ATG, despite him drawing the colour line and not fighting black fighters. Harry Wills was the number 1 contender for nearly a decade but never got a title shot. Langford was an ATG still active during this time. And Jeanette and Mcvey were 2 of the best. Harry Greb, who was white, was the best light heavyweight and middleweight of his era and Dempsey wouldn't fight him, instead fighting men who lost to Greb.