Boxing Monthlys All Time Great Super Middles List

[pundit]

1. Roy Jones
2. Joe Calzaghe
3. Nigel Benn
4. Chris Eubank
5. James Toney
6. Steve Collins
7. Sven Ottke
8. Frankie Liles
9. Chong Pal Park
10. Mikkel Kessler

Thats the list.

My five cents:

-- Roy Jones is head and shoulders above anyone else in terms of talent AND achievements at 168. Noone else on that list annilihated and humiliated a near-prime future hall-of-famer as he did with James Toney.

-- Joe Calzaghe has no business at #2 at this juncture, as his competition has been, frankly, shameful. As of today, Ottke has achieved more than Calzaghe. Calzaghe may move up though if he beats Kessler convincingly.

-- I have a hard time rating Benn and Eubank -- they were awesome at their best but mixed this with many medicore performances. Should they be ahead of Ottke and Calzaghe, who were more consistent but chose a much safer route? I'm not sure.

-- Graciano Rocchigiani is a candidate for a lower top 10 ranking.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Jones has one impressive win, but his tenure at 168 was pretty brief, so there's an argument for rating him lower on that basis.

Hard to rate 168, such a new division with so few fighters who spent their whole career there.

[harrygreb]

can we judge how exciting a bout is by the commentary style?
i prefer a guy to say virtually nothing like carpenter for minutes on end.
if the old trafford eubank benn tussle was more exciting because of the 5 live commentary then i question your judgement, mr crew2