Who is the King of Picking on Smaller Guys?

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Rocky Graziano?

[PH|LLA]

Hopkins

But they are the morons who come looking for him

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Big heavyweights like Carnera, Lewis, Klitschko, etc...fighting other smaller heavyweights do not count.

[BewareofDawg]

Hopkins.

His biggest wins are against Trinidad, Delahoya and Winky....enough said.

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Hopkins.

His biggest wins are against Trinidad, Delahoya and Winky....enough said.

I consider the Tarver win his 2nd best win behind the Tito one.

[Dr Gonzo]

Taylor is pretty good at it

[BewareofDawg]

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"Wright TKO 10" :lol:
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Not my finest moment! :D

[BewareofDawg]

And Tarver :hi:
Tarver sucks! An out of shape Tarver Sucks Worse! An out of shape Tarver who thinks he's a movie star is "tits on a bull"! :deal

[KO byBRIGGS]

#1 Wladamir klitschko!

[BewareofDawg]

No he's not :lol:
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He was just aiming a little too high. I'm sure he would've had more success calling out WWs :deal

[BewareofDawg]

#1 Wladamir klitschko!
He's a HEAVYWEIGHT who has fought HEAVYWEIGHTS :patsch

[KO byBRIGGS]

Most of Wlads opponents are either far shorter/less reach or much lighter Byrd was only 213lbs. He likes fighting the small guys.

[KO byBRIGGS]

Funny, if you put Wlad into this category I think it's safe to say your mom got owned by a smaller man in Ibragimov. He lost no doubt but the way he fought that fight was like a scared man. If that fight had to end by KO then Briggs would have won. Sultan never hurt him and was afraid to stay near him for more than 10 seconds.

[Jack]

Without blown up fighters, who were ineffective at that weight, Hopkins would have a "decent" resume, considering his losses. Sadly, because he beat fighters who the media hyped up, fans think he beat tough opposition.

He didn't.

I hope he goes down as a guy who was beaten twice by a guy who struggled with Spinks, rather than someone who beat several ATG's.

Hopkins is one of those fighters whose resume does them more justice than their talent. The opposite of a guy like Larry Holmes, maybe.

[Zakman]

Jermain Taylor is well on his way to making a career out of it. Too bad for him he's got to fight Pavlik next, otherwise he could continue picking on little guys for who knows how long - even if he didn't win, HBO would be sure to get him the nod, just like they've been doing! :yep

Less than a month to go to the KTFO. Goodnight HBO hype job. Bye, bye Gift Decision. :nod :lol:

[Illmatic]

Marvin Hagler

[Jack]

Marvin Hagler
Hagler beat fighters who weren't C/D-class at that weight though :good

[thewoo]

I gotta agree with Jermain Taylor. It's true that he has had some tough fights so he deserves full credit for that but that does not change the fact that he has fought moslty smaller guys his whole career. I count count winky because he was always a big supermiddle and had a few fights unmder his belt at 160.

Cory Spinks - Former 147 fighter first fight at middle
Kassim Ouma - Former 154 first fight at middle
Raul Marquez - Former 154 first fight at middle
Alex Bunema - Former 154 first and last fight at middle
Rogelio Martinez - Fomer 154 first fight at middle

I could go on and on but over half his resume is made up of guys either making their middleweight debut or with only a fight or 2 at middleweight

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I also nominate Terry Norris, one of my favorites.

Oscar also gets a nomination, but at least he fought bigger guys as well as smaller guys moving up.

[TBooze]

Butterbean;)

[Fab2333]

Tarver sucks! An out of shape Tarver Sucks Worse! An out of shape Tarver who thinks he's a movie star is "tits on a bull"! :deal:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

[Chiko_Tech]

Valuev is the best at that.

[Chiko_Tech]

Ivan Calderon

[sandwichsurgeon]

Some of the larger Welterweights are taking advantage of the 24 hour weigh-in a little too liberally if you ask me, Judah looked like a toothpick next to cotto and some of the taller ones are just taking the piss with the amount of weight they put on over night.

[Fab2333]

Butterbean;) good1

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Some of the larger Welterweights are taking advantage of the 24 hour weigh-in a little too liberally if you ask me, Judah looked like a toothpick next to cotto and some of the taller ones are just taking the piss with the amount of weight they put on over night.

I was thinking more about guys who fought others moving up, as the list for guys who liberally use the 24 (more like 32) hour procedure would be too long.

Still, Arturo Gatti gets a lifetime nomination for "making" 141 against Gamache and then outweighing Joey by 16 lbs in that debacle.

[jecxbox]

Bernard Hopkins without a doubt.

[Motor City Sam]

Ivan Calderon

I laughed out loud at that. :lol:

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Rocky Graziano?

I was doing some boxrecing and this is what I came up with.

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TKO 2 Bernie Miller, Rocky outweighed him 154 to 145.5

TKO 4 Bummy Davis, Rocky outweighed him 151.75 to 146 (not really that much by that era's standards)

Two 10th round stoppages of Red Cochrane, considered to be his best KOs according to The Ring's Top 100 Punchers Issue. Rocky outweighed him 153 to 142.75 and 154 to 145.

TKO 2 of Marty Servo, Rocky outweighed Servo 152 to 144.5

KO 2 of Bobby Claus, Rocky outweighed Bobby 159.75 to 149.

TKO 10 of Charley Fusari, Rocky outweighed him 159.5 to 147.5

KO 1 of Joe Curcio, Rocky weighed 162.25 and Joe was 153.5

Draw with Tony Janiro, Rocky weighed 159.75 and Tony 152.75. He beat Janior later 2x, with 4.5 and 6 pounds on him in each bout.


Graziano is the winner for now.

[psychopath]

Who is the King of Picking on Smaller Guys?

I'll be damn . . . who could beat Valuev on this?

:rofl :rofl :rofl :lol: :D

[Motor City Sam]

I am always amused by the people who criticize Hopkins for fighting guys who came up in weight and excuse Hagler for doing the same thing. Especially when you look at the results: Hagler lost to Leonard and was rocked by Hearns before winning by KO. Hopkins, at a more advanced age, KO'd both Tito and Oscar and was never close to being hurt in either fight.

[He Hate Me]

Hopkins.

His biggest wins are against Trinidad, Delahoya and Winky....enough said.

agree.

[El Bombasto]

I consider the Tarver win his 2nd best win behind the Tito one.

i don't see how beating that overrated bum can be considered an accomplishment

[Vantage_West]

im going to dip into bad water ere but what about ray robinson. most wins are fighting 5'8 5'7 welters...just a thought

but these were very very good small guys i admit

[psychopath]

I am always amused by the people who criticize Hopkins for fighting guys who came up in weight and excuse Hagler for doing the same thing. Especially when you look at the results: Hagler lost to Leonard and was rocked by Hearns before winning by KO. Hopkins, at a more advanced age, KO'd both Tito and Oscar and was never close to being hurt in either fight.

Ha . . . ha . . . ha . . . good one! :good

Hatred blnds them all. :D :lol:

[El Bombasto]

Big heavyweights like Carnera, Lewis, Klitschko, etc...fighting other smaller heavyweights do not count.

exactly, small guys (225ish) that choose to fight at heavyweight deserve to get their asses kicked

[sues2nd]

And Tarver :hi:

And Johnson....:lol:

[Bigcat]

A lot of heavyweights fight listless amounts of cruiserweights on the way up..

Cuban Jorge luis Gonzalez is one..

[bulakenyo]

Cotto, Hearns and a 122lbs Erik Morales maybe?

[koko of phil]

Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins

At least that moniker fits for slaughtering helpless oppositions. :yep

[sandwichsurgeon]

Haye has got quite bad since he is building himself into a HW and has to drain himself so much to make weight.

[PH|LLA]

Hopkins.

His biggest wins are against Trinidad, Delahoya and Winky....enough said.
what about moving up 2 divisions and demolishing the ring champion?

What about beating a prime undeafeated Glen Johnson?

the whooping he layed out on Joppy?

hater