Mayweather's tarnished legacy

oxring wrote:

Scottrf wrote:Which of Wilde's wins put him in such high esteem?

Young Zulu Kid was a fantastic win over the legitimate flweight champ. That combined with a succession of international class opponents, who, according to reports were great fighters. And 100 KOs.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a massive Calzaghe fan. But Kessler and Hopkins aren't quite up to that mark.

huw wrote:

rowley wrote:The only three Welsh fighters who can have any kind of claim to be above Calzaghe for me are Welsh, Wilde and Driscoll. Wilde is a given for me, Welsh is fifty fifty but did get away with a lot of results on the back of the no decisions in place at the time and whilst some have Driscoll above him this is by no means a given as although at his best he was terrific he did lose to the aforementioned Welsh and didn't ever win a world title.

As for Winstone whilst he was unlucky in his world title attempts and in running into a decent champion, harsh truth is he did fall short so is someway behind Joe for me. Given all this he is an absolute cert for the top five from Wales and probably would be harsh to have him outside the top three.

I just think for all Winstone achieved, pretty much with one hand should put him up there. Maybe a bit of Merthyr bias though!!

rowley wrote:
Not a problem Huw we're all allowed a bit of local bias from time to time, i've backed Rhodes this weekend! Just better double check though Gavin Rees isn't from Merthyr is he?

Scottrf wrote:Sky delayed morning showing.