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Originally posted by Jim Trunzo
You need to give them a chance to come in and fight at their best but also give them the chance to come in as they often did - in less than their best condition.
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Jim,
If a fighter, or anyone else for that matter, fails more often than suceeds, then isn't their most common condition to be a failure?
I understand your point about 'best', however in the case of Greg Page alone, he appears to be someone who couldn't do the job. To me, using the best condition line, (and I know I am exagerrating), if I was 6' 5", 240 pounds, hit like Liston, take a punch like Chuvalo, and could control a fight like Ali, I would be the best. But I am not. And it appears Greg Page couldn't fight when he had to.
I know ratings are so subjective, but do you really rate fighters based on their best night? Shouldn't they be rated on their career. And if on their best night they were godlike, but they were less than adequate on a much higher percentage of nights, then shouldn't their rating reflect their many failures instead of their few successes?