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This is an interesting topic. I submit that fighter classifications are often as misused in boxing as is the line "I love you" is in the real world.
An example of misuse, IMO, would be the distinction of "journeyman", as typically applied to James "Buster" Douglas, by the fans and media alike in his lead-up to the Mike Tyson match. A cursory review of the top ten rankings of that period and the three years previous, clearly shows James as being firmly ensconsed in the second-half of the top ten.
To me, that makes him a "contender". I feel that the term "journeyman" is a far better fit for a capable fighter that wins as much as he may lose, against respectable comp in or around the top thirty or latter-half of the fringe or top twenty.
An example of misuse, IMO, would be the distinction of "journeyman", as typically applied to James "Buster" Douglas, by the fans and media alike in his lead-up to the Mike Tyson match. A cursory review of the top ten rankings of that period and the three years previous, clearly shows James as being firmly ensconsed in the second-half of the top ten.
To me, that makes him a "contender". I feel that the term "journeyman" is a far better fit for a capable fighter that wins as much as he may lose, against respectable comp in or around the top thirty or latter-half of the fringe or top twenty.