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Originally Posted by thehitcat
Hughes is an interesting case to me. He's just slightly worse than Hart but he's never won anything bigger than a 250. A 3-15 record against Chiba doesn't help but with the new generation starting to make its mark I'm not sure he'll ever get over the hump.
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I don't think the gap between them is that small. 8.84 compared to 8.57. Hughes has definitely gotten unlucky, but basically Hart is good enough that he doesn't have to be lucky. Hughes is merely one of several very good players: Chiba, Solberg, Molyneaux all very comparable, Meikeljohn quite a bit better. He does seem to be missing that 'something extra' that champions have, but in most generations I think he's be peaking at #2 or #3 and not for all that long.
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