Ranking WW decades from most talented to least.1970-2012

kwilson71 · 10-07-2012, 06:42 PM

Throughout boxing the WW division just seems to always be stack. Just to name a few

1970s -
Jose Napoles
Emile Griffith

1980s-
Benitez
Duran
Hearns
Leonard

1990s-
Trinidad
Oscar
Sweet Pea
Vernon Forest

2000s-
Cotto
Margarito
Mosley
Floyd and Manny (even though i dont really consider them WW)
Paul Williams

Left alot of good fighters off the list since i gotta run, but wanted to get ESB opinion on this. From top to bottom what decade is best,worst.

discuss

Zopilote · 10-07-2012, 10:01 PM

80's
70's

90's

'00's

SugarShane_24 · 10-07-2012, 10:14 PM

70's 80's and 90's match up well together.

Hell, you can even count the 60's if you like. I think Napoles, Griffith and Curtis Cokes are the 60's.

The 70's actually is Cuevas, Palomino, among others.

And all era's compete with one another pretty well.

Honestly, it's the 00 that seems lost among all of them. Nothing to be ashamed of, the current era has future HOFamers and ATG's, but the elite of 147 of the previous decades were truly elite.

Hands of Iron · 10-07-2012, 10:20 PM

Year End 1980:

Champion: Sugar Ray Leonard
01. Thomas Hearns
02. Wilfred Benitez
03. Pipino Cuevas
04. Roberto Duran
05. Randy Shields

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kwilson71 #MAYDAY ESB Addict Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 2,132 vCash: 75	Ranking WW decades from most talented to least.1970-2012 Throughout boxing the WW division just seems to always be stack. Just to name a few 1970s - Jose Napoles Emile Griffith 1980s- Benitez Duran Hearns Leonard 1990s- Trinidad Oscar Sweet Pea Vernon Forest 2000s- Cotto Margarito Mosley Floyd and Manny (even though i dont really consider them WW) Paul Williams Left alot of good fighters off the list since i gotta run, but wanted to get ESB opinion on this. From top to bottom what decade is best,worst. discuss
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Zopilote Dinamita East Side VIP Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Middle of Nowhere Posts: 10,142 vCash: 500	Re: Ranking WW decades from most talented to least.1970-2012 80's 70's 90's '00's
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SugarShane_24 ESB good-looking member ESB Addict Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the few, the proud, the Philippines Posts: 4,787 vCash: 449	Re: Ranking WW decades from most talented to least.1970-2012 70's 80's and 90's match up well together. Hell, you can even count the 60's if you like. I think Napoles, Griffith and Curtis Cokes are the 60's. The 70's actually is Cuevas, Palomino, among others. And all era's compete with one another pretty well. Honestly, it's the 00 that seems lost among all of them. Nothing to be ashamed of, the current era has future HOFamers and ATG's, but the elite of 147 of the previous decades were truly elite.
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Hands of Iron GolovKING East Side Guru Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 8,115 vCash: 2577	Re: Ranking WW decades from most talented to least.1970-2012 Year End 1980: Champion: Sugar Ray Leonard 01. Thomas Hearns 02. Wilfred Benitez 03. Pipino Cuevas 04. Roberto Duran 05. Randy Shields
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