Boxers That Really Were UnBeatable at a weight Class

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  1. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Charles really did established an invincibilty at that weight (though he did get beat early on). Yer couldnt say there was no great challenege to his supremacy like Jones Jnr, Tyson and others that people though invincible during there peak
     
  2. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Carlos Monzon at middleweight...Wilfredo Gomez at super bantam.
     
  3. Kalasinn

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    Very good point.
     
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    Hamed at superbantamweight.
     
  5. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    **** Jones Jr.

    Pep and Leonard at their respective classes.
     
  6. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wilfredo Gomez is a decent choice at 122.
     
  7. Jorodz

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    1) :lol:

    2) benny or ray?
     
  8. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Benny. Ray losing to Pooran past his ideal weight makes me reticent to include him in something like this.
     
  9. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    175-Foster
    168-Jones Jr.
    160-Jones Jr.
    154-Hearns
    147-Hearns
    135-Duran
    126-Pep
     
  10. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pooran, pre-poo and without traning would eat Benny's black n white ******* alive and you know it. We have visual evidence. We can watch Duran and other lightweights fight. We can watch Benny Leonard fight. It is there right infront of our eyes.
     
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    :lol:i'm ****ing stealing pooran
     
  12. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A meaningless question, I think. A middleweight champion who was considered unbeatable in his reign, would be most beatable in the times of a champion whose contenders were all-time greats. And vice-versa...Ca rlos Monzon, for example,was
    unbeatable during his tenure as champion,but what if he had to clean up the middleweights of Les Darcy and Co. Or the 160 pound fighters of the 1930,early 1940s.?
    Different ballgame, methinks...
     
  13. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    true but what about fighters who thrived and dominated in tremendous era? for instance, you've pointed out that benny leonard lived in a wonderful lightweight era and he was very dominant in that time. ezzard charles was almost unbeatable in what is likely the best 175 pound era ever. there is SOME extrapoloation that i think could be made
     
  14. SouthpawJab

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    160 Roy gets overlooked because he was pretty green, but I'd have to see someone do it before I believe Roy loses at 168.
     
  15. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I think people are being very kind to some fighters here.