Fifteen Greatest Middleweights

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  1. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    There's been lots of discussion lately around this, my favorite, division. GGG, Ketchel, LaMotta, Monzon, Burley... Alright folks, let's get down to it. List your Top 15. I'm not giving any criteria besides "greatest".
     
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  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    In No Order
    Tiger
    Jones Jnr
    Hopkins
    Monzon
    Ketchel
    Greb
    Hagler
    Burley
    Robinson
    Williams
    Walker
    Steele
    Lamotta
    Giardello
    Fitzsimmons
    Zale
    [One for luck]
    Something like that.
     
  3. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ngl there's only 1 list I give a damn about and that's @Ra's Al-Ghul's
     
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  4. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Obviously the definitive one.
    Papp
    Scholz
    Plappz
    Polz
    Popplz
    Scholz
    Phapp
    Scholz
    Polz
    Schapp
    Spapp
    Chappz
    Splazz
    Zapp
    Pazzl
     
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  5. Gudetama

    Gudetama Active Member Full Member

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    1. Greb
    2. Monzon
    3. Robinson
    4. Hagler
    5. Ketchel
    6. Fitzsimmons
    7. Langford
    8. Walker
    9. Burley
    10. Steele
    11. LaMotta
    12. Hopkins
    13. Tiger
    14. T Ryan
    15. Gibbons
     
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  6. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nice list.

    Its is a shame there is no room for Graziano, Cerdan, Basillio, Fulmer...

    Crowded division.
     
  7. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Good list I would have included Langford but don't think he did much at 160 then again the same could be said for a couple of my choices. Worrying about leaving Gibbons out though.
     
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  8. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Not big on either Graziano or Fullmer and Basilio was better at 147lbs.Was Cerdan better than Thil, Dellanoit,or Villemain?
     
  9. Momus

    Momus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1) Greb
    2) Robinson
    3) Monzon
    4) Hagler
    5) Ketchel
    6) Hopkins
    7) Burley
    8) Fitzsimmons
    9) Steele
    10) Walker
    11) Ryan
    12) Williams
    13) Gibbons
    14) Tiger
    15) Toney

    11-15 was much harder than 1-10. Toney is very questionable, but I felt that there should be a place for someone from the stacked late 80s / early 90s era. Toney had the awful showing against Tiberi, but wins over Nunn and McCallum probably give him the best claim from that group.

    If Golovkin retired today I'd probably squeeze him in there on dominance and longevity, but his resume is so thin that a decisive loss to Canelo would put his record into a different perspective.
     
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  10. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Graziano????
     
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  11. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Working on mine. Gibbons is a must IMO just figuring out where to place him
     
  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    How did I forget them!
     
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  13. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I get as far as number 5, then it becomes a massive grey area. Hagler, Robinson, Greb and Monzon are pretty much locked in, but it gets shaky after that.
     
  14. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    No worries, look directly above your post there's 4 names there, and you can take Robinson out for a start!
     
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  15. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    1. Robinson
    2. Monzon
    3. Hagler
    4. Greb
    5. Ketchel
    6. Walker
    7. Hopkins
    8. Burley
    9. LaMotta
    10. Zale
    11. Williams
    12. Steele
    13. Tiger
    14. Valdez
    15. Griffith

    Top 5 pick themselves - just a question of the order.

    Had a list of 30 that I wittled down to the remaining 10 but could have flipped a coin on some of these. Steele is a guy who I've only recently gained some appreciation for and I thought Zale deserved the final spot in the top 10 - don't think he gets a fair shake these days.
     
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