Most under rated great in each weight class

Heavyweight - Gentleman Jim Corbett

Light heavyweight - Gentleman Henry Maske

Middleweight - Freddie Steele

Welterweight - Young Corbett III

Lightweight - Gentleman George Dawson

Featherweight - Young Corbett II

Bantamweight - Gentleman Jack McGowan

Flyweight - Gentleman Valery Yanchy

 

Bit of a theme there.

 

Yeah, you caught me. They're all Queensberry champions.

Can't get anything past you guys, I swear...

 

Typical modernist
Here's some proper picks
Heavyweight Nathienal Peartree
Middleweight Nat Langham
Welterweight ???
Lightweight Caleb Baldwin

All other weight classes are modernist nonsense.

 

All of these so-called "champions" predate Corbett's invention of punches, footwork, and feet.

 

Lol I forgot all about Corbett inventing feet. A very underrated and all to frequently forgotten accomplishment

 

Before Corbett, the boxers' seconds would just plant the two fighters in the ground, and they'd trade headbutts until one gave up.

Modern boxing wasn't complete until Ali's invention of the human fist on April 27, 1956, but Corbett set the course that all future champions would follow. He was a pioneer.

 

And yet people here in classic refuse to even acknowledge that certain modern technological advances have indeed occurred in the arts of pugilisim...I can’t wait to see what evolutions will take place in the remainder of my lifetime

 

They'd also hold their hands behind their backs to stop their arms getting in the way of headbutts, this only stopped in 1907 when Jack Johnson invented the guard.

And they'd only throw one punch at a time until Jack Dempsey invented combinations in 1919 in his fight with Willard, he said after
"I don't know what happened. We had it all worked out, we were going to fight aggressive throwing three punches a round, but somehow I just kept throwing more and more, but it seemed to work"

Every boxer would only fight or train while drunk too, this tradation was only stopped by Joe Louis when he entered the ring sober having failed to get served, and found it to be of his liking.

 

Well as fun as this was...things have spiraled out of my control and distracted from a very timely thread discussion...sorry

 

I hear Lomachenko is working on a punch that makes your opponent feel guilty about some random thing they did years ago, in order to break their will.

 

The invisible third arm that Green used to KO Briggs will probably become standard equipment within 20 years among top fighters.

 

Personally, I'm just glad that Tyson Fury's nutritionists invented digestion.

Imagine what it was like for old-timers like 6/21/2003 Vitali Klitschko to walk into the ring with their arms stuffed with compressed borscht instead of muscle.

 

Back on topic Floyd Patterson maybe deserves a mention too.

 

Absolutely beautiful style to watch.