My Top 100

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  1. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Finished it off now, might at some point expand to 150 but for now this the
    Final follow up of the top 50 and Top 75
    https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/my-top-50.625460/page-1
    https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/top-75.626839/

    Here it is

    1. Sam Langford

    2. Harry Greb

    3. Muhammad Ali

    4. Ezzard Charles

    5. Sugar Ray Robinson

    6. Benny Leonard

    7. Ted Kid Lewis

    8. Henry Armstrong

    9. Archie Moore

    10. Joe Gans

    11. Jack Britton

    12. Tommy Loughran

    13. Maxie Rosenbloom

    14. Mickey Walker

    15. Willie Pep

    16. Ray Leonard

    17. Barney Ross

    18. Roberto Duran

    19. Joe Louis

    20. Bob Fitzsimmons

    21. George Dixon

    22. Jimmy McLarnin

    23. Packey McFarland

    24. Tony Canzoneri

    25. Jack 'Nonperli' Dempsey

    26. Jimmy Wilde

    27. Eder Jofre

    28. Gene Tunney

    29. Terry McGovern

    30. Floyd Mayweather Jr

    31. Manny Pacquiao

    32. Freddie Walsh

    33. Barbados Joe Walcott

    34. Marvin Hagler

    35. Carlos Monzon

    36. Jose Napoles

    37. Emile Griffith

    38. Ike Williams

    39. Kid Gavalin

    40. Tommy Hearns

    41. Young Corbett III

    42. D*ck Tiger

    43. Tiger Flowers

    44. Stanley Ketchel

    45. Pancho Villa

    46. Fighting Harada

    47. Manual Ortiz

    48. Evander Holyfield

    49. Lou Ambers

    50. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

    51. Roy Jones Jr

    52. Sandy Saddler

    53. Jack Johnson

    54. Lennox Lewis

    55. Julio Cesar Chavez

    56. Michael Spinks

    57. Juan Manuel Marquez

    58. George Foreman

    59. Alex Arguello

    60. Rocky Marciano

    61. Salvador Sanchez

    62. Billy Conn

    63. Bernard Hopkins

    64. Young Corbett II

    65. Tommy Gibbons

    66. George Foreman

    67. Larry Holmes

    68. Kid Chocolate

    69. John Henry Lewis

    70. Freddie Steele

    71. Joe Brown

    72. Lloyd Marshall

    73. Wladimir Klitschko

    74. Joey Maxim

    75. Oakland Billy Smith

    76. James Toney

    77. Soldier Bartfield

    78. Shane Mosley

    79. Sonny Liston

    80. Saul Alvarez

    81. Miguel Canto

    82. Kid Norfolk

    83. Marco Antonio Barrera

    84. Eric Morales

    85. Jack 'Kid' Berg

    86. George Carpentier

    87. Battling Levinsky

    88. Young Stribling

    89. Panama Al Brown

    90. Mike McTigue

    91. Pernell Whitaker

    92. Oscar Del a Hoya

    93. Felix Trinidad

    94. Andre Ward

    95. Jake LaMotta

    96. Jung Koo Chang

    97. Fritzie Zivic

    98. Young Griffo

    99. Bob Foster

    100. Mike Tyson
     
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  2. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Be prepared for the criticism George :)

    Here's mine from a skim

    Félix Trinidad should not be in a top 100,much less above people like Chang or Griffo.

    Marquez is way too high, definitely shouldn't be above kid Chocolate or Jack Kid Berg.

    Jofre and Harada are way to far apart. Harada too low. IMO Harada idls greater P4P than Jofre.

    Maxie Rosenbloom is way too high.

    Some positives (IMO, since people don't say them too often about lists)

    However, I do like your inclusion of Nonpareil in the list.

    Langford NO 1 is a solid choice (although not mine)

    Like the inclusion of Jack Britton, although I wouldn't have him at 11.

    Fair play for posting your list though, especially a top 100. They're very hard to do.
     
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  3. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I feel like you have rushed this? I also don’t feel like it has your own personal stamp on it? Perhaps I am wrong but it seems like you have taken some of your thoughts and dialogues from these threads an ordered them. Personally I have been working on mine for 9 months and am not quite ready to put it out there....I will scan your list but it seems hasty at first glance. Sorry if I am inaccurate it was just my initial thought
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Hearns would have destroyed Manny Pac ar 147 the same way he destroyed Duran at 154.
     
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  5. PhillyPhan69

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    Yet Duran is rated higher on every credible list than Hearns....Hearns vs Pac hypothetical at WW has nothing to do with a ranking in a P4P sense?
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

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    It was done in about 2 weeks, I have revamped a few opinions on my other one though, ie. Wills at 23, Lewis at 25 and such, but I got a bit Hasty around 95. But it's still being edited hence why I made the thread. Cheers for feedback!
     
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    SMH
     
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  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Do you mind me asking, is that smh at Hearns beating Pac, or just the statement on this thread?
     
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  9. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Doesn't mean a whole lot considering Hearns is way bigger.

    Tyson destroyed Spinks, doesn't make him better P4P.
     
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  10. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    This is P4P ranking, not hypothetical match up.
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

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    Anyone have any recommendations that aren't in the list
     
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  12. PhillyPhan69

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    But....Bob Foster would totally destroy Benny Leonard.....
     
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  13. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Tommy Ryan definitely could be high on a top 100 list.
    Welterweight and middleweight champion.
    Look him up.
     
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  14. PhillyPhan69

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    No Azumah Nelson pains me a great deal.....

    I still don’t get this infatuation with Soldier Bartfield

    Maxie Rosenbloom top 20????

    I love Tommy Loughran But way to high....

    Tito probably does not belong....

    Just a few off the top of my head

    Edit: Canelo is a little bit premature...not sure about Ward....You definitely favor HW’s a little more than I would or than many lists do
     
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  15. ChrisJS

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    No Carlos Ortiz IMO is absolutely ludicrous no offense. No Wilfredo Gomez and Vicente Saldivar? They HAVE to be on the list. Ortiz is without question the greatest Puerto Rican, was one of the top three of the 1960s, a surefire Top 5 at 135 and top 5 Latino fighter period.

    Canelo on the list and ahead of Whitaker??Nah. I was never a Whitaker fan but he’s probably top 20-35 range all-time and certainly not 40 spots lower than Chavez.
     
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