Strong MW eras?

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  1. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Which eras for MWs do you consider stronger than others?

    Hard to overlook the 40's, of course, with guys like Robinson, Moore, Charles, LaMotta, Burley, Zale etc. Too bad there isn't more footage, though.

    Late 80's, early 90's also seem like a very strong era, and with ample amounts of footage to make a judgement from. Nunn, Kalambay, McCallum, Hearns, Eubank, Watson, Toney, Benn, McClellan, Jackson, Hopkins and RJJ being the main ones.

    Other than those? The 60's with Tiger, Benton and others? 20's with Walker, Greb and Flowers? Others?
     
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  2. Unforgiven

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    mid-1930s to early 1940s was very strong but the championship was disputed for most of it.
     
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  3. AwardedSteak863

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    I'm a big fan the 60's with Giardello, Benton, Tiger, Archer, Fullmer, Robinson. All if them had very different styles and they were very competitive with each. Giardello and Tiger fought four times and split the series.

    It's hard to argue with the 40's or late 80's being the best but I personally like the competitiveness of the 60's.
     
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    50s: Robinson, Turpin, Fullmer, Basilio, Giardello, Tiger Jones, Giambra, Olson
     
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  5. dmt

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    Late 70's is pretty good with an aging Monzon, Valdez, Briscoe, young emerging Hagler. Not the greatest era but good nonetheless.
     
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  6. Bokaj

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    Which were the main guys in mid/late 30's?
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

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    To make a few. Good era. I really enjoy watching some of these.
     
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  8. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    How about the 1890's?

    Bob Fitzsimmons, Kid McCoy, and Tommy Ryan, then also Dan Creedon, Jack Dempsey (though at the end of his career), Jim Hall, Tommy West, Jack Root, Frank Craig etc.
     
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  9. Mike Cannon

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    Agree.
     
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  10. dmt

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    This is a terrific era but hard to judge for certain due to lack of footage
     
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  11. Mike Cannon

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    Fred Apostoli, Solly Krieger, Oscar Rankins.
     
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  12. Mike Cannon

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    Hard to argue with this , so I am not. keep well.
     
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  13. Unforgiven

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    Freddie Steele, Fred Apostoli, Teddy Yarosz, Marcel Thil, Solly Krieger, Ken Overlin, Lloyd Marshall, Al Hostak, Ceferino Garcia, Billy Conn, Nate Bolden, George Abrams .... et al.

    Then ........... Tony Zale, Jimmy Bivins, Billy Soose, Charley Burley, Archie Moore, Tami Mauriello, Steve Belloise, Holman Williams around 1940.
     
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    Late teen, early 1920s.

    Greb, Mike Gibbons, Joe Chip, Houck, McGoorty, McTigue, Dillon, O'Dowd, Jeff Smith, ****ing crazy.

    And of course, Happy Howard.
     
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  15. dmt

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    Flowers too
     
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