Fighters of the Century per Futch/Dundee/Clancy/Duva/Chargin - P4P.

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  1. JohnThomas1

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    THE TOP FIGHTERS OF THE CENTURY

    As voted by a five-member panel (Futch/Dundee/Clancy/Duva/Chargin) of experts assembled by Associated Press. First-place votes are in parenthesis; points based on 10 points for a first-place vote down to one point for a 10th-place vote. When a division has five selections, a first-place vote is worth five points.

    POUND FOR POUND

    1 Sugar Ray Robinson (2) 45

    2 Muhammad Ali (2) 38

    3 Henry Armstrong 30

    4 Joe Louis 29

    5 Willie Pep (1) 27

    6 Jack Dempsey 20

    7 Roberto Duran 14

    8 Benny Leonard 13

    9 Billy Conn 12

    10 Harry Greb 7
     
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    Armstrong's amazing weight jumping obviously gives him great purchase here by the looks. Such a top fighter in so many divisions. Willie Pep with a first place vote vs 2 for Ali and SRR.
     
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    Excellent
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    That is one horrid looking list
     
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    I like Dempsey but he shouldn't be above Duran at all.
     
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    There's so much wrong here you hardly know where to begin. Billy Conn's on the list and Ezzard Charles ain't? Ali is too high ,Greb is too low, and Dempsey doesn't belong.
     
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    Jesus Christ, who'd they have edit this list, Bert Sugar??
     
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    They voted Langford top 10 all time heavy but not p4p :lol:
     
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    Ali ? So high christ
    Greb so low
    These fellows bombed out on this list
     
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    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm not completely getting the love for Dempsey, either. Otherwise, this isn't a terrible list imo. Switch Pep with Duran and dump Dempsey and it would look better.
     
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    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nice. Beat me to it, Reinhardt. Good call.
     
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    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    LMMFAO
     
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    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't think it is that bad. Reinhardt pointed out the mishaps.
     
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    Sanchez belonged on there before Conn or Benny Leonard imo.
     
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    No langford who is in contention for number 1 on the list , these guys are not experts at all.
     
    Samtotheg, Jun 27, 2021
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