Fighters of the Century per Futch/Dundee/Clancy/Duva/Chargin - The Junior Lightweights.

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  1. JohnThomas1

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    THE TOP JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS 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.

    JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS (Five Selections)

    1 Alexis Arguello (2) 19

    2 Kid Chocolate (1) 16

    3 Julio Cesar Chavez (1) 12

    4 Johnny Dundee (1) 8

    5 Sandy Saddler 6
     
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    Nicely deserved.
     
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  3. Indefatigable

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    Camacho And Mayweather
     
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  4. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    I'm surprised at no Flash Elorde (who actually beat the listed Saddler at 130lbs). Also surprised they didn't mention Benny Bass. Mayweather deserves a mention for modern fighters, as does Brian Mitchell due to the number of defences made. Other good fighters as well, such as Shibata, Escalera and Vilaflor. For a junior division, 130lbs is decently deep and goes far back. This list could've been 10 places long. What criteria was the voting of fighters actually based on, if any? The list isn't bad, though.
     
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  5. JohnThomas1

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    The criteria wasn't explained unfortunately. I'll dig deeper tho in the next day or two. I imagine it was parts of everything going by the lists. Probably even historical impact for some choices.
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Hard division to rank this IMO. Give it a go, though.

    #10. Kid Chocolate
    #09. Sandy Saddler
    #08. Azumah Nelson
    #07. Julio Cesar Chavez
    #06. Manny Pacquiao
    #05. Johnny Dundee
    #04. Floyd Mayweather
    #03. Flash Elorde
    #02. Alexis Arguello
    #01. Tony Canzoneri
     
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