Ring Magazines latest greatest top 5 in each division lists.

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  1. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Edit - found a link to the full article - https://www.ringtv.com/627200-division-by-division-the-greatest-fighters-of-all-time/

    https://www.givemesport.com/1765367...-greatest-boxers-in-every-single-division?amp

    Heavyweight:
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    , 2) Joe Louis, 3) Larry Holmes, 4)
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    , 5) Jack Johnson

    Cruiserweight: 1) Evander Holyfield, 2)
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    , 3) Carlos de Leon, 4)
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    , 5) Juan Carlos

    Light heavyweight: 1) Ezzard Charles, 2) Archie Moore, 3) Bob Foster, 4) Michael Spinks, 5) Gene Tunney

    Super middleweight: 1) Joe Calzaghe, 2)
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    3) Andre Ward, 4) James Toney, 5)
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    Middleweight: 1) Sugar Ray Robinson, 2) Carlos Monzon, 3) Harry Greb, 4) Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 5) Bernard Hopkins

    Junior Middleweight: 1) Thomas Hearns, 2) Mike McCallum, 3) Terry Norris, 4) Winky Wright, 5) Nino Benvenuti

    Welterweight: 1) Sugar Ray Robinson, 2) Sugar Ray Leonard, 3) Henry Armstrong, 4) Thomas Hearns, 5) Jose Napoles

    Junior Welterweight: 1) Julio Cesar Chavez, 2) Aaron Pryor, 3) Koztya Tsyzu, 4) Barney Ross, 5) Antonio Cervantes

    Lightweight: 1) Roberto Duran, 2) Benny Leonard, 3) Joe Gans, 4) Pernell Whitaker, 5) Ike Williams

    Junior Lightweight: 1) Alexis Arguello, 2)
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    Featherweight: 1) Willie Pep, 2) Salvador Sanchez, 3) Henry Armstrong, 4) Sandy Saddler, 5) Abe Attell

    Junior Featherweight: 1) Wilfredo Gomez, 2) Marco Antonio Barrera, 3) Erik Morales, 4) Guillermo Rigondeaux, 5) Daniel Zaragoza

    Bantamweight: 1) Eder Jofre, 2) Ruben Olivares, 3) Carlos Zarate, 4) Manuel Ortiz, 5) Panama Al Brown

    Junior Bantamweight: 1) Khaosai Galaxy, 2) Jiro Watanabe, 3) Johnny Tapia, 4) Gilberto Roman, 5) Sung Kil Moon

    Flyweight: 1) Jimmy Wilde, 2) Miguel Canto, 3) Pascual Perez, 4) Pancho Villa, 5) Frankie Genaro

    Junior Flyweight: 1) Michael Carbajal, 2) Humberto Gonzalez, 3) Jung Koo Chang, 4) Hilario Zapata, 5) Roman Gonzalez

    Strawweight: 1) Ricardo Lopez, 2) Ivan Calderon, 3) Roman Gonzalez, 4) Rosendo Alvarez, 5) Chanda Porpaoin
     
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  2. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What a ******ed magazine. Usyk is the goat cruiserweight. Johnson isnt a top 50 heavyweight let alone a top 5. Eyebrows raised at Toney at 168 as well.
     
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  3. McGrain

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    Apart from no Greb at LHW...not that bad?
     
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  4. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield above Usyk at cruiserweight based on what? Im no fan of Froch but he was better at 168 than Toney.
     
  5. JohnThomas1

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    Johnson is commonly found in the top 10. The body of work those ahead of Toney possess is quite solid.

    With Usyk being the flavor of the month i'm expecting quite a few to take exception to that vs other potential disparities. I'm also expecting quite a few to factor his latest heavyweight win subconsciously into the equation as well, not that i'm saying he can't or shouldn't be ahead of The Real Deal.
     
  6. JohnThomas1

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    Extremely impressive overall given how much they took on.
     
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  7. HandsOfSt0ned

    HandsOfSt0ned New Member Full Member

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    Decent i gues but still, Jack Johnson at 5 in HW is really bad. The worse are at the lower weights class, in the Junior Bantamweight list Khaosai gets overrated so much, Gilberto Roman should be 1. And i think when they are done, Roman Gonzalez, Estrada and Rungvisai should be ranked higher than the likes of Watanabe and Tapia

    In Jr Flyweight Jung Koo Chang is CLEARLY the greatest down there without a doubt. And no mention of Vicente Saldivar in featherweight when he has an argument to be greater or as great as Salvador Sanchez was
     
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  8. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    I think Frankie Liles should be to 5 and I'm quite surprised that Rigondeaux made it to 5, maybe Wilfredo Vasquez deserves a mention.
     
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  10. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    There's some bad errors, but overall it's a pretty good set of lists.
     
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  11. Rubber Glove Sandwich

    Rubber Glove Sandwich A lot of people have pools Full Member

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  12. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hagler over Greb.

    The heavyweights are perfect...until the Jack Johnson at no. 5. I rate Holyfield, Foreman, Lewis, Marciano, Frazier, Tyson, Wlad, Liston, Dempsey over him. In that order.
     
  13. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Looks very good overall.
     
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  14. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    I was pleased to see Holmes at 3 af heavyweight - his stock has risen over the last 20 years.

    Only this morning I was looking at @McGrain's greatest light heavyweights top 50 (brilliant resource) as I was watching some Tommy Loughran and I re-read Greb's win list at light heavy - it is insane. He should be in the top 5 there.

    There are a few other odd positions and as has been mentioned, no Vicente Saldivar at featherweight is a bad one when they've put Sal Sanchez at 2. But I've seen a lot worse.
     
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  15. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    He is if resume counts for anything.
     
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