1980s lightweights: a primer

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    A couple of top posts there, Saad!
    I’ll remove the Mayweather v Paz fight from the list and add Charlie “White Lightning” Brown to the contender list.
     
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  2. JohnThomas1

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    Fantastic thread, Jel! Such an exciting time.

    We could perhaps add Greg "The Candyman" Coverson, Kenny Bogner, Alvin "Too Sweet" Hayes, Darryl Tyson and Ernesto Espana (
    Kenty took his title) to the contenders list.

    Another that got a teeny bit of press and perhaps hit the Ring 10 for a short time was Ruben Munoz Jr. Beat Frias and lost to Mayweather, Blake and Brown. Promising but never made it.
     
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    Thanks mate!

    Some deep knowledge there, JT. I’ve added all of them.
     
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  4. JabbaTheGut

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    Didn't Watt have a lineal claim after O'Grady beat Hilmer Kenty?
     
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    Yeah, I suppose so… for about 2 months between O’Grady beating Kenty and Arguello beating Watt. That’s probably why I didn’t consider it but it’s a fair point.
     
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    Cheers Jel.
     
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    Try Rich the fight historian on you tube. Makes all sorts of awesome docs about guys from that era
     
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