Is my all time top 10 good or bad?

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  1. LenHarvey

    LenHarvey Active Member Full Member

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    Greb
    SRR
    Armstrong
    Langford
    Benny L.
    Pep
    Charles
    McLarnin
    SRL
    Moore

    In no order but those are my top 10 of all time.. who would you add & remove? Duran, Ali, Sanchez, Tunney, Monzon etc all came very close but I've settled on those 10 for a variety of reasons..
     
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  2. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would have Walker, Duran, & Ali in a top 10 for sure. SRL, Pep, Moore, & McLarnin are more appropriate for the 11-16 range IMO.
     
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  3. LenHarvey

    LenHarvey Active Member Full Member

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    Walkers a good shout.. incredible fighter.. 5'7 & basically a career WW/MW who went on to fight HWs like Schmelling, Uzcudun, Levinsky, Sharkey etc.. imagine Canelo mixing it up at CW & HW today.. Ali & Duran are more than worthy too
     
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  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    SRL shouldn’t be on there.
     
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  5. LenHarvey

    LenHarvey Active Member Full Member

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    Would u like to contribute a list?
     
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  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    No. I think guys like Duran, Mayweather, and Pacquiao are pretty easily ahead of Leonard, who has some high level wins but limited depth.
     
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  7. themaster458

    themaster458 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think its fine its your list so do whatever you like but personally do think SRL and Moore are bit too high rest is fine.
     
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  8. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Good list
    However i would replace McLarnin,SRL and Moore with
    Duran, Ali and Fitzsimmons
     
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  9. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Standard top 10 list. My biggest issue would be including Greb and no Tunney and you had him in honorable mentions so doesn't really matter. Some names names I'd consider would be Ketchel, Loughran, John Henry Lewis, Lloyd Marshall and Manny Pacquiao. With 10 spots and so many divisions its hard to be upset if any one fighter is omitted. If this is not P4P you can really just pick any 10 dominant champions you want.


    I don't follow all the divisions and some of the ones I follow today I'm not well versed in the history of. Hence why I don't make my own list and only have opinions on who should make it over others.
     
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  10. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I came to see Floyd Mayweather on a list ;)
     
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  11. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In no particular order my list would probably be Ali,Duran,Leonard (Sugar Ray) Robinson,Moore,Armstrong,Langford,Charles,Greb and Leonard (Benny)

    I quite often change my mind about one or two of them but this is how it stands today anyway.
     
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  12. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    IMO, the 10 best fighters in history are,
    1. SRR
    2. Greb
    3. Langford
    4. Charles
    5. Armstrong
    6. Walker
    7. Ali
    8. Duran
    9. B. Leonard
    10. Pacquiao

    You can tinker a bit w/ the order, but I think those are the 10 fighters most deserving of a spot here.

    just outside the top 10 (in no particular order) would be the likes of Moore, Louis, SRL, Wilde, Fitz, & Mayweather IMO.
     
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  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I like it, I also have Moore top 10.

    #01. Harry Greb
    #02. Ray Robinson
    #03. Henry Armstrong
    #04. Sam Langford
    #05. Ezzard Charles
    #06. Benny Leonard
    #07. Roberto Duran
    #08. Muhammad Ali
    #09. Barney Ross
    #10. Archie Moore
     
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  14. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    SRL doesn't belong, otherwise it's ok
     
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  15. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali doesn't belong
     
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