Teddy Atlas's 10 Greatest Middleweights of All Time.

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  1. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Another very interesting list, and spiel. I won't spoil any surprises.


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  2. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Oh no i can't sit through 30 minutes.

    SRR should be on there. Agree with the top 3 though my order is different.
     
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  3. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    I literally couldn’t think of any other names more deserving.
     
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  4. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Haha.

    With your knowledge of MW boxing history, this is a ring endorsement, Swag ;)
     
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Pretty great list.
     
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  6. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Does anyone have Golovkin in there top 10?
     
  7. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not quite:

    1. Greb
    2. Monzon
    3. Hagler
    4. SRR
    5. Hopkins
    6. M. Gibbons
    7. Ketchel
    8. Steele
    9. Ryan
    10. Burley
    11. Williams
    12. Apostoli
    13. GGG
     
  8. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thanks. I asked because most lists I have seen usually have him outside the top 20.
     
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  9. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson is the glaring omission, particularly when Jake LaMotta is there.
     
  10. Kid Bacon

    Kid Bacon All-Time-Fat Full Member

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    No Tiger Flowers, No Zale, no LaMotta, no Fitzsimmons, No Valdez, No Jones jr., No Graziano, No SR Leonard (he had great fights as MW).
     
  11. Kid Bacon

    Kid Bacon All-Time-Fat Full Member

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    ???
    Isn't the opposite? SRR is in the list and Lamotta is the one missing, which is shocking.
     
  12. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Flowers, LaMotta and Fitzsimmons all make my top 20. The others don't, though Zale is about #23 from memory.

    My rankings are based solely on fights contested at MW, allowing a few lbs over for slightly over the weight non title fights.
     
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  13. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Guys.
    Would have Greb as No 1, then SRR, Monzon, Hagler, as a pick em, nice to Steele and Apostoli getting due grace from you Gregg, as for the HWs, again I have Ali 1 and Louis 2 , the rest as you like it.
    stay safe guys, chat soon.
     
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  14. LenHarvey

    LenHarvey Active Member Full Member

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    In no order.

    Harry Greb, Nino Benvenuti, Tony Zale, Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzon, Bob Fitzsimmons, SRR, Bernard Hopkins, Dick Tiger, Freddie Steele.

    Apostoli, Gibbons, Flowers, Fullmer, Charles, Walker etc.. many could be interchanged with a couple of those above.

    Love GGG & Martinez they're top 20 for me but their eras weren't great... Janibeks is dire unfortunately.
     
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  15. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can someone write his list?