can you think of anyone else?

Some people, not me, would have Harry Greb as top five for middleweight and light heavyweight.

The same people may also rate Henry Armstrong as a top five fighter at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight. Particularly zealous fan.

Just as a particularly zealous Roberto Duran fan may rate him as #1 lightweight and #5 welterweight.

Or Roy Jones as a top five middleweight and light heavyweight.

Although there would be inconsistencies with the criteria, I think those four are the most realistic, not counting interim divisions.

 

Sam Langford? Middleweight and Light Heavyweight?

 

Armstrong

 

duran

 

He's also the only fighter that some people might argue is #1 in those two major weight classes.

 

Duran. Arguello is definitely top at 130, depends whether he's rated highly at 126 (his age and the depth of LW historically means he wouldn't make my top five lw's to be honest, though he was still brilliant)

 

Julio Cesar Chavez at 130 & 140.

Undisputedly.

 

:deal

 

Yeah good calls, Greb could be number one at middle, and in fairness, the resume at light heavy could easily qualify him here.

The thing with Armstrong is that he, in my opinion was probably at his best at lightweight, but somewhat like Chavez did his greater work at a different weight. Though his body of work would certainly qualify him more so than Chavez for such honours at the 135 pound limit, i'm not quite sold.

Duran's resume at 147 is good, he has good wins, one absolutely amazing, fantastic, brilliant win, and only one loss to one of the finest fighters ever pound for pound.

I'm not having Jones top five for middle though, like you say, only with a drastic change in criteria could it be possible.

 

greb easily deserves the call at middle and lhw

 

He isn't undisputedly top 5 at 140 and only undisputed at 130 because it is a new division, the likes of Sugar Ray Robinson, Napoles, Ortiz were 140lbers before the division was established. Duran, Armstrong, Pep, Saddler, were 130lbers before the division was established

 

For an obscure 1 and taking advantage of new divisions that didnt used to exist. How about James Toney at 168 and Cruser And Holy at Cruser and HW

 

Calzaghe is the greatest at 168. Holyfield is the greatest at Cruiserweight. Toney is a nice pick though. I don't think Holy is top 5 in HW.

 

Yeah i defo think Toney might be a nic epick, seen as though there aren't too many locks there for the spots. Same case at 168.