Please Participate--All-Time Welterweight Survey (POLL CLOSED!! )

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  1. Tin_Ribs

    Tin_Ribs Me Full Member

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    1.) SRR
    2.) Barbados Joe
    3.) Napoles
    4.) LMR
    5.) Leonard (personal dislike here)
    6.) Armstrong
    7.) Britton
    8.) Griffith
    9.) Walker
    10.) Gavilan

    Apologies for no Hearns, Basilio, Burley, McLarnin etc
     
  2. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Sugar ray Leonard
    3. Kid Gavilan
    4. Jose Napoles
    5. Thomas Hearns
    6. Henry Armstrong
    7. Emile Griffith
    8. Felix Trinidad
    9. Sugar Shane Mosley
    10. Jack Britton
     
  3. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    So how does Mosley rate ahead of Jack Britton, Boppa?
     
  4. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    based upon what I have seen on film

    1) Robinson
    2) Armstrong
    3) Napoles
    4) Pipino Cuevas
    5) Basilio
    6) Rodriguez
    7) Doo-ran!
    B) Sweet Pea
    9) Griffith
    10) Mclarnin

    honorable mention: Kid Gavilan, Tony Demarco, Ray Leonard, Don Curry, and Thomas Hearns
     
  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    What the **** is wrong with some of you?

    :lol:

    Can't you just give me a straight forward 1 to 10 top ten list like everyone else to make tabulating things easier.

    What's so difficult about this?

    :smoke
     
  6. essexboy

    essexboy The Cat Full Member

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    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Henry Armstrong
    3. Sugar Ray Leonard
    4. Kid Gavilan
    5. Mickey Walker
    6. Jose Napoles
    7. Emile Griffith
    8. Jack Britton
    9. Luis Manuel Rodriguez
    10. Barbados Joe Walcott
     
  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Fair enough; I see him as a lock myself, but there are only a couple of others that rate him in that sort of territory (Say top 6?). Having said that, let's have a quick look. Britton won 150+ fights at WW (being conservative). Some people have Duran on their list. How many fights did he win at WW? There is some canon fodder in there of course, but his top line wins include Dave Shade, Benny Leonard, Mickey Walker, Lou Bogash (controversial), Mike O'Dowd, a young Jock Malone and of course his domination of the epic series with Kid Lewis, Ted might scrape his way onto this list.

    Now, compare that list of achievments with those of WW Hearns, who is a dead lock for our top 10.
     
  8. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    1.Ray Robinson
    2,Ray Leonard
    3.Henry Armstrong
    4.Jose Napoles
    5.Joe Walcott
    6.Jack Britton
    7.Jimmy Mclarnin
    8.Charley Burley
    9.Emille Griffith
    10.Ted Lewis
     
  9. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Britton is a poor oversight on my part..But I aint changing it. Im doing these lists off the top of my head because I tried to think about and reason the middleweight one and my head nearly exploded.
     
  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :yep

    Fair enough, there are certain guys that always seem to get overlooked on these lists though - consistantly, inspite of being good for a spot, and Britton is one of them.
     
  11. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    **** you McGrain fine..Ill change it.
     
  12. essexboy

    essexboy The Cat Full Member

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    If Kid Lewis ends up with more votes than Jack Britton which is looking likely at the moment, theres something very wrong.
     
  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :lol: My work here is done


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  14. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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  15. Hexus

    Hexus WBA = Why Box Anyways Full Member

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    1. Ray Robinson
    2. Kid Gavilan
    3. Mickey Walker
    4. Ray Leonard
    5. Pernell Whitaker
    6. Henry Armstrong
    7. Jack Britton
    8. Emile Griffith
    9. Jose Napoles
    10. Shane Mosley