Who's the better welter?

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  1. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hello ESB fans. Recently, I compiled my list of gr8est welters I know of not counting the many I havent seen.

    It was close so I had a difficult time putting everyone in the correct order.

    My question is: of two of those that fell into the consolation group (11-15) which of these two deserves to be higher and why?

    Hitman Hearns or Don Cobra Curry?
     
    redrooster, Sep 25, 2009
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  2. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    It's close, some may be surprised that i think it's Hearns though.
     
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  3. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    I'd say Hearns. To be honest Rooster, you have Cuevas RIDICULOUSLY high.
     
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  4. Ezzard

    Ezzard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Curry is at least one rung below Hearns.
     
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  5. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    At welterweight?
     
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  6. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The one that was consoled by sparking out your no.4 all time welter :good
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Woah, Cuevas at 4? :shock: Missed that.

    Honestly Curry would spark him too. :yep
     
    IntentionalButt, Sep 25, 2009
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  8. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cuevas outranks Tommy in defenses. Spent four years at the top to Tommy's one. Plus Tommy's rign is one of the most forgettable, least eventful. Curry's reign while not as memorable as Cuevas', is something of an achievement even if his best available opponents were Starling and Jun-suk Hwang. Still better than Primera, Baez or Shields
     
    redrooster, Sep 25, 2009
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  9. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Side Note: Pipino would have broke Curry to pieces in Lloyd Honeyghan-like fashion
     
    redrooster, Sep 25, 2009
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  10. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You want to tell him that?
     
    redrooster, Sep 25, 2009
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  11. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How do you justify Kid Gavilan being outside your top ten then when he held the title for 4 years and beat the likes of Carmen Basilio, Billy Graham, Gil Turner, Bobby Dykes, Chuck Davey and Johnny Bratton?

    I know it's not quite the same as beating Angel Espada, Harold Weston, Pete Ranzany, Randy Shields and a shot Clyde Gray and Billy Backus, but surely it should get him making the top 10?
     
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  12. JudgeDredd

    JudgeDredd Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hearns, Longevity's a factor here. Better quality of opposition, o.k Leonard & Hagler beat him, but they were both great fights of which he avenged the loss to Leonard, even though he didn't get the decision. He also started at Welterweight & went all the way up to Cruiser, winning titles along the way.
     
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  13. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He didnt beat Billy Graham. I dont count gift decisions
     
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  14. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Where did you have Leonard, Rooster ?

    Cant wait for this :lol:

    (Im off to search for myself right now but I had to ask just in case I cant find the thread)

    :good
     
    Bill Butcher, Sep 25, 2009
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  15. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I believe it's on page three. Sadly, SRL did not make top ten and was forced to settle for the honorable mention consolation. A matchup with Pryor and would have added significantly to his reputation and status.
     
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