Terry Norris best 154 of all time?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by bez, Jan 25, 2010.

  1. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    Joined:
    Oct 22, 2009
    Messages:
    19,229
    Likes Received:
    258
    Which one? Vargas at his best would have beaten him I think. Just like he lost Honeyghan, Curry and Philips. Those where just a step above him. Still decent fighter but he wouldn´t have hold onto a belt in the times of Mazzhingi, Benvenuti, Dagge.
     
  2. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

    Joined:
    May 16, 2009
    Messages:
    14,678
    Likes Received:
    186
    is this the mazzhingi that fougght hope and hearns
     
  3. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

    Joined:
    Jul 29, 2004
    Messages:
    36,464
    Likes Received:
    21,033
    Thats was Minchillo I think....Sandro was a champ/contender in the 60's.
     
  4. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    Joined:
    Oct 22, 2009
    Messages:
    19,229
    Likes Received:
    258
    This Mazzhingi retired in 1970 and after three comebackfights again in 1978. So no.
     
  5. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

    Joined:
    May 16, 2009
    Messages:
    14,678
    Likes Received:
    186

    yeah sorry not very hot on italian fighters at all
     
  6. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2005
    Messages:
    13,635
    Likes Received:
    335
    nevermind the sham. He has no brains and lets his emoticons do all his talking for him

    IMO Norris gets the nod based on ACCOMPLISHMENTS

    BEAT Leonard

    BEAT Mugabi

    BEAT Taylor

    and throw in Brown and Curry for good measure

    Hearns comes next. He gets in on account of his sheer talent at the age of 25 along with that devestating performance against Duran. Tommy would have been my #1 pick if he added Mugabi and Moore to his list of victims

    McCallum comes next. He destroyed Julian Jackson as you know
     
  7. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

    Joined:
    Jul 2, 2006
    Messages:
    13,176
    Likes Received:
    20,529
    Norris is up there among the top 10 no doubt. But personally i have always felt that Hearns and McCallum were #1 and #2 respectively.
     
  8. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

    Joined:
    Jul 25, 2008
    Messages:
    9,813
    Likes Received:
    848
    Emile Griffith anyone?
     
  9. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2008
    Messages:
    82,426
    Likes Received:
    1,477
    Good shout Al.

    Can I just say that I give Gil Turner a good chance of turning Norris' lights out at the weight.
     
  10. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2005
    Messages:
    13,635
    Likes Received:
    335
    same here
     
  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2005
    Messages:
    65,737
    Likes Received:
    52,816
    I still think Julio Cesar Vasquez would have broken Norris.
     
  12. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

    Joined:
    Mar 4, 2009
    Messages:
    14,241
    Likes Received:
    158
    Hearns and McCallum would have checked his chin. They are rightfully the number 1 and 2 at the weight, while Norris might come in third.
     
  13. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    Joined:
    Oct 22, 2009
    Messages:
    19,229
    Likes Received:
    258
    Very underated fighter :good
     
  14. BENNY BLANCO

    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

    Joined:
    Mar 8, 2008
    Messages:
    10,718
    Likes Received:
    9
    Terry Norris ranks #3 on my top 5 middles with McCallum and Jackson at 1 and 2 respectively. No way does Winky Wright deserve to be ahead of Norris on any 154 pound rankings and that goes to Benitez as well.
     
  15. BENNY BLANCO

    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

    Joined:
    Mar 8, 2008
    Messages:
    10,718
    Likes Received:
    9
    McCallum wins but a fight with Hearns is 50/50. Norris beats every other 154 pounder besides McCallum and Jackson.

    Gimme a damn break with that garbage, name me one damn thing Vasquez has over Norris?......If you wanna see how Norris vs Vasquez would have looked like please watch Norris fight with Vasquez fellow Argentinian Jorge Castro.