Anyone wanna list there top 10 people that have fought at WW? Is Pacquiao's going from 106-147 really more impressive than Hearns from 147-190 granted I don't really know how dominate he was there
Jimmy McLarnin Flyweight to Welterweight. The term "pound-for-pound" was first used to describe McLarnin. (alot think it was SRR) Pretty sure he has fought the most HOF's in boxing history also. (could be wrong)
yep the greatest irish fighter of all time not canadian he fought them all lou ambers, tony canzoneri, barney ross, benny leonard, joe glick, louis kaplan. pancho villa, fidel labarba, young corbett 3rd, and many more. he beat them all
McLarnin's resume is mind-boggling. Barney Ross, Tony Canzoneri, Lou Ambers, Young Corbett III, an aged Benny Leonard, Pancho Villa, Kid Kaplan, Billy Petrolle, Sammy Mandell, Bud Taylor, Sammy Fuller, Sid Terris, Al Singer, Young Jack Thompson, Joe Glick, Ray Miller, Sergeant Sammy Baker, along with young, up and coming Fidel LaBarba and Jackie Fields when he himself was an up and comer. All among the names he beat in a stellar career from Flyweight to Welterweight. He also drew with another great Flyweight in Memphis Pal Moore around that time. I'd like to see someone try to justify ranking Pacquiao over him.
Interesting. So not the top ten based on head-to-head at 147, or accomplishment at 147, but the top ten p4p fighters who at least passed through 147 at some point? :think Very interesting. Requires thought.
1 - Sam Langford 2 - Harry Greb 3 - Sugar Ray Robinson 4 - Henry Armstrong 5 - Bob Fitzsimmons 6 - Benny Leonard 7 - Mickey Walker 8 - Sugar Ray Leonard 9 - Jimmy McLarnin 10- Charley Burley Easy peasy :yep
Especially the first four round decision win, incredible. He won three rounds to get that win. Would you have bjw above McLarnin?
I currently have him above by about 5 spots, but then again my P4P lists are complete nonsense. I'm not entirely sure, to be honest. McLarnin obviously has the deeper list of top notch wins. That combined with the overall uncertainty of outcome in quite a few of Walcott's fights makes it difficult to compare. But a 5'1 Welterweight knocking out the best Heavyweights in the world is the very definition of the phrase "pound-for-pound". In that sense he was one of the most remarkable fighters in history.