5 top middleweights at one era

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My 5 top middleweights in one era were in no order
    Tony Zale
    Freddie Steele
    Fred Apostoli
    Al Hostak
    Ken Overlin
    Any one of this group would be champ in most eras.,What is your pick?
     
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  2. Jorodz

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    hmmm, interesting topic.

    i'll take...

    ray robinson
    gene fullmer
    carmen basillio
    joey giardello
    dick tiger
     
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  3. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Just to be different, I'll pick the sixties...
    Dick Tiger
    Joey Giardello
    George Benton
    Rubin Carter
    Henry Hank
    *Emile Griffith
    *Luis Manuel Rodriguez
    Joey Archer
    Gene Fullmer
    Holley Mims

    Alot of depth in the sixties.
     
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  4. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    BB, how would you see a Zale/Steele fight going? Somebody would definitely be KO'd in that one! Steele looks very explosive, but Zale was such a rough body puncher.
     
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  5. WhataRock

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    60's middleweight era was the tits....In fact its probably the best era for all of boxing.
     
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  6. Jorodz

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    only problem was limiting it to 5:!:
     
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  7. burt bienstock

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    DPW,,Freddie Steele Ibfeelo was a top 10 or better alltime middleweight...He was virtuably unbeatable in a ten year period, losing just TWO times in over 100 bouts..During that great streak he KO'd the rugged Ceferino Garcia twice,among so many others,during that rich laden period...Steele suffered a cracked sternum,near the end of his career,a painful injury to him and he retired soon after..A beatiful boxer and a great two handed puncher was Steele...I believe Steele vs Zale at there peaks would be a pick em, but forced to choose I'd take Steele by close dec. No middleweight kos Zale when he was in prime...Well maybe the "Michigan Assassin", Maybe...
     
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  8. Jorodz

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    good analysis. i'll have to take another look at steele.

    btw: i hate to say it but i feel zale is SLIGHTLY overrated on the forum. great middleweight but without the graziano fights, would we be talking about him?
     
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  9. PH|LLA

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    first thing that popped in my mind is Cerdan, Lamotta, and Robinson... but maybe someone else can fill out the last 2 spots of that era
     
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  10. burt bienstock

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    PHlla,I'll pick youtwo more offhand
    Charley Burley
    Georgie Abrams,tough opponent for anyone
     
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  11. My2Sense

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    I'd favor either the '40s or the '60s.

    The '40s:
    Robinson
    LaMotta
    Cerdan
    Zale
    Burley

    The '60s:
    Tiger
    Fullmer
    Giardello
    Benvenuti
    Griffith

    ...and those are just the HOFers in each era.
     
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  12. bodhi

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    70s:
    Monzon
    Valdes
    Benvenuti
    Griffith
    Briscoe

    00s:
    Ketchel
    Klaus
    Ryan
    Pappke
    Hugo Kelly

    20s:
    Greb
    Walker
    Flowers
    Wilson
    Mike O'Dowd
     
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  13. teeto

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    Just look at the consistency for decades:

    40s

    Robinson
    LaMotta
    Cerdan
    Zale
    Burley

    50s

    Robinson
    Fulmer
    Basilio
    Olson
    Turpin

    60s

    Giardello
    Tiger
    Benvenuti
    Griffith
    Downes

    70s

    Monzon
    Valdes
    Briscoe
    Hagler
    Minter

    I went for a few different choices, some are lesser than others but it's all deep.
     
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  14. DFW

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    1940's: Zale
    LaMotta
    Cerdan
    Graziano
    Apostoli


    1950's: Robinson
    Fullmer
    Basilio
    Olson
    Turpin

    1960's: Tiger
    Fullmer
    Pender
    Giardello
    Benvenuti
    Griffith

    1970's: Monzon
    Valdez
    Briscoe
    Hagler
    Antuofermo
     
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  15. SLAKKA

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    Any u guys heard about that killer Harlem middleweight from the early 30s Harry Smith?
     
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