Each weight class... your greatest. List 'em.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by LukeO, Apr 23, 2010.


  1. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
    Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
    Light Heavyweight: Roy Jones jr.
    Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
    Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
    Jr Middleweight: Winky Wright
    Welterweight: Sugar ray robinson
    Junior Welterweight: Aaron Pryor
    Lightweight: Roberto Duran
    Junior Lightweight: Alexis Arguello
    Featherweight: Willie Pep
    Super Bantamweight: Erik Morales

    Too many freakin' weight classes.
     
  2. prideofvbeach

    prideofvbeach Top 10 Pound-For-Pound Full Member

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    Maybe Vernon Forrest over Winky, but I can't disagree with the rest.
     
  3. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr over Ezzard Charles?
     
  4. Mike T

    Mike T Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tommy Hearns over Forrest and Winky
     
  5. PBFred

    PBFred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Plus RJJ was prime at 168
     
  6. JMP

    JMP Champion Full Member

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    Ali
    Holyfield
    Charles
    Calzaghe (RJJ on h2h terms, but jc on accomplishments)
    Monzon
    Hearns/McCallum (undecided)
    SRR
    Unsure about 140 (Pryor, JCC, Cervantes, Loi, Locche, etc)
    Leonard
    Arguello/Mayweather
    Pep
    Gomez
    Jofre
    Watanabe
    Unsure about 112 (Ortiz, Canto, Perez, etc)
    Chang
    Finito
     
  7. Lunny

    Lunny Guest

    I like youur list Luke0. It makes me happy. However, I need Hearns there. XXX
     
  8. ocelot

    ocelot Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
    Cruiserweight: Rocky Marciano (I mean, seriously, he was a CW)
    Light Heavyweight: Ezzard Charles
    Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
    Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
    Jr Middleweight: Winky Wright (Does this division matter at all?)
    Welterweight:Sugar ray robinsonJunior Welterweight: Aaron Pryor
    Lightweight: Henry Armstrong

    Junior Lightweight: Alexis Arguello
    Featherweight: Willie Pep
    Super Bantamweight: Erik Morales (no opinion)

    I thought I'd have a gripe with this list, but actually it's pretty damn good.
     
  9. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
    Crusierweight: Evander Holyfield
    Light Heavyweight: Ezzard Charles
    Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
    Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
    Junior Middleweight: Tommy Hearns (This division is super weak. Somebody needs to take it like Calzaghe did SMW)
    Welterweight: Sugar Ray Leonard (Come on. SRR is number 1 all-time. He shouldn't take one division. That's no fair to everybody that fights at Welterweight.)
    Junior Welterweight: Aaron Pryor
    Lightweight: Roberto Duran
    Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
    Featherweight: Willie Pep
    Super Bantamweight: Wilfredo Gomez
    Bantamweight: Ruben Olivares
    Super Flyweight: Khaosai Galaxy
    Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde
    Light Flyweght: Jung-Hoo Chang
    Minimumweight: Ricardo Lopez
     
  10. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What about Bob Foster as the greatest light-Heavyweight of all time ??

    And it could also be argued that Jack Johnson was the greatest Heavyweight of all time,this man used to fight back in the day in the 30 round fights
     
  11. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think RJJ best weight was @ 168 (even though it was a short stint) so I would put him there. as fr LHW It is a toss up btw Moore and Foster.

    Jr middle Hearns going away over winky h2h and accomplishments

    PBF optimal weight would have been 140 but he did not spend long enough there to be considered so I would easily give it to the Hawk.

    What no Kbros . . . LMFAO!!!

    I think it is a toss up between pernell and duran with the edge going to duran.
     
  12. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
    Cruiserweight: Evander Hoyfield
    Light Heavyweight: Michael Spinks
    Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
    Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
    Light Middleweight: Terry Norris
    Welterweight: Ray Robinson
    Light Weilerweight: Kostya Tzsyu
    Lightweight: Roberto Duran
    Super Featherweight: Azumah Nelson
    Featherweight: Willie Pep
    Super Batamweight: Wilfredo Gomez
    Batamweight: Eder Jofre
    Super Flyweight: Khaosai Galaxy
    Flyweight: Mark Johnson
    Minimumweight: Ricardo Lopez
     
  13. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Yeah he also fought in ana era where John Ruiz would have been undefeated.
     
  14. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    I have no problem with people changing people out from who I picked, diversity amongst boxing fans is our best attribute.

    Whoever said ezzard charles has a damn good point.
     
  15. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    I want to call hearns the best 147'er ever, but SRR was the king of 147.

    Trust me, I hate to leave TH off an ATG list.