ESB Post War Rankings: Post Cruiserweight & Light Heavyweight Rankings here.

gonna take my punt at Cruier and Light Heavy. I am ready to be mocked.

Cruiserweight
1. Evander Holyfield
2. Carlos De Leon
3. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
4. ST Gordon
5. Marvin Camel
6. David Haye
7. O'Niel Bell
8. Jean Marc Mormeck
9. Johnny Nelson
10. James Toney

Light Heavyweight
1. Ezzard Charles
2. Archie Moore
3. Roy Jones Jnr
4. Michael Spinks
5. Bob Foster
6. Matthew Saad Muhammad
7. Dick Tiger
8. Darusz Michalzewski
9. Willie Pastano
10. Victor Emilio Galindez

 

Marciano :good

1. Ezzard Charles
2. Mike Spinks
3. Archie Moore
4. Bob Foster
5. Roy Jones Jr
6. Dwight Qawi
7. Harold Johnson
8. Matthew Saad Muhammad
9. Victor Galindez
10. Dick Tiger

If anyone says Chad Dawson I will :rofl

 

Marciano world title reign was 52-55??

 

I'll have to have a think about the cruisers and get back to you. I always find it hard picking who to rank higher out of Haye and Nelson. I think most have Haye ahead, but I think it's really close.

 

Never being one for these all time lists, not enough knowledge :-(

Might have a got at a HW list later.

 

genuinely don't know enough about previous boxing era's to even suggest a top 10 but I do know about John Conteh and feel he has to be in with a shout for the top 10 at light-heavy

 

Here's a suggestion...why not give it a week for each division? That way we can get some good debate going and people have time to do a bit of research before submitting their lists.

 

its a fair point. this should run and run.

 

Agree ishy. Whats the rush?

 

sorted.

 

I assumed you were saying 'The Rock' wasn't post-war? I mustve got confused

 

I did mine completely off te top of my head so could probably put a bit more effort into it, but never considered Conteh. I'm a massive Conteh fan. In terms of ability? Yes. But Ahumada, Finnegan and Lopez were World class but not enough to put him in the top ten IMO.

 

I'm gonna sit out Cruiser. I'd have too many small Heavyweights in there based on wins between 176-200lbs. Outside of that it doesn't inspire me. Outside of that it's Evander, DeLeon and Qawi, with Haye and Nelson in the top ten.l somewhere. I ain't putting my name on that :good

I can't see Tiger over Galindez or Pastrano myself. Let alone Conteh, Virgil Hill, Marvin Johnson, Harold Johnson etc etc

He was consistent and good at what he did. But I think he gets overrated off the back of Roy not fighting him.

Only my opinion :good

RJJ is all down to how high he ranks based on ability IMO. He has a couple of quality wins at 175 no doubt.

Foster is another person who ranks highly due to how formidable he clearly was. Apart from his phenomenal win over Tiger (and was Richard already riddled with cancer? Still, he's one of the hardest and most durable fighters ever) there isn't a huge amount there.

 

will discuss when it comes to the time. In terms of my list, nobody is gonna be spot in including the self proclaimed yoda of boxing (aka you) but as with the Heavyweights we have a pretty good list put together.

it takes really 10 mins to put it together so stop being a ***** and just make a cruiser list when the time comes.

 

LightHW

1. Charles 2. Moore 3. Roy 4. Foster 5. Spinks 6. Qawi 7. Saad 8. Tiger 9. Galiendez 10. Hopkins.