I don't have a featherweight's list. SO i'll look forward to stealing Manassa's or Stonehands'...be interesting to see where Saddler rates...I wonder how often Dixon's name will appear?
Well, I posted this in the General Forum. No particular list yet, no particular order, but these are the names warranting the highest consideration, including the 126 and 130 pound Featherweight classes: Willie Pep Sandy Saddler Alexis Arguello Salvador Sanchez Azumah Nelson Abe Attell George Dixon Kid Chocolate Henry Armstrong Panama Al Brown Freddie Miller Johnny Kilbane Jim Driscoll Terry McGovern Floyd Mayweather Erik Morales Marco Antonio Barrera Manny Pacquiao Flash Elorde Vicente Saldivar Young Griffo
I feel uncomfortable with the order, and I may have to re-assess this because I haven't given it much thought lately, but here are my top 15 featherweights: 1. Henry Armstrong 2. Willie Pep 3. Sandy Saddler 4. Salvador Sanchez 5. Jim Driscoll 6. Terry McGovern 8. George Dixon 7. Azumah Nelson 9. Abe Attell 10. Vicente Saldivar 11. Owen Moran 12. Kid Chocolate 13. Young Griffo 14. Johnny Kilbane 15. Eusebio Pedroza I feel that a lot of my placements are determined by who I think has more ability rather than accomplishments at the weight, and I think accomplishments should have a more heavy emphasis, so I may have to shuffle the order once giving it some more thought.
Smack me in the face. For whatever reason when making my list, I had it in my head that Saldivar was a Bantamweight. Griffo definitely deserves consideration as well.
Good that you acknowledge it before brownpimp comes in and smacks you in the face for not including Saldivar. Mind you, I'm likely to receive a smack in the face from him for not having Saldivar higher up the list.
Maybe, though it's hard to say really. We don't know much about Griffo's opponents as a featherweight and both Griffo and Chocolate had their biggest wins/fights above the featherweight division.
Here's a rough Top 10: 1. Willie Pep 2. Henry Armstrong 3. Sandy Saddler 4. Salvador Sanchez 5. George Dixon 6. Eusebio Pedroza 7. Freddie Miller 8. Alexis Arguello 9. Johhny Kilbane 10. Vicente Saldivar