Top 10 greatest short fighters of all time

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  1. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mine
    1. Frazier
    2. Qawi
    3. Marciano
    4. Pacquaio
    5. Duran
    6. Hagler
    7. Chavez Sr
    8. Tyson
    9. Turpin
    10. Benn
     
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    No particular order
    Marciano
    Tyson
    Frazier
    Langford
    Tua
    Jimmy Bivins
    James Toney
    Tommy Burns
    John Sullivan
    Pac
     
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    Chiquita Gonzalez
     
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    No order:
    Pryor
    Frazier
    Tyson
    Qawi
    Duran
    Pacquiao
    Marciano
    Mosley
    Chavez Sr
    Lomachenko
     
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    I change Lomachenko to Cotto, as Loma is still active.
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

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    Pascual Perez
    Miguel Canto
    Fighting Harada
    Mike Tyson
    Dwight Muhammad Qawi

    I had Duran, but at his best he wasn't even small for a lightweight.
     
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  7. HolDat

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    Just to be different.... this guy isn't as great as these other guys but.... "Baby Jake" Matlala?
     
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    Turpin and Benn are short? Lol
     
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  9. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They are short for middleweight and fought out of a short style
     
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    Harry Greb
    Ray Robinson
    Henry Armstrong
    Sam Langford
    Ezzard Charles
    Roberto Duran
    Benny Leonard
    Joe Gans
    Muhammad Ali
    Packey McFarland

    Apparently every fighter is short based on the answers in this thread, so I just listed my all time top 10 fighters.
     
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  11. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ahhh, I can't remember their heights.
     
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    Langford, Qawi, Baby Jake and Barbados Joe cannot go without a mention.
     
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    Boxing heights are all lies and statistics Tyson is 5ft11/5 :p So who really knows?
     
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    What about that guy in the 80’s who was a 5’4” junior middle.? James Hard Rock Green I think it was. Talk about a sawed off guy
     
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  15. HolDat

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    Very true, especially in general.
     
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