Greatest Contenders - Junior Welterweights (super-lightweights)

Continuing our discussion. Today, give me your 15 greatest contenders never to win the junior welterweight title.

The rules are, they must have competed at the weight and never won a World, WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, NBA or NYSAC recognized title at the selected weight (Interim, Colored, White, IBU, BBBC, state recognized other than New York, Country only recognized or any organization south of WBO are not recognized titles, so their champions are eligible as contenders). Also, since I am not recognizing Straw, jr. fly, super fly, super bantam, super middle or cruiser, the champions and contenders in the omitted classes are eligible at the higher weight. If they did move up and win that respective title like Roman Gonzalez, they are ineligible as a contender. Easy enough? Please ask if I am gliding over something. And don't sweat the order, just give me your best 15.

Also, let's stick to contenders when the division actually existed.

Here are mine:

-Willie Joyce
-Kenny Lane
-Alfredo Urbina
-Battling Torres
-Jose Napoles
-Bunny Grant
-Adolph Pruitt
-Rodolfo Gonzalez
-Carlos Gimenez
-Esteban DeJesus
-Hector Thompson
-Dave 'Boy' Green
-Alexis Arguello
-Ronnie Shields
-Frankie Warren

Hit me with what you have.

 

George, as I mentioned, I want to stick with when the division actually existed, otherwise we're going to have a lot of guys going in and out. And here's where it gets cloudy. 140 existed between 1923-1935 and then again briefly in '46 and then from 1959 on. So, I will say yes to McLarnin and Petrolle, but Jack was a rated welterweight in '46 and Ike was the lightweight champ. As for the Kid, he wasn't even a main eventer yet, just having arrived from Cuba. So, I hope you see where I'm going with this. Just trying to rein this in with a structure.

 

Mike, great picks except for Pedro Adigue. He actually held the WBC title.

 

No worries, dude. I love the stuff you throw out there.

 

Who now?

 

If it's LC, that's a great choice.