Who Were The Lineal Champions When You Were Born?

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  1. Saad54

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    Saad54, Mar 24, 2021
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    We must be twins separated at birth!
     
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    I am 62 years old, my birthday is Feb 4 1959. Floyd Patterson was World Heavyweight Champion and Archie Moore was the World Light Heavyweight Champion. Sugar Ray Robinson was the World Middleweight Champion.
     
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    Holmes (huge fan), Leonard, Saad, Hagler, Sanchez (I think), Prior. It was such a cool time. Easy to fall in love with boxing back then :)
     
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    A star lit to the East and we bowed before it... a name was uttered from parting clouds, the King of Men...

    Tony Tubbs.
     
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    Uh, So did I, I had to check again when I read JDs name...
     
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    Hey DJ, who have you seen fight live of note in the 40s-50s? (assuming you did)
     
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    Joe Frazier heavyweight, Bob Foster lightheavy, Carlos Moznon Middleweight, Ken Buchanan lightweight
     
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    Muhammad Ali - heavyweight
    Willie Pastrano - light heavyweight
    Joey Giardello - middleweight
    Emile Griffith - welterweight
    Eddie Perkins - junior welterweight (I still use junior instead of super)
    Carlos Ortiz - lightweight
    Flash Elorde - junior lightweight
    Vicente Saldivar - featherweight
    Eder Jofre - bantamweight
    Pone Kingpetch - flyweight
     
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    What a time!!!
     
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    Heavyweight- Muhammad Ali
    Lt Heavyweight- Vacant
    Middleweight- Carlos Monzon
    Jnr Middleweight- Jae Doo Yuh
    Welterweight- John H Stracy
    Jnr Welterweight- Antonio Cervantes
    Lightweight- Roberto Duran
    Jnr Lightweight- Ben Villaflor
    Featherweight- Alexis Arguello
    Bantamweight- Alfonso Zamora
    Flyweight- Miguel Canto

    Pretty solid line up in 1975.
     
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    A good crop of great fighters.
     
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    I was born in early 1953.....
    OK, here goes:
    Heavyweight - Rocky Marciano
    Light Heavyweight - Archie Moore
    Middleweight - Vacant
    Welterweight - Kid Gavilan
    Lightweight - Jimmy Carter
    Featherweight - Sandy Saddler
    Bantamweight - Jimmy Carruthers
    Flyweight - Yoshio Shirai
     
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