Your Top 5 Greatest Jr. Welterweight Of All Time List?

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  1. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Here's mine:

    1. Julio Cesar Chavez
    2. Aaron Pryor
    3. Kostya Tszyu
    4. Barney Ross
    5. Nicolino Locche
     
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  2. Naseem Muhammed

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    Very cool list I say
     
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  3. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    I meant Barney Ross, not Cervantes... but nice seeing you here!
     
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  4. Naseem Muhammed

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    Yeah I don’t know much about jr welterweights tbh, I’m still learning on that division
     
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  5. roughdiamond

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    No Antonio Cervantes? Come on man, he's likely number 1 and you don't even have him top 5.

    Also Jack 'Kid' Berg deserves to be on the list imo.
     
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  6. Naseem Muhammed

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    I’m a casual in jr welters or whatnot but wasn’t Cervantes WBA super lightweight champion?
     
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  7. roughdiamond

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    Super lightweight is junior welterweight. All the men OP lisited are 140lbers.
     
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  8. Naseem Muhammed

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    Ah right, thanks
     
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  9. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    lately a lot of people in the internet rank him lower including the ring magazine. I actually started my list like this:

    1. Chavez
    2. Pryor
    3. Cervantes
    4. Tszyu
    5. Locche
     
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  10. Mark Dunham

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    i think Pryor is #1. He would drive Chavez crazy
     
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  11. roughdiamond

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    Cervantes is unique in that he has a stacked resume (Loche, De Jesus, Thompson, Gimenez, Mamby etc) and long dominance streak at the weight, alongside being a h2h nightmare in his prime. I personally find it hard to not have him at the very least in the top 3.

    If that was you actual opinion then you should stick with it. Don't just change it just because of Ring magazine disagrees or whatever. Personally, I'd trust some of the older posters debates and threads on this forum over them. You should do some deep dives and see how your opinion changes instead.
     
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  12. Naseem Muhammed

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    I should do that too probably. But damn Cervantes was a real great fighter wasn’t he?
     
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  13. OP_TheJawBreaker

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    I think he had a really great resume, and he defeated really good opposition. I think he was rank lower for his h2h ability. I don't think he's monstrous, he looks like classic slugger to me.
     
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  14. George Crowcroft

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    #05. Julio Cesar Chavez
    #04. Carlos Ortiz
    #03. Antonio Cervantes
    #02. Nicolino Locche
    #01. Barney Ross
     
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  15. Naseem Muhammed

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    Very nice list aswell
     
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