Pick 4 top lightweights from same era

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Here is my top four lightweights from 1940s on to present...Tough to beat..I'll start
    Ike Williams
    Beau Jack
    Bob Montgomery
    Sammy Angott
    So many more I saw fighting each other frequently...And your tops, fighting at the SAME TIME.....
     
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  2. Sweet Pea

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    Yeah, I think you've taken the cake right there.

    I'll throw out Benny Leonard, Lew Tendler, Freddie Welsh, and Willie Ritchie, just to add to the discussion. Then again they were about 20-30 years prior, and as such wouldn't qualify by your criteria.
     
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  3. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Roberto Duran, Ken Buchanan, Esteban Dejesus, Rodolfo Gonzales
     
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  4. anarci

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    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Hector Camacho
    Edwin Rosario
    Jose L Ramirez
     
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  5. PunchOut

    PunchOut Active Member Full Member

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    This!


    but the best for me is

    David Diaz
    Shot Erik Morales
    Humberto Soto
    Juan Diaz

    ....... Kidding!
     
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  6. Unforgiven

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    Tony Canzoneri
    Sammy Mandell
    Jimmy McLarnin
    Billy Petrolle
     
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  7. teeto

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    Birt's one would be the one i would go for if someone hadn't already. I'll say Lou Ambers, Henry Armstrong, Baby Arizmendi and Barney Ross just bridging the eras.
     
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