All time greats who don't necessarily have extraordinary accomplishments at one weight class

Jack Dillon
Billy Conn
Young Corbett III
JMM

I have Mickey Walker top 20 at WW and MW, based solely on fights in those divisions, but I wouldn't say he was "extraordinary accomplished" at either, whereas taking his career as a whole from a p4p perspective, "extraordinarily accomplished" fits perfectly.

 

Julio César Chávez
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao
Are the ones I can think of off the top of my head

 

isn't Chavez like the super-lightweight goat?

 

Sam Langford.

 

Is he?

 

Nah, definitely not. Barney Ross has that for sure imo.

 

Hi Guys.
Chancing my arm a bit here, but could Arguello be such a fighter, I mean he wasn't the greatest FW, or in any top five I have seen, likewise with LW, and again possibly, with LWW , have I grasped the the objective of the thread ? , or have I undermined him, must say I think Langford is a great pic.
stay safe guys, chat soon.
Mike.

 

Tommy Hearns.

 

Eddie come on dude

 

well that true but 18 title bout wins at the weight against the likes of Roger Mayweather, Sammy Fuentes, Frankie Randall, Meldrick Taylor etc oughta mean something right?

 

Just look at the tweener era you've got a whole treasure chest of examples.

The problem is what defines "extraordinary accomplishments" is arbitrary. You can argue Toneys got them at most of his classes except LHW and HW. Someone like Thomas Hearns got his career all chopped up but some of those pieces can still be described as "extraordinary".

 

The overwhelming majority of Langfords feats were at HW. If we erase Langfords MW feats from history his legacy doesn't signifigantly change. Langford had 1-2 fights at LHW.

 

Another Langford. Whats up with yall? Am I missing something here? This is not the first thread I've come across this.

Langford spent most of his career at HW.

If Langford split his career so evenly why does no one talk about all his glorious MW feats? Langford beat Ketchel(the MW champ) at HW.

 

I think you can make a great case for Alexis at super feather, the division you skipped, as being among the best ever … maybe even the best ever.

He made I think eight defenses at the weight with title wins over Escalera x2, Chacon, Limon, Navarette and 43-0 Ruben Castillo. That’s pretty strong. I consider 130 to be his best weight.

I don’t know that I can put him over these guys at that weight, but he belongs in their company:

Sandy Saddler
Azumah Nelson
Flash Elorde
Hector Camacho (he was a force of nature at 130 and H2H I’m not sure anyone beats him at super feather)

There’s probably a few others you can throw in there, but Alexis stands in with the elite here based on resume as well as H2H imo.

I think you’re right about the other classes, buddy, but I have to give my Explosive Thin Man his props at 130 pounds.

EDIT: I’d like to call in @Greg Price99 for an assessment of AA at 130 in comparison to others at this weight only since he’s the man at that kind of research.