Bantamweight Survey (POLL CLOSED)

1. Eder Jofre
2. Manuel Ortiz
3. Ruben Olivares
4. Pete Herman
5. Panama Al Brown
6. Terry McGovern
7. Carlos Zarate
8. George Dixon
9. Fighting Harada
10. Bud Taylor

Special mentions to Lionel Rose, Memphis Pal Moore, Kid Williams, Sixto Escobar and Joe Lynch.

 

Eder Jofre
Manuel Ortiz
Ruben Olivares
Carlos Zarate
Panama Al Brown
Fighting Harada
Orlando Canizales
Rafael Marquez
Miguel Lora
Hozumi Hasegawa

Again, this is made tough with the survey's format being restricted to the original 8 divisions, with guys like Tapia, Gomez and Penalosa spending their best years at in-between weights and thus slipping through the cracks. You want to throw some of these guys a bone and find a spot to sneak them in, as it'd be a shame to not have them appear due to a technicality at all due to a technicality on a series of surveys determining the best when they are among the best, but in all honesty it just can't be done when you're talking about a top ten list with all the talent the sport has seen across its history.

 

1. Panama Al Brown
2. Manny Ortiz
3. Eder Jofre
4. Carlos Zarate
5. Ruben Olivares
6. George Dixon
7. Pete Herman
8. Orlando Canizales
9. Lionel Rose
10. Fighting Harada

 

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Interesting that of all the lists so far, the only two long serving champions to retire as undefeated World champions - Jimmy Barry and Jimmy Carruthers have failed to make a single list! I cant understand the rationalisation behind those omissions.

 

Eder Jofre
Ruben Olivares
Carlos Zarate
Manuel Ortiz
Panama Al Brown
Fighting Harada
Terry McGovern
George Dixon
Sixto Escobar
Orlando Canizales

 

1. Eder Jofre
2. Manuel Ortiz
3. Ruben Olivares
4. Panama Al Brown
5. Carlos Zarate
6. Terry McGovern
7. George Dixon
8. Fighting Harada
9. Orlando Canizales
10. Pete Herman

Not really comfortable but there you go.

 

1. Eder Jofre
2. Ruben Olivares
3. Manuel Ortiz
4. Panama Al Brown
5. Terry McGovern
6. Carlos Zarate
7. Fightign Harada
8. Lionel Rose
9.George Dixon
10. Pete Herman

 

1) Ruben Olivares
2) Carlos Zarate
3) Eder Jofre
4) Rafael Herrera
5) Fighting Harada
6) Chucho Castillo
7) Rodolfo Martinez
8) Panama Al Brown
9) Jeff Chandler
10) Jose Becerra

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1. George Dixon
2. Eder Jofre
3. Terry McGovern
4. Ruben Olivares
5. Manuel Ortiz
6. Panama Al Brown
7. Carlos Zarate
8. Bud Taylor
9. Memphis Pal Moore
10. Pete Herman

Note: I slightly edited my list.

 

1. Eder Jofre
2. Ruben Olivares
3. Panama Al Brown
4. Manuel Ortiz
5. Terry McGovern
6. George Dixon
7. Pete Herman
8. Carlos Zarate
9. Bud Taylor
10. Fighting Harada

 

The rationalisation is pretty simple: Jimmy Barry was a Paperweight, and Jimmy Carruthers didn't have nearly a long enough reign against convincing opposition.