Pep-Saddler Fullmer -Robinson Fullmer-Tiger Moore-H.Johnson Patterson-Johansson Basilio-Saxton Armstrong-Ambers Britton-Lewis Tunney-Greb Ali-Norton Ali-Frazier
It will be interesting to see how the current Marquez-Vasquez series will stack up over time to some of the all-time great rivalries.
the 2 Alexis Arquello-Alfredo Escalera fights are often overlooked: Argüello defended this title a few times, then moved up in weight to challenge world Junior Lightweight champion Alfredo Escalera in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, in what has been nicknamed The Bloody Battle of Bayamon by many. Escalera had been a busy champion with ten defenses, and he had dethroned Kuniaki Shibata in 2 rounds in Tokyo. In what some experts (including Ring Magazine writers) consider one of the most brutal fights in history, Escalera had his eye, mouth and nose busted early, but was rallying back in the scorecards when Argüello finished him, in the thirteenth round. His reign at Junior Lightweight saw him fend off the challenges of Escalera in a rematch held at Rimini, Italy, as well as boxers with names like two-time world champ Bobby Chacon, two-time world champ Rafael 'Bazooka' Limon, Ruben Castillo, and Diego Alcala, beaten in only one round. Argüello suffered many cuts around his face during his second victory against Escalera. The on-site doctor wanted him hospitalized, but Argüello had a flight to catch from Rome the next day to return to Nicaragua, and he boarded a train from Rimini. The doctor decided to travel with Argüello, and performed plastic surgery on Argüello's cuts with Argüello awake.