Carlos Monzon rated 7th in a list of the P4P greatest fighters

Pfp.robi was better but h2h at mw carlos too big,strong and effective for him

 

The thing about that division record is it is still legit if we're talking about defenses as unified or undisputed champion.

Before 2001, Bernard Hopkins was a belt holder. A very good belt holder, but still holder of only one of the 3-4 legit world belts. Hopkins unified after that, so was really only the undisputed champion for about 4 years and 6 defenses of the WBC/WBA/IBF titles after beating Trinidad.

Whereas Monzon made 9 defenses of the unified title before he was stripped by the WBC and regained that title 3 defenses later to reunify the championship.

Marvin Hagler was also unified and undisputed champion but throughout his whole reign - 12 defenses.

So I think the record still stands with either Monzon (depending on how seriously you take Rodrigo Valdez's claim as WBC champion) or Hagler, but not with Hopkins.

 

If Monzon never existed, it would have been Rodrigo Valdez whom ppl would be speaking of with the same reverence as Joe Louis.

 

Too low for Valdez and Locche too, for that matter.

 

other than the heavyweights, I wasnt impressed with the middleweights or lightweights. the middleweights dint get good until Hagler came up

 

Too high

 

1946-1996?
Monzon at somewhere around number 10 sounds good to me.

 

REally?

i think there is a very good argument for monzon to say that

he is the best fighter ever, in the best division ever (middle), and that head to head he would start favourite over the most peoples best pound for pound fighter ever (Robinson).

Where should such a reputation put him on a pound for pound basis?