Dick Tiger's Place In A Top 100 List? Were Should It Be?

I've never compiled a top 100 and generally don't put much stock in lists. But Tiger is a top 10 middleweight of all time and considering how deep the middleweight division has been over the years, I'd say you have to have him in the top 50 at very crude guess. His overall record is nothing short of incredible when you look at it, particularly his prime years.

Top 40 might be pushing it. I really don't know. Someone will come along and clear this up........

 

top 40 imo.

No real order but guys I think are over Tiger.

1 Barney Ross
2 Bob Fitz
3 Benny Leonard
4 Duran
5 Tony Caniz
6 Robinson
7 Greb
8 Joe Gans
9 Dixion
10 Charles
11 Micky Walker
12 Ted Kid Lewis
13 Maybe Jack Brittion
14 Henry Armstrong
15 Kid Gavilan
16 Basilio
17 Battling Nelson
18 Willie Ritchie maybe
19 Ike Williams
20 Oriz
21 Arguello
22 Monzon
23 Chavez Sr
24 Tommy Loughran
25 Bill Conn
26 Foster
27 Joe Walcott
28 Hopkins maybe
29 Jack Delaney maybe
30 Wilde

No real order, but about the guys I would rank over Tiger.

 

I'm going to go ahead and co-sign this entire post.

 

Basilio is a 2 time weight divsion time, Welterweight and middleweight, Had a close fight with Galivan (I thought Carman won it)
Wins over Demarco, Saxton and Robinson pretty much gives Basilio high up in pound for pound sense, Willing to fight any one in his hey day.I also think the first Robinson fight was what relly pushes Carman over Tiger, imo, Jumping up to middleweight to take the title. Yeah the Fullmer and Pendler loses hurt, but I take that has bigger middleweights beating up a welterweight.

Conn nearly took the heavyweight title lol. Has strong heavyweight and lightheavyweight credits. Would be a hard fight for about any one.

Foster has such a long rein, I have a hard time putting Tiger over him. He was the Ali of the lightheavyweights. He does lack pound for pound credit though.

Ortiz is a guy that about had it all. Brown, Laguna, Ramos, Elorde, are all relly top wins, I was also impress with him on film. Mostly the Brown fight.
I have a personal like for him.

Before the Tito fight, with Hopkins, I would have said no way, but after the win over Tito, and reining as middleweight king for so king for so long, and comeing back to beat Palvik would be a hard sale to have Tiger over him imo.

 

:think

(Yes I'm aware of the immense soul-searching conflict that preceded that list, just taking the **** :yep )