Fighters of the Century per Futch/Dundee/Clancy/Duva/Chargin - The Light Heavyweights.

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  1. JohnThomas1

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    THE TOP LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS OF THE CENTURY

    As voted by a five-member panel (Futch/Dundee/Clancy/Duva/Chargin) of experts assembled by Associated Press. First-place votes are in parenthesis; points based on 10 points for a first-place vote down to one point for a 10th-place vote. When a division has five selections, a first-place vote is worth five points.

    LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

    1 Archie Moore (2) 41

    2 Billy Conn (2) 34

    3 *Ezzard Charles (1) 29

    4 Roy Jones Jnr 26

    5= *Jimmy Bivins 24

    5= Bob Foster 24

    7 Harold Johnson 21

    8= Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 13

    8= *Tiger Jack Fox 13

    10 Maxie Rosenbloom 11
     
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    Did they forget Michael Spinks :lol:

    What will George think. 2 x first place votes to Moore and Conn and 1 to Charles.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I think they should bin these imbeciles and get some real boxing people. FFS Choklab on his own with some crayons could do better than this.

    Not impressed with the guys here. :nonono
     
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  4. Unforgiven

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    Michael Spinks should be on the list.
     
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    Terrible. Just seeing Moore over Charles & I stopped reading.
     
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  6. AwardedSteak863

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    Surprised that Spinks isn't on here especially with his relationship with Futch.
     
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  7. Clinton

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    WOW lol
     
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    hot trash list once again!
     
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  9. Jason Thomas

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    Not a bad list through #7. Did Bivins really do that much at light-heavy, though. Tunney might be a good replacement. And what about Tommy Loughran? He is behind Rosenbloom? That is a head-scratcher. I would put Loughran in Bivins' slot. And Melio Bettina who beat Fox and fought Bivins on even terms (one win, one loss, a draw) in three fights, ranks behind Fox. I know Fox supposedly was injured, but I don't think there is any logic to this.

    I would put Moore #1 though as he was dominant for so long at this weight.
     
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