Greatest middle weight boxer of all time?

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  1. Storm-Chaser

    Storm-Chaser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Present your argument here
     
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  2. Potwash

    Potwash The Real Untouchables Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson

    Bernard Hopkins

    Marvin Hagler

    In that order
     
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  3. 10counts

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    Monzon. Hagler. Greb.
     
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  4. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    SRR
    Hagler
    Monzon
    Greb


    Roy Jones











    Bernard Hopkins
     
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  5. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Monzon
    Robinson
    Hagler

    In that order
     
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  6. BCS8

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    Greb probably. He did a lot of work north of middle though, which muddies the waters a bit.
     
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  7. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hagler
    GGG
    Hopkins
     
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    I'm a Hagler man but there is a legitimate argument to be made for a small handful of his peers.
     
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  9. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Have you seen any of his fights ???? you really believe that he would beat a prime GGG or Hagler ??
     
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  10. Badbot

    Badbot I Am An Actual Pro. Full Member

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    But Roy had only two title fights at the weight, why would you possibly rank him so high?
     
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  11. BCS8

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    We are going on record, though. That's what 'greatness' is. I mean, I believe that a guy like Vitali would flatten Joe Louis, but I don't believe that Vitali is 'greater' than Joe Louis.
     
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  12. gollumsluvslave

    gollumsluvslave Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hagler
    Monzon
    Hopkins
     
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  13. The one

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    I respect your Gangster.
     
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  14. The one

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    Middleweight is not my favorite, but you put together a good one.
     
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  15. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Because I watched him in real time as his career occurred. I have never seen a fighter like him before or since. He may have moved up to find other challenges, but, he was phenomenal at 160. I think guys like Monzon, SRR, and Hagler might take him, but, it is no sure thing. He was definitely better than Hopkins.
     
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