How many of the current elite CW could have broke into the top during the 70's/60's?

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  1. Manning

    Manning Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Looking at the current elite CW's that are Lebedev, Hernandez, The Huckster, Wlodarczyk and Chakhkiev just how many of those do you think would have been able to fairly easily break into "the Golden era" top ten Ring HW list's of the past?

    Now obviously tiny donkeys like Wepner and Henry Cooper were able to crack the top 10 very easily in these golden era's so I was wondering does anybody think the above much more powerful and all round better current crop of CW could match there achievements in the same era?

    I wont bother adding the current HW's because that would just be silly.

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    The Ring ranking's. 1960
    Floyd Patterson, Champion
    Sonny Liston
    Ingemar Johansson
    Eddie Machen
    Zora Folley
    Henry Cooper
    Mike DeJohn
    Robert Cleroux
    Alex Miteff
    Dick Richardson
    Joe Erskine

    1961
    Floyd Patterson, Champion
    Sonny Liston
    Eddie Machen
    Zora Folley
    Alejandro Lavorante
    Robert Cleroux
    Ingemar Johansson
    Cleveland Williams
    Henry Cooper
    Cassius Clay
    George Logan

    1962
    Sonny Liston, Champion
    Floyd Patterson
    Cassius Clay
    Doug Jones
    Ingemar Johansson
    Zora Folley
    Cleveland Williams
    Robert Cleroux
    Billy Daniels
    Archie Moore
    Henry Cooper

    1964
    Sonny Liston, Champion
    Cassius Clay
    Doug Jones
    Ernie Terrell
    Cleveland Williams
    Zora Folley
    Eddie Machen
    Floyd Patterson
    Karl Mildenberger
    George Chuvalo
    Brian London

    1965
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    Sonny Liston
    Floyd Patterson
    Ernie Terrell
    Cleveland Williams
    George Chuvalo
    Zora Folley
    Karl Mildenberger
    Roger Rischer
    Eddie Machen
    Doug Jones

    1966
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    Ernie Terrell
    Floyd Patterson
    George Chuvalo
    Karl Mildenberger
    Zora Folley
    Amos Lincoln
    Thad Spencer
    Doug Jones
    Hubert Hilton
    Brian London

    1967
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    Ernie Terrell
    Zora Folley
    Thad Spencer
    Floyd Patterson
    Karl Mildenberger
    Joe Frazier
    Oscar Bonavena
    George Chuvalo
    Johnny Persol
    Manuel Ramos

    1968
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    Joe Frazier
    Thad Spencer
    Jimmy Ellis
    Manuel Ramos
    Jerry Quarry
    Oscar Bonavena
    Floyd Patterson
    Hector Eduardo Corletti
    Karl Mildenberger
    Ernie Terrell

    1969
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    Joe Frazier
    Jimmy Ellis
    Oscar Bonavena
    George Chuvalo
    Sonny Liston
    Jerry Quarry
    Leotis Martin
    Manuel Ramos
    Alvin (Blue) Lewis
    Floyd Patterson


    I see pretty much all the above CW's being able to crack various of those top tens while fighting as HW's back then.



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  2. DrMo

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    No Ola in your list? I wonder why

    What do you have against British fighters?

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  3. Manning

    Manning Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cooper's English isn't he?
     
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  4. Smashgar

    Smashgar McMustache Nuthugger Full Member

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    Sure, I don't see any reason why the guys you listed couldn't at least fill up the also-ran slots in that era. They wouldn't seriously trouble the elites, but they could hang around filling in for the Karl Mildenbergers of the world for a while.
     
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  5. Low_battery

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    No Ola ??
     
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  6. ron u.k.

    ron u.k. Boxing Addict banned

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    Current "Elite"??? Are you having a laugh?
     
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  7. Manning

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    1970
    Joe Frazier, Champion
    Muhammad Ali
    George Foreman
    Oscar Bonavena
    Jerry Quarry
    Mac Foster
    Henry Cooper
    George Chuvalo
    Sonny Liston
    Jose Ibar Urtain
    Jose Luis Garcia

    1971
    Joe Frazier, Champion
    Muhammad Ali
    Jerry Quarry
    George Foreman
    Oscar Bonavena
    Mac Foster
    Jimmy Ellis
    Floyd Patterson
    Jose Luis Garcia
    Jack Bodell
    Joe Bugner

    1972
    Joe Frazier, Champion
    Muhammad Ali
    George Foreman
    Jimmy Ellis
    Ron Lyle
    Floyd Patterson
    Ernie Terrell
    Jose Roman
    Joe Bugner
    Ken Norton
    Jose Luis Garcia

    1973
    George Foreman, Champion
    Muhammad Ali
    Joe Frazier
    Ken Norton
    Jerry Quarry
    Ron Lyle
    Earnie Shavers
    Oscar Bonavena
    Joe Bugner
    Jimmy Ellis
    Chuck Wepner

    1974
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    George Foreman
    Joe Frazier
    Ron Lyle
    Oscar Bonavena
    Joe Bugner
    Ken Norton
    Jerry Quarry
    Chuck Wepner
    Henry Clark
    Larry Middleton

    1975
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    Ken Norton
    Jimmy Young
    Joe Frazier
    George Foreman
    Ron Lyle
    Earnie Shavers
    Duane Bobick
    Joe Bugner
    Chuck Wepner
    Randy Neumann

    1976
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    George Foreman
    Ken Norton
    Jimmy Young
    Duane Bobick
    Ron Lyle
    Larry Holmes
    Howard Smith
    Johnny Boudreaux
    Stan Ward
    Joe Bugner

    1977
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    Ken Norton
    Jimmy Young
    Larry Holmes
    Ron Lyle
    Duane Bobick
    Earnie Shavers
    Kallie Knoetze
    Alfredo Evangelista
    Leon Spinks
    Gerrie Coetzee

    1978
    Muhammad Ali, Champion
    Larry Holmes
    Ken Norton
    Leon Spinks
    Ron Lyle
    Jimmy Young
    Kallie Knoetze
    Alfredo Evangelista
    Gerrie Coetzee
    Ossie Ocasio
    Domingo D'Elia

    1979
    Larry Holmes
    John Tate
    Gerrie Coetzee
    Mike Weaver
    Earnie Shavers
    Leroy Jones
    Lorenzo Zanon
    Alfredo Evangelista
    Gerry Cooney
    Scott LeDoux
     
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  8. Manning

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3EksOFtILs[/ame]
     
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