IN THEORY, is it better to dominate 1 division, or win titles at multiple divisions?

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World all middleweight ratings

1[url]Marvin Hagler[/url]

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2[url]Sugar Ray Robinson[/url]

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3[url]Carlos Monzon[/url]

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...what list does Sugar Nose Leonard top...??? HAGLER is the greatest of all time.


...he doesn't, he's not even a top 3 all time Welter Weight

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1 Jose e[url]ngel Napoles[/url]

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2[url]Emile Griffith[/url]

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3[url]Thomas Hearns[/url]

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Leonard picked and chose all competition, and wouldn't fight them until he knew that he could win...in other words he only fought the best, when he viewed them to be at their worst...and even though, he still had to fight running scared.

That's Boxing Rec...even if you have a different opinion, nobody would put Hagler out of the All Time top 3 MWs... It's not hard to keep Leonard out of the top 3 Welters though...and he definitely is not number 1.

 

Being linear doesn't mean you are better or the best, as a matter of fact it means nothing. You can be the IBF champ and be the best in a particular division or the oposite, being the linear and be the weakest in a particular division.

 

I don't think that's what he's saying at all. All he's getting at is that with so many titles out there, particularly VACATED ones due to fighters moving up, it's all too easy to get a shot at a weak titleist or meaningless belt on your way up the divisions without having to fight the best.

 

Agreed, one of the things that have always bothered me about Leonard was the way he would suddenly retire right after winning a title only to come back and fight again a year or so later.

 

Oh I completley agree, but the same could be said of "contenders". There are so many fighout there that it's fairly easy to defend against 15-20 guys who may never have been worth a lick to begin with.

I think the original post was implying that the quility of oposition was similar. In other words, it would not be a weak title, fighter A would be fighting a guy equally as relative and "prime" as fighter B.

If that was the case, than straying away from your "comfort zone" and going up in class is surley more of a feat.