Is Ezzard Charles in your top 5 pound-for-pound of all-time?

Robbi got most of them.

4 is Benny Leonard....7 is Roberto Duran....9 is Eder Jofre....

Right?

 

That sounds agreeable to me.

 

I wouldnt take armstrong over whitaker. What about his style do you really think would offset whitaker's game? I feel that whitaker actually performed his best against pressure fighters like armstrong.

 

Ezzard is absolutely in my top 10... I got him anywhere after 5 and usually close to it. Usually I rank Robinson, Greb, Armstrong, Duran, Langford, and Pep over him. I'm reluctant to rank anyone else over him. You don't whip prime Moore and Burley without being a serious ring general.

 

Joe Gans :good

 

My dopey mistake.

 

:huh I have managed another. Just thinking of the last two.

 

Looks like I'm a bit slow and not read the posts above. The one I got after my initial go at it was, Roberto Duran.

 

Well, I think everyone that knows his career in detail would agree that he's anywhere from 4-8.

The only fighters with superior resumes are Greb, Langford, and you could possibly argue the case for Robinson, and at his best Charles was every bit as impressive as any other fighter. I believe only Robinson, Langford, and Greb are certainly above him, with Duran and Armstrong arguably being over him. Based on at least how I rate fighters, no one else should be higher than the Cincinnatti Cobra, so the lowest I can personally see him ranked is #6.

 

Yes, he ranks top 5 right next to Corrie Sanders who is my Number 4. Ezzard was one of the best!

 

Duran 7-5 over Hank and Armstrong about the same over PEA but I think the 1st fight could be closer and the 2nd wider in favor of Hank

 

Yeah, we're pretty close to the same. It'd have to be around there.

 

Whitaker has never fought a pressure fighter like Armstrong. Chavez was a great fighter but he and Armstrong are still a long way apart stylewise, at least IMO. Armstrong's oft ranked in the top 5, and indeed 2 or 3 in history - he's not your usual everyday pressure fighter.

 

I agree, what a difference REAL pressure does to a guy....Frazier did it to Ali in 1...but Armstrong was relentless