KO's Top 12 Junior Welterweights of the 80's.

Wow! My initial thought is that I love Arguello, but I am not sure he should even make the list at all? His 2 most impactful performances were 2 loses to Pryor and I don’t see an initial win of note? Maybe someone can illuminate me? Or maybe I need a deeper look into the others? That just jumps out at ne

 

Either that or Kevin Rooney was just secretly really really good.

 

I will have to look into this tomorrow if I get time? It seems
Sang Hyun Kim seems like he deserves a mention and Costello has some nice wins on this list along with a loss to Arguello. I think Costello should be 3 but I have not taken a super close look just yet

 

It's a weak lineup, to be fair, with the exception of Pryor, Mamby and perhaps Costello (still lost to Arguello but different division)

Didn't Chavez compete at JR welter in the 80s? I wonder why he didn't break the list, then

 

Mcgirt should be way above Bumphus. Most here should, actually. He never beat anyone useful.

 

Exactly ...and he’s arguably # 1

 

I would put Chavez in there if Arguello is, he won the title in May of 1989. but he didn't fight there too much.

 

Pryor is the obvious standout as his title reign took place exclusively in the 80s. He should be top 3 in anyone's all-time divisional list and he's correctly no. 1 here.

As has been said, it's a real mixed bag from there.

Like @PhillyPhan69 says, Arguello seems too high and is no. 3 presumably only because of his performance in defeat to Pryor. That doesn't say a lot for the others on the list really.

By the end of 1989, JCC deserves a spot somewhere on the list. His reign got going in earnest in the 1990s with the win over Taylor but he'd already won the title against Roger Mayweather and made two defenses before year's end in '89 - that's more than enough to be listed here in this mixed bag, I think. But no doubt this could not be fully taken into consideration by KO because of publishing deadlines.

 

Other than beating Kwang Min Kim, Sang Hyun Kim was washed up by the 80s. The 70s, yes, he had some good wins, but by the 80s he was mostly beating OPBF unknowns and then got demolished by Pryor.

 

Without looking at the list I think you are talking about Billy Costello. I remember watching that on NBC or CBS some time later like 1985. Although Costello was washed up then, but he stopped him I forget what round 4 maybe? He was going to get another title shot and then he stopped boxing because of things happening in Nicaragua. Tragic about Alexis.