Light heavyweights' records against other top light heavyweights

This may or may not be quite telling. I've quickly compiled a list of several top light heavyweights and their records against other top thirty all time light heavyweights.

- I'm being quite conservative in my estimations of who is top thirty and who isn't, because not everyone will agree

- Verdicts are not changed; a robbery may be unfair, but for now I will not take the liberty to tamper with results (so Charles-Johnson is still a loss for Charles)

- Newspaper victories are counted

- Delaney stands for Jack, not Jimmy

- Didn't count Lloyd Marshall or Young Stribling

- Fights at heavyweight are still valid, as long as both fighters were great light heavyweights

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Ezzard Charles: 12-2-0 (Moore, Johnson, Bivins, Maxim)

Archie Moore: 11-5-1 (Charles, Johnson, Bivins, Maxim, Pastrano)

Michael Spinks: 2-0-0 (Qawi, Muhammad)

Gene Tunney: 5-1-1 (Greb, Gibbons, Loughran)

Bob Foster: 1-1-0 (Tiger, Mina)

Sam Langford: 2-0-0 (Norfolk, O' Brien)

Tommy Loughran: 3-6-2 (Tunney, Greb, Delaney, Carpentier, Slattery)

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Well, I'd say Hill is a top thirty light heavyweight.

 

And one of the losses Charles arguably won (Johnson). Probably past his best there as well. The other loss, to Bivins, came before his prime; although he did get battered.

 

I believe so.

 

Thank you. Here is an interesting one:

Jim Braddock: 2-3-0-1 (Slattery, Loughran, Rosenbloom, Lewis)

Braddock was a more proven light heavyweight than Bob Foster, at least at the top level.

 

How about this for a tested light heavyweight?:

Maxie Rosenbloom: 7-9-1 (Slattery, Fox, Lewis, Greb, Delaney)

Anyone think I should have been including Young Stribling and/or Battling Levinsky?

 

That's what I've always said. Trying telling it to SuzieQ49... Actually don't bother, he'll just change his opinion to suit whatever argument he's faced with.

Whether Charles lost the fight or not matters little, however - he had seen his best days. Still think he'd always beat Johnson though, at his best - I mean, he outfoxed Charley Burley, Archie Moore and Jersey Joe Walcott.