Most Impressive Division Ever?

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  1. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Which Division in Boxing history would post the most impressive top ten of Pound for Pound Boxers? HeavyWeight? Lightweight? Middleweight? or any other Division?
     
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  2. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How about LightHeavyweight.
    1. Bob Foster
    2. Archie Moore
    3. Harold Johnson
    4. Michael Spinks
    5. Dwight Braxton
    6. Billy Conn
    7. Victor Galindez
    8. Ezzard Charles
    9. John Conteh
    10. Doug Jones
    Pretty impressive list, How would that compare to the other Divisions?
     
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  3. stevebhoy87

    stevebhoy87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    welter for me, with robinson, leonard, walker, napoles, duran, hearns, griffiths, burley, gavilan, trinidad, oscar, whitaker, mayweather, walcott

    Unbelivable depth
     
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  4. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Heavyweight is underrated for P4P guys - Ali and Marciano should rate very highly on such lists. Plus its the toughest division to make it in. (I'm not counting Langford/Charles/Moore as HWs for this purpose but they could be included). Actually all the great heavyweights are great P4P aswell to some extent

    The problem you have is which division you rank fighters in????
     
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  5. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes if you put every who fought at Welter in thatclass but a load of those cats can be classed as Lighweights or Middles
     
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  6. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Welterweight is unbelievable dense with great talents over the years.
     
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  7. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    For heavyweight, it would have to go:
    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Rocky Marciano
    4. Jack Dempsey
    5. Mike Tyson
    6. Joe Frazier
    7. George Foreman
    8. Larry Holmes
    9. Lennox Lewis
    10. Wladimir Klitschko
    Or something to that effect. The LightHeavies as great as thet were would be hardpressed to fit into the heavyweight top ten.
     
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  8. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    I think Rocky should be 1 or 2 on a HW P4P list because he was the lightest and practically fought the great 175lbers at a catch weight.

    You missed Jack Johnson, Patterson, Holyfield and Liston off your list.

    IMO Wlad, Lewis and Foreman miss the cut as they dominated based on size

    If you were doing a P4P Heavyweight list Charles, Langford and Moore would rate highly
     
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  9. TommyV

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    Lightweights pretty deep aswell. The likes of Duran, Whitaker, Williams, Armstrong, Gans, Jack, Canzoneri, Ortiz, Leonard, De Jesus, Ambers, Aggott, Montgomery, Laguna etc.
     
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  10. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The lists are always subject to debate, It was just a quick example. The fighters which make the list, should be based on thier performance at that certain weight. Like any other top ten rankings. Charles & Moore were probably best suited for LightHeavyweight. Langford could have possibly cracked the top ten easily. Jackson should have definatly been on the list. Holyfield too, but I was trying to make an example of pure Heavyweights. & Holyfield although he made a great impact in the Heavyweight Division. He also could be considered the greatest Cruiserweight of all time.
     
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  11. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Definitely the lightweights for mine.

    Duran, Leonard, Armstrong, Whitaker, Williams, Ross, Chavez, Canzoneri, Ortiz, and Arguello are all in my top 35 p4p.
     
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  12. TommyV

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    Yeah pretty much the same for me. Duran I have at #5 or #6, Armstrong at 4, Leonard at #7/8, Whitaker around 18, Ross around 14/15, Chavez around 23, Canzoneri around 25 or so, Arguello around 30-35 somewhere. Ortiz and William may rank just outside, sort of in the 38-42 zone.
     
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  13. the cobra

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    Lightweight has always appeared the deepest division historically to me.

    I have 3 lightweight champions (Duran, Leonard, and Armstrong) in my top 10, Whitaker and Gans are top 15, Ross is top 15 or 20, Ike Williams is a top 25 IMO.

    Then there's Ortiz, Canzoneri, Brown, Arguello, Chavez, Montgomery, Jack, etc, etc. The division's insanely deep.
     
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  14. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Welterweights are pretty rich also: Robinson, Napoles,Leonard,Gavilan, Hearns, Basilio, Palomino,Benitez,Trinidad, & Cuevas.
     
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  15. klompton

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    middleweight is head and shoulders above any other division
     
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