Most under rated great in each weight class

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  1. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    HW- Joe Frazier
    LHW- Jack Delaney
    Middleweight- George Benton
    Welterweight- Felix Trinidad
    Lightweight- Hector Camacho
    Jr. Light- Floyd Mayweather
    Featherweight- Azumah Nelson
    Bantamweight- Jeff Chandler
     
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  2. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Billy Graham welterweight. Top Welterweight in the late 40's & 50's tangling with
    Kid Gavilan, Joey Giardello, Carmen Basilio, multiple times, and winning and losing close decisions
    with those all-time greats.

    102W 15L 9draws
    (27 KOs) (0 KOs)
     
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  3. escudo

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  4. mcvey

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    How many fights did Burley have at Light Heavy?
    Ditto Nelson who was a light weight! Gans had consumption when he lost to Nelson, he was also past his best.
     
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  5. JC40

    JC40 Boxing fan since 1972 banned Full Member

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    Holman Williams at 160
    Prime Emile Griffith at 147
    Old Joe “ Bones “ Brown at 135
    Vincente Saldivar at 126
    Manuel Ortiz at 118
    Pascal Perez at 112 came straight to mind. I will have to have a think about heavyweights and light heavyweights.

    Cheers.
     
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  6. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    He had consumption both times? I know he was past his best, and i only remember nelson from his FW fights

    I ****ed up with the Burley one
     
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  7. janitor

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    Good call.

    This guy was an absolute maestro at light heavyweight, but was somehow unable to translate it into significant success at heavyweight.

    This plus the lack of film, has made him largely forgotten today.
     
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  8. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    It is nice to see some of my under rated threads being dug up!
     
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  9. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Came up in my sub feed
    This content is protected
     
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  10. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    When you punch so fast that it looks like they filmed you in 1910...
     
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  11. mcvey

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    Bright Eyes!
     
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  12. mcvey

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    We all do!
     
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  13. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great post ^. Thanks.
     
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  14. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    He definitely jumps out when you look at his resume. Just quality all around.
     
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