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Wilfred Benitez is too low. This man beat Duran, almost beat Hearns, had a ggod fight against LEonard. He also was champ at 17 years old and at 22 he was champion in three different weighs (140,147,154).

 

**** is he missing? I didn't see that! He should definitely be there. Top 50 for sure.

EDIT: He is there in tier 5... not quite top 50, I think he should be but each to their own.

 

Wilfredo Gomez make 17 defenses of the title, each one by KO, besides winning the title also by KO.

 

jimmy Wilde and Joe Louis top 10 for me

 

Great list. Some things I strongly disagree with though.

1) Muhammad Ali too low. In terms of Resume, H2H Ali simply is right up there, top 3. He has 4 Top 10 HW ATG's on his resume, all that needs to be said.

2) No way Carlos Monzon is above Ray Leonard. SRL has wins over a top 10 in your list + Hagler, Hearns & Benitez! In terms of H2H & resume, how can you justify Monzon being above SRL? Heck I think SRL UD Monzon.

3) Hopkins over Hagler. Just no. Hagler has a win over Duran & Hearns...how can that be compared to a win over Tito & Hoya? Both fighters which rank much higher on your list too. In terms of MW competition, Hagler stomps all over Hopkins too. OK Hopkins has wins over Tarver & Pavlik but in Haglers era, those guys would be hard to separate from the list of tough contenders Hagler beat. They would simply be made to look like just another contender.

 

How would you rate him if he went to beat someone like Hopkins or Calzaghe? Would you, could you rate him about SRR then?

Personally I think Pac will beat Hatton next, then fight Floyd and loose a close SD(may change my mind on that later though) and then retire.

 

Probably no fighter has EVER fought as high a percentage of fights on hostile soil and STILL been as dominant as Monzon. Just that is an incredible accomplishment.

 

Dominance, this guy has lost 3 times and drawn about 10 times. Emile Grifitth gave him a hell of a fight....he wasn't invincible in there. I dont see where he fights has anything to do with it...Pac virtually never fights in the philippines, doesnt seem to bother him too much. Its quite irrelevant IMO, the crowd cant help you in the ring.

Great fighter no doubt, Hagler should be rated above him though and SRL most definitely rated above him.

 

Having read the list carefully, I would make these changes.

ODLH should not be on the list. He has been too inconsistent to warrant a place among the greatest of the greatest like that.

Morales is doubtful too. I would put him right at the end and maybe not in.

Monzon is a couple of places too low.

Hopkins is about 10 places to high. I am not convinced of old Tarver (who Dawson beat far more easily than old Johnson) nor Pavlik (at 170). So above 160 Bernard still hasn't done enough imo. (despite some people favoring him over Pavlik. That some people were wrong does not change reality of the fight. Just like Lcy doesn't become an amazing fighter just because some people thought he was). Bernard needs to beat someone who is not old or unproven above 160 to elevate his ranking p4p all time as high as he is there. He needs to beat someone like Kessler or Dawson, or both. Then I will accept his position.