Rank the middleweights 1930-1950 head to head

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Based on head to Head

    Your top 20
     
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    gregluland Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gee wouldn't Zale be number one ?
     
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    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Your top 20 please
     
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    gregluland Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well I need some time, it is not something I want to do just off the top of my head, also it is maybe not realistic to have everyone ranked in perfect order but give me some time and I will try to do one within the next few days.
     
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    That's it boys ,keep it civil.:good
     
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    gregluland Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mate he has his faults and I disagree with much of what he says but he is a vast improvement on Klompton who I find a disgusting individual.

    An example of Klompton's lack of class >>>>
     
  7. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    So basically you want a ranking of: Ray Robinson, Micky Walker, Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Freddie Steele, Charley Burley, Jake LaMotta, Marcel Cerdan, Rocky Graziano, Holman Williams, Jimmy Bivins, Vince Dundee, Marcel Thil, Fred Apostoli, Tony Zale, Jock McAvoy, Teddy Yarosz, Al Hostak, Ken Overlin, Ceferino Garcia, Lloyd Marshall, Billy Soose, and Randy Turpin?
     
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    Klompton is very knowledgeable on certain eras, but can be too dismissive of any dissent.
    I think he did let himself down with that comment but I've said worse to Mendoza and no doubt will again.
     
  9. SuzieQ49

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    Nice

    Can you give an order please
     
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    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    Absolutely not. A couple of those guys are just names to me. Others I might only have seen one fight of theirs. Robinson, Walker, Charles, Moore are top ten ATGs. Garcia I only recognize from his fighting Armstrong. Turpin I've only seen his matches with Robinson. Freddie Steele looks great but there is almost no footage of him. Graziano and Zale I mostly know from them fighting each other and Graziano's fight with Robinson. My sample of data is too limited to draw clear conclusions and comparisons. If I were to offer an opinion it would be no more than a stab in the dark and largely conjecture at this point.
     
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    This is just true, you could maybe have say three tiers but even then too much guessing needed, you have made a good list but Dave Sands should be in there instead of Walker who was from the 20's and therefore not in this era but if he was I'd have him very high
     
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    Well I find that so far I like both you and Mendoza, he seems a nice bloke. As For Klompton, he clearly will never apologize and clearly hates my guts even after I gave him condolences about his dad and revealed my own fight with cancer he replies to me with that porn comment, if he said that to my face I wouldn't feel responsibilty for my actions.