So , who do you think is number 1 in every weight division ?

HW, Joe Louis
CW, Holyfield
LHW, Charles
SMW, Jones Jr
MW, Hagler
JMW, McCallum
WW, SRR
JW, Benitez
LW, Duran
JLW, Arguello
FW, Armstrong
SBW, Gomez
BW, Jofre
FW, Wilde

 

Nice list, i especially like the Benitez twist.

:good

 

HW: Ali
Cruiser: Holyfield
LH: Charles
SMW: Jones Jr.
MW: Greb
JMW: McCallum
WW: Robinson
JWW: Chavez
LW: Duran
JLW: Mayweather Jr.
FW: Pep
JFW: Gomez
BW: Jofre
JBW: Watanabe
FW: Wilde
JFW: Chang (And this isn't close, imo)
SW: Lopez

 

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Teeto, great list man. I thought I might see Charley Burely's name crop up in your middle list but the one film of him isn't greatly impressive.
Hvy Louis
Lhy Charles
Smw Jones
Mw Greb
Jmw Hearns
Ww Robby
Jww Pryor
Lw Duran (I wonder about Gans though)
Jlw Arguello
Fw Pep
Jfw Gomez
Bw Jofre
Jbw Galaxy
Fw Wilde
Jfw Gonzales
Sw Lopez

 

Ali
Marciano
Spinks
Calzaghe
Monzon
Hearns
Robinson
Pryor
Armstrong
Arguello
Pep
Gomez
Jofre
Galaxy
Wilde
Chang
Lopez

 

Heavyweight

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Larry Holmes
4. Lennox Lewis
5. Sonny Liston
6. Mike Tyson
7. Jack Dempsey
8. George Foreman
9. Joe Frazier
10. Rocky Marciano

Light Heavyweight

1. Ezzard Charles
2. Archie Moore
3. Roy Jones Jr.
4. Michael Spinks
5. Gene Tunney
6. Bob Foster
7. Sam Langford
8. Tommy Gibbons
9. Billy Conn
10. Tommy Loughran

Middleweight

1. Marvin Hagler
2. Carlos Monzon
3. Harry Greb
4. Charley Burley
5. Bernard Hopkins
6. Stanley Ketchel
7. Dick Tiger
8. Mickey Walker
9. Marcel Cerdan
10. Jake LaMotta

Welterweight

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Jose Napoles
4. Tommy Hearns
5. Kid Gavilan
6. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
7. Barney Ross
8. Emile Griffith
9. Shane Mosley
10. Jimmy McLarnin

 

Your lists are solid, but Mayweather in the top 10 ever at welterweight?

He doesn't have great resume at the weight

 

HW: Joe Louis

LHW: Ezzard Charles

MW: Marvin Hagler

JMW: Tommy Hearns

WW: Sugar Ray Leonard

LW: Roberto Duran

JLW: Azumah Nelson

FW: Willie Pep

JFW: Wilfredo Gómez

 

I must ask, what is with most choosing Louis over Ali?

 

Well i do this through who i think would have won on there night at that weight eg. for sm i would favour either jones jr or calzaghe and at his best i believe jones may have just beaten calzaghe.
so here is mine:

heavy: ali
cruiser: holyfield
light heavy: spinks
super middle: jones jr
middle: hagler
light middle: hearns
welter: srl
light welter: pryor
lightweight: duran
super feather: chavez
feather: sanchez
super bantam: gomez

 

Obviously Jones beats Calzaghe. The people(like myself) picking Calzaghe over Jones are doing so because he has had a better, fuller career at that single weight than Jones did. In a head to head matchup, pretty much everyone realizes Jones beats Calzaghe.

 

HW: Muhammad Ali
CW: Evaner Holyfield
LHW: Ezzard Charles
SMW: Roy Jones Jr.
MW: Ray Robinson
JMW: Terry Norris
WW: Ray Robinson
LWW: Julio Cesar Chavez
LW: Roberto Duran
SFW: Azumah Nelson
FW: Willie Pep
SBW: Wilfredo Gomez
BW: Manuel Ortiz
SFlyW: Khaosai Galaxy
FlyW: Horacio Enrique Accavallo
LFlyW: Humberto Gonzalez
SW: Ricardo Lopez

 

Sweet pea, in going over Ali's fights in the sixties I was suprised not to be impressed for the most part. Ali's great natural speed of hand and foot, jaw, relexes vs Louis great tech with each punch and in combo. Often I find Louis' punches close to Ali's hand speed. I have to give the edge to Joe for much better technique.

 

Quick cash, Tommy Gibbons over Billy Conn and Tommy Loughran!? No no no. Robby not in your top ten for middles!? He had basically two careers, one at welter and later at middle, each have to viewed seperately so its not a matter of him being in both.