01 - Sugar Ray Robinson 02 - Henry Armstrong 03 - Joes Napoles 04 - Kid Gavlian 05 - Sugar Ray Leonard 06 - Barney Ross 07 - Emile Griffith 08 - Charley Burley 09 - Luis Rodriguez 10 - Thomas Hearns 11 - Carmen Basillo 12 - Wilfred Benitez 13 - Oscar DeLa Hoya 14 - Felix Trinidad 15 - Jimmy McLarnin 16 - Mickey Walker 17 - Barbados Joe Walcott 18 - Pernell Whitaker 19 - Jack Britton 20 - Ted "Kid" Lewis With honourable mentions for Mike Sullivan, Tony DeMarco and Curtis Cokes. What do you guys think?
Its a decent list, all the right names are there, you could disagree with a good few of the orderings there, but i dont think it's too bad. Like i said, the right names are there, and i think they're roughly in the right vacinity of the list that they should
I'd move Barbados Joe Walcott up a few places, and probably move De La Hoya and Trinidad down a few but apart from that it's a decent list. As Teeto said its a decent list, and you can't really fault the choices.
Yea, the list is okay isnt it. I didnt see Oscar there! I would move him down a bit personally, ut i dont think he's THAT far out of place in honesty. This might not be a popular opinion, but i think there's a case to have Trinidad a bit higher, but admittedly it's only if you view him in a certain light with a touch of bias that you would have to justify to sceptics every time someone looks at your list! On any other day maybe he's right where he is, or as you say, lower.
Oscar beat better fighters Trinidad, Quartey, Whitaker at 147 than Tito did. Tito fought hardly no one dangerous at 147 until running into oscar in which he lost 8 out of the first 9 rounds in a boxing lesson.
Hoya and Trinidad are too high. I don't see how they have any right being rated above Walcott and Walker.
I have a problem with Mickey Walker being rated so low. He should be in the top ten IMO. One look at his resume proves this.
I completely disagree with this assessment. Oscar didn't settle down and commit to a meaningful punch until there was a minute left in the 3rd round. I expect more from a pro fighter than just literally touching a guy with a jab. Not to mention you can't just give away the last 4 rounds of a championship fight and expect to win. Was he the better fighter that night? Probably. Did he display the championship grit to take the fight? no.
Walcott at 17 !!!!!!!! Walker at 16 !!!!!!!!! Tommy Ryan not even on the list !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoever wrote this list should hand their head in shame !!!!!!!!!!!
