@lufcrazy I noticed you left out Hearns in your welterweight list bud. I’m assuming that was a mistake?
Thanks @McGrain and thanks @George Crowcroft for situating that. You two, along with @Jel @lufcrazy and @Webbiano already have me extremely fired-up about this. I'll check back in tomorrow. If possible, please help me out by directing potentially interested parties over this way (especially those who may not have seen the previous prelude thread).
H2H beast at WW, absolutely. But he's a million miles away from The WW great imo. There's actually a few more I'd be placing above him tbh.
That being said my list isn't absolutely concrete. I'll be amending it between now and the deadline depending on what I see, look into and am convinced by. So when I say Hearns is a million miles away from being a great WW, I mean in my head right now.
I think he's massively under rated tbh. I'm excited to see everyone's lists and spot anomalies etc and whether or not I agree with those.
FLY 1. Jimmy Wilde 2. Miguel Canto 3. Pascual Pérez 4. Midget Wolgast 5. Frankie Genaro 6. Benny Lynch 7. Pone Kingpetch 8. Pancho Villa 9. Masao Oba 10. Betulio Gonzalez 11. Horacio Accavallo 12. Chartchai Chionoi 13. Hiroyuki Ebihara 14. Fidel LaBarba 15. Sot Chitalada BANTAM 1. Eder Jofre 2. Ruben Olivares 3. Manuel Ortiz 4. Panama Al Brown 5. Fighting Harada 6. Lionel Rose 7. Kid Williams 8. Memphis Pal Moore 9. Pete Herman 10. Carlos Zarate 11. Rafael Herrera 12. Joltin Jeff Chandler 13. Chucho Castillo 14. Sixto Escobar 15. Bud Taylor FEATHER 1. Willie Pep 2. Sandy Saddler 3. Vicente Saldivar 4. George Dixon 5. Abe Attell 6. Salvador Sanchez 7. Eusebio Pedroza 8. Alexis Arguello 9. Henry Armstrong 10. Johnny Kilbane 11. Freddie Miller 12. Terry McGovern 13. Tony Canzoneri 14. Sugar Ramos 15. Danny Lopez LIGHT 1. Benny Leonard 2. Joe Gans 3. Roberto Duran 4. Carlos Ortiz 5. Pernell Whitaker 6. Ike Williams 7. Packey McFarland 8. Tony Canzoneri 9. Bob Montgomery 10. Lou Ambers 11. Joe Brown 12. Sammy Mandell 13. Sammy Angott 14. Freddie Welsh 15. Henry Armstrong WELTER 1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Jose Napoles 3. Sugar Ray Leonard 4. Kid Gavilan 5. Emile Griffith 6. Henry Armstrong 7. Floyd Mayweather Jr 8. Jack Britton 9. Tommy Hearns 10. Mickey Walker 11. Joe Walcott 12. Barney Ross 13. Ted Kid Lewis 14. Luis Manuel Rodriguez 15. Tommy Ryan MIDDLE 1. Harry Greb 2. Carlos Monzon 3. Marvin Hagler 4. Bernard Hopkins 5. Sugar Ray Robinson 6. Stanley Ketchel 7. Charley Burley 8. Mike Gibbons 9. Jake LaMotta 10. Tommy Ryan 11. Holman Williams 12. Freddie Steele 13. Mickey Walker 14. D!ck Tiger 15. Bob Fitzsimmons LIGHT HEAVY 1. Ezzard Charles 2. Archie Moore 3. Harry Greb 4. Gene Tunney 5. Michael Spinks 6. Tommy Loughran 7. Bob Foster 8. Jimmy Bivins 9. Matthew Saad Muhammad 10. John Henry Lewis 11. Harold Johnson 12. Tommy Gibbons 13. Jack Delaney 14. Roy Jones Jr. 15. Billy Conn HEAVY 1. Joe Louis 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Larry Holmes 4. Lennox Lewis 5. Wladimir Klitschko 6. George Foreman 7. Rocky Marciano 8. Joe Frazier 9. Evader Holyfield 10. Mike Tyson 11. Jack Johnson 12. Sonny Liston 13. Jack Dempsey 14. Vitali Klitschko 15. Riddick Bowe ALL TIME BEST 1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Harry Greb 3. Henry Armstrong 4. Sam Langford 5. Ezzard Charles 6. Bob Fitzsimmons 7. Jimmy Wilde 8. Willie Pep 9. Joe Louis 10. Muhammad Ali 11. Roberto Duran 12. Archie Moore 13. Benny Leonard 14. Joe Gans 15. Barney Ross 16. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 17. Sugar Ray Leonard 18. Mickey Walker 19. Tony Canzoneri 20. George Dixon 21. Manny Pacquiao 22. Terry McGovern 23. Julio Cesar Chavez 24. Pernell Whitaker 25. Roy Jones Jr.
FLY 1. Jimmy Wilde 2. Pancho Villa 3. Miguel Canto 4. Pascual Perez 5. Frankie Genaro 6. Midget Wolgast 7. Benny Lynch 8. Fidel LaBarba 9. Betulio Gonzalez 10. Fighting Harada 11. Peter King 12. Pone Kingpetch 13. Santos Laciar 14. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam 15. Mark Johnson BANTAM 1. Eder Jofre 2. Ruben Olivares 3. Carlos Zarate 4. Terry McGovern 5. Panama Al Brown 6. Manuel Ortiz 7. George Dixon 8. Kid Williams 9. Pete Herman 10. Fighting Harada 11. Joe Lynch 12. Sixto Escobar 13. Rafael Marquez 14. Memphis Pal Moore 15. Johnny Coulan FEATHER 1. Willie Pep 2. Henry Armstrong 3. Sandy Saddler 4. Abe Attell 5. Salvador Sanchez 6. Kid Chocolate 7. Alexis Arguello 8. Johnny Kilbane 9. Johnny Dundee 10. Vincente Saldivar 11. George Dixon 12. Jim Driscoll 13. Freddie Miller 14. Baby Arizmendi 15. Euesbio Pedroza LIGHT 1. Roberto Duran 2. Benny Leonard 3. Joe Gans 4. Ike Williams 5. Pernell Whitaker 6. Tony Canzoneri 7. Henry Armstrong 8. Freddie Welsh 9. Carlos Ortiz 10. Julio Cesar Chavez 11. Patty McFarland 12. Shane Mosley 13. Battling Nelson 14. Barney Ross 15. Sammy Angott WELTER 1. Ray Robinson 2. Henry Armstrong 3. Ray Leonard 4. "Barbados" Joe Walcott 5. Jose Napoles 6. Kid Gavilan 7. Barney Ross 8. Floyd Mayweather 9. Emile Griffith 10. Thomas Hearns 11. Jack Britton 12. Jimmy McLarin 13. Ted "Kid" Lewis 14. Carmen Basillo 15. Tito Trinidad MIDDLE 1. Harry Greb 2. Ray Robinson 3. Marvin Hagler 4. Carlos Monzon 5. Bob Fitzsimmons 6. Mickey Walker 7. Stanley Ketchel 8. Tiger Flowers 9. Bernard Hopkins 10. Mike Gibbons 11. Dick Tiger 12. Freddie Steele 13. Charles Burley 14. Jake LaMotta 15. Marcel Cerdan LIGHT HEAVY 1. Ezzard Charles 2. Sam Langford 3. Archie Moore 4. Gene Tunney 5. Michael Spinks 6. Bob Foster 7. Tommy Loughran 8. Billy Conn 9. Maxie Rosenbloom 10. Jimmy Bivins 11. Roy Jones Jr. 12. Harry Greb 13. Matthew Saad Muhammad 14. Harold Johnson 15. Jack Delaney HEAVY 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Joe Louis 3. Larry Holmes 4. Rocky Marciano 5. Jack Johnson 6. George Foreman 7. Joe Frazier 8. Lennox Lewis 9. Evander Holyfield 10. Jack Dempsey 11. Gene Tunney 12. Sonny Liston 13. Harry Willis 14. Mike Tyson 15. Ezzard Charles ALL TIME BEST 1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Harry Greb 4. Joe Louis 5. Henry Robinson 6. Carlos Monzon 7. Willie Pep 8. Sugar Ray Leonard 9. Benny Leonard 10. Jack Johnson 11. Barney Ross 12. Marvin Hagler 13. Rocky Marciano 14. Ezzard Charles 15. Manny Pacquaio 16. Alexis Arguillo 17. Mickey Walker 18. Gene Tunney 19. George Foreman 20. Tony Canzoneri 21. Sandy Saddler 22. Sam Langford 23. Gene Tunney 24. Archie Moore 25. Pernell Whitaker