Terry Norris best 154 of all time?

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  1. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    as most people have said mccallum and hearns are the best at 154lb
     
    Mr Butt, Jan 26, 2010
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  2. bodhi

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    And Nino Benvenuti!
     
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  3. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    to be honest i have only seen his fights against monzon so he is one i need to watch a lot more of .
     
    Mr Butt, Jan 26, 2010
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    HM to Mugabi
     
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  5. bez

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    HM to Fernando Vargas
     
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  6. he grant

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    No.
     
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  7. Stevie G

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    Thomas Hearns was definitelythe best 154 pounder of all. Mike McCallum taking runner up spot. Sugar Ray Leonard was pretty good at that weight too. When he beat Ayub Kalule. All of the above,imo,would have beaten Norris,prime for prime. Leonard had had it by the time he actually did fight Norris.
     
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    Emile Griffith held a version of the light middlewight title (Austrian)
     
    AlFrancis, Jan 26, 2010
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  9. horst

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    Hearns and McCallum would **** him at 154. I'd give a few more a good chance.
     
    horst, Jan 26, 2010
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  10. mckay_89

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    My top 10 light middles:

    1. Mike McCallum
    2. Thomas Hearns
    3. Winky Wright
    4. Wilfred Benitez
    5. Terry Norris
    6. Julian Jackson
    7. Nino Benvenuti
    8. Felix Trinidad
    9. Oscar De La Hoya
    10. John Mugabi
     
    mckay_89, Jan 26, 2010
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  11. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No Sandro Mazzhingi? He did more and better at the weight than Trinidad, DLD and Mugabi. :-( Hell, I would even put Eckhard Dagge above them.
     
    bodhi, Jan 26, 2010
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  12. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    not a great boxer but what about gianfranco rosi
     
    Mr Butt, Jan 26, 2010
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  13. mckay_89

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    Don't know that much about the guy at all, I'll need to look him.
     
    mckay_89, Jan 26, 2010
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  14. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was okay but just a beltholder and lost everytime he stepped up to the big boys.

    Mazzhingi was different. Anywhere close to his prime he just lost to Nino Benvenuti. He held onto both lightmiddleweight titles two times, beat better opposition and beat the man who beat the man who beat him in Ki Soo Kim.
     
    bodhi, Jan 26, 2010
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  15. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    how do think rosi would of done against fernando vargas
     
    Mr Butt, Jan 26, 2010
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