The GOAT in each division

Heavyweight:
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Larry Holmes

Cruiserweight:
1. Evander Holyfield
2. David Haye
3. Juan Carlos Gomez

Light Heavyweight:
1. Ezzard Charles
2. Archie Moore
3. Michael Spinks

Super Middleweight
1. Joe Calzaghe
2. Roy Jones
3. Andre Ward

Middleweights:
1. Carlos Monzon
2. Marvin Hagler
3. Bernard Hopkins

Light Middleweights:
1. Terry Norris
2. Thomas Hearns
3. Mike McCallum

Welterweights:
1. Ray Robinson
2. Ray Leonard
3. Emile Griffith

Light Welterweight:
1. Julio César Chávez
2. Kostya Tszyu
3. Aaron Pryor

Lightweight:
1. Roberto Duran
2. Benny Leonard
3. Joe Gans

Jr. Lightweight:
1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Alexis Arguello
3. Kid Chocolate

Featherweight:
1. Willie Pep
2. Terry McGovern
3. Abe Atell

Jr. Featherweight:
1. Wilfredo Gómez
2. Erik Morales
3. Marco Antonio Barrera

Bantamweight:
1. Eder Jofre
2. Panama Al Brown
3. Manuel Ortiz

Flyweight:
1. Jimmy Wilde
2. Miguel Canto
3. Pancho Villa

 

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ODLH was a much better SFW than Alexis!

 

I rank Haye over Carlos de Leon. At Cruiseweight, De Leon held a belt for a good time, but his opposition was terrible. His best wins were Marvin Camel, ST Gordon (both ranked contenders at CW) and a very green Johnny Nelson. De Leon also lost several times. The real leader of that era was Holyfield. De Leon was active 10 years in that recently-born Cruiserweight division and was probably the second best, but nothing more.

David Haye, on the other hand, was the best fighter in the best Cruiserweight division ever. In five years he unified a division that had been a chaos. He beat Fragomeni, Gurov, Mormeck and Maccarinelli. Only lost once, before his prime. That puts him above De Leon, imo.

Juan Carlos Gomez could be a good candidate for the second place in my CW rankings. My main objection is that his era was also very inferior to Haye's era. Vasily Jirov also deserves a Top5 mention, but his era was also mediocre; he never fought JC Gomez and lost his most important fight against James Toney.

James Toney was a fine cruiserweight. His win over Jirov is impressive. Top10 material.

 

Those listed in parentheses are fighters who are runner ups, and who one could make an argument for listing as GOAT at the weight.

HW: Ali (Louis)
CW: Holyfield
LH: Charles (Moore, M.Spinks)
SMW: Calzaghe, RJJ
MW: Greb (Monzon, Hagler)
JMW: McCallum (Hearns)
WW: SRR (Armstrong, SRL)
JWW: Chavez (Pryor, Ross, Locce, Loi, and a bunch more)
LW: Duran (Whitaker, Leonard, Gans)
JLW: Mayweather Jr. (Arguello, Chavez)
FW: Pep (Saddler, Armstrong)
SBW: Bazooka Gomez
BW: Jofre (Olivares, Zarate)
JBW: Watanabe (Tapia)
Fly: Wilde (Pasqual Perez, Miguel Canto)
Jr. Fly: Jung Koo Chang
Straw: Lopez

 

HW: Muhammad Ali
CW: Evander Holyfield
LHW: Ezzard Charles
SMW: Roy Jones Jr
MW: Harry Greb
LMW: Thomas Hearns
JWW: Julio Cesar Chavez
LW: Roberto Duran
SFW: Alexis Arguello
FW: Willie Pep
SBW: Wilfredo Gomez
BW: Eder Jofre
SFlyW: Jiro Watanabe
FlyW: Pascual Perez
JFlyW: Jung Koo Chang
SW: Ricardo Lopez

 

H2H yes but Arguello had a nice resume there over some HOF'ers.

 

HW: Joe Louis
CW: Evander Holyfield
LH: Ezzard Charles
SMW: RJJ
MW: Carlos Monzon
JMW: Mike McCallum
WW: SRR
JWW: Aaron Pryor
LW: Henry Armstong
SFW: Mayweather Jr.
FW: Willie Pep
SBW: Erik Morales
BW: Eder Jofre
Superfly: Kaosai Galaxy ( very underrated in my opinion)
Fly: Jimmy Wilde
JuniorFly: Jung Koo Chang
Straw:Ricardo Lopez

 

HW: Muhammad Ali
CW: Evander Holyfield
LHW: Ezzard Charles
SMW: Joe Calzaghe
MW: Sugar Ray Robinson
LMW: Thomas Hearns
WW: Sugar Ray Robinson
JWW: Julio Cesar Chavez
LW: Roberto Duran
SFW: Alexis Arguello
FW: Willie Pep
SBW: Wilfredo Gomez

Multiweight Champion: Henry Armstrong

 

**** off

DLH had every advantage going vs Chavez... more to the point tho, he will never be ranked over Chavez by any sane person & at their best Chavez was the superior fighter as well.... Oscar could only dream of putting on a masterclass of the standard JCC put on vs Rosario.

 

good **** my man. i would have PBF at 130 but Nelson's a good look though, can't argue....arguello would have also been acceptable. No flyweight love? jimmy wilde/pancho villa