The light heavy weight division

For what it is worth, and IMO that is quite a bit, Michalczewski made 14 defences after beating Hill to become Light Heavyweight World Champion, in this time for whatever reason a seemingly primed Roy Jones Jr choose not to fight him.

Michalczewski hardly fought the best, but he beat what was in front of him, and generally beat them well for over six years, only Moore can compete on Championship longevity.

 

175 and under on fight night:

Tunney
Fitzsimmons
Langford
Charles
Moore
Foster
Spinks
Greb
Loughran
R. Jones

 

1 Charles
2 RJJ
3 Langford
4 M Spinks
5 Moore
6 Tunney
7 Foster
8 Conn
9 Greb
10 Bivins

 

If we are going to pick fighter that were not Champions and excelled in that division we would include
1)Charles...although his best fights were at Heavyweight
2) Tunney
3)Langford


If we are talking about Real Champions who lived there for the most pat

1)Moore
2)Conn
3)M.Spinks
4)Greb
5)Maxie Rosenbloom
6)Harold Johnson
7) Joey Maxim
8) Tommy Loughran
9) Bob Foster
10) Roy Jones

 

Virgil Hill made 10 defenses ,,its not how many ,its who you defend against.Jones wouldnt fight in Germany ,and after the Olympics do you blame him?
Michalczewski was a strong ,come forward, face first fighter ,he would have been cake for Jones.The Pole is a little like Ottke good record ,but look beyond that and its a puffed up resume.Those on your list I think beat Michalczewski ,without too much trouble include.
Saad
Maxim
Jones
Lesnevich
Delaney
Pastrano
Conn
Qawi
Galindez
Fitz
Johnson.
Also
Berlenbach
Slattery
Torres
Gregory

 

No love for RJJ?

 

a friend of mine went over to Germany as a sparring partner for Michalczewski, he told me afterwoods that even though Darius could be hit he was strong and that Darius had the kind of jab that could stop you in your tracks...His oppinion Changed about D.M. not having a chance with Jones in fact, he told me at the time he would give D.M.s kind of pressure a good shot over Jones and favored D.M.( he said a pressure fighter had a good chance over Jones....he spoke highly of D.M.

 

Verry verry hard to find the ten best men at this talent laden weight.

I am however prepared to round it down to the following names in cronological order:

1. Bob Fitzsimmons
2. Sam Langford
3. Jack Dillon
4. Harry Greb
5. Gene Tunney
6. Tommy Loughran
7. Billy Conn
8. Ezzard Charles
9. Archie Moore
10. Michael Spinks

If we are going to make it a dynamite dozen then Tommy Gibbons Maxie Rosenbloom and John Henry Lewis likley make the cut.

 

No 'pre-paradigm shift' fighters should be in anyones top 10

The paradigm obviously occured around 1955-60

 

That's a terrifying 13 isn't it

 

Thats interesting inside info,and needs to be taken seriously,I didnt think his jab was that special ,but then I wasn't getting hit with it.Difficult to argue with someone who has first hand knowledge,let me just say I think T Booze rated the Pole too high, how's that?

 

I've got:

4) Moore
5) Foster
6) Harold Johnson
7) Conn
8) Greb
9) Loughran
10) Qawi