Top 10 Flyweights

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  1. Bujia

    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    1. Midget Wolgast
    2. Jimmy Wilde
    3. Miguel Canto
    4. Newsboy Brown
    5. Fidel LaBarba
    6. Frankie Genaro
    7. Pancho Villa
    8. Benny Lynch
    9. Pascual Perez
    10. Speedy Dado
    11. Fighting Harada
    12. Roman Gonzalez
    13. Masao Ohba
    14. Hiroyuki Ebihara
    15. Horacio Accavallo
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    #15. Willie Davis
    #14. Betulio Gonzalez
    #13. Peter Kane
    #12. Hiroyuki Ebihara
    #11. Masao Oba
    #10. Pone Kingpetch
    #09. Pancho Villa
    #08. Izzy Schwartz
    #07. Newsboy Brown
    #06. Benny Lynch
    #05. Frankie Genaro
    #04. Pascual Perez
    #03. Jimmy Wilde
    #02. Midget Wolgast
    #01. Miguel Canto
     
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  3. McGrain

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    What's the story with Izzy at number 8? I had him at number 50 I think.
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    It's all of the long undefeated runs and huge KO percentage.

    I actually don't remember. It's a copy paste job from the survey, or at least from my notes on it. I seem to recall him being Brown, Wolgast and Davies, which undoubtedly influenced my decision, but who knows, I'm probably misremembering anyway :lol:
     
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  5. Bujia

    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Do you consider Speedy Dado a Fly or Bantam? I’ve always considered him a Fly. And, it’s my list, so why am I asking?
     
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  6. Boxed Ears

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    The very Earth shook when they heard his name. They only dare whisper it in dark shadows for the cardiovascular risk induced from the sheer terror of the very sound of it..."Izzy...Schwartz"...ooooooo
     
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  7. Amos-san

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    1) Pascual Perez
    2) Sot Chitalada
    3) Pone Kingpetch
    4) Omar Narvaez
    5) Yuri Arbachakov
    6) Izzy Schwarz
     
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  8. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    This is the 15 I submitted for Rumsfeld's lists:
    1. Jimmy Wilde
    2. Miguel Canto
    3. Pascual Perez
    4. MIdget Wolgast
    5. Frankie Gennaro
    6. Benny Lynch
    7. Pone Kingpetch
    8. Chartchai Chionoi
    9. Pancho Villa
    10. Masao Oba
    11. Betulio Gonzalez
    12. Hiroyuki Ebihara
    13. Fidel LaBarba
    14. Sot Chitalada
    15. Yuri Arbachakov
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I like this mention, as I love Yuri, but I don't think you could really go above Pong. Any particular reasoning there?

    Same with Chionoi over Oba, if you don't mind.
     
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  10. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Pong is extremely underrated by Classic fans IMO.
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Tim is my number 0. It isn't fair to everyone else to put him on a list.
     
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  12. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Yeah, slight 90s bias probably!

    Re Chionoi over Ohba - I can see that might look a bit odd given they fought and Ohba won but Chionoi was probably at his best in the 60s even though he did well in the 70s and gave Ohba a tough fight even then. Three title reigns across 7 years is pretty rare at this weight too (and yes, I know Pongsaklek achieved that across even more years and he isn't in my top 15). I dunno, it's close and I can see Ohba over Chionoi too...
     
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