Top 10 lightweights: All time

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  1. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What does your all time top 10 lightweight list look like? Here is mine, feel free to constructively criticize.

    1. Benny Leonard
    2. Joe Gans
    3. Roberto Duran
    4. Tony Canzoneri
    5. Carlos Ortiz
    6. Henry Armstrong
    7. Ike Williams
    8. Pernell Whitaker
    9. Julio Cesar Chavez
    10. Barney Ross

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  2. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Im still going back and forth on whether to rank Gans above Leonard.
     
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  3. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Duran
    Gans
    Leonard
    Pea
    Ross

    My top 5.
     
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  4. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I love Ross, he's one if my favorite fighters, but even though he has the two close wins Over Canzoneri I think Tony has the deeper resume at 135. Jmo.
     
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  5. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Leonard
    2. Gans
    3. Duran
    4. Armstrong
    5. Ike
    6. Pea
    7. Ortiz
    8. Canzoneri
    9. Ross
    10. Bob Montgomery (C'mon why does everyone gloss over the Phillyboy!!!)
     
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  6. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    GREAT fighter, but a little to inconsistent at the very top to make MY top 10.
     
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  7. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Most of these lists are very good. Some guys who could come in for consideration though:'

    Jack McAulliffe - I think he seems to be very underated today. He reigned as undefeated champion for a long time, and while he has some controversial wins/draws the fact still remains that he was never defeated and he was seen as a legend in his own time.

    Battling Nelson - Right up there with Joe Gans, Battling nelson seems a little forgotten nowadays. gave Gans, Britt, Attell all they could handle. IN fact his 1908 record was as impressive a run as anyones.
     
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  8. Rise Above

    Rise Above IBHOF elector Full Member

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    Good list. I'd have Ross a little higher and Duran at number 2.
     
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  9. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good shout on McAulliffe....I beleieve he got 1 #1 overall vote and finnished 10th in the esb lightweight rankings

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  10. bez

    bez Active Member Full Member

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    1: Sweet Pea >>>>>>>>>>>> The rest.
     
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  11. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    :lol: i like it. **** it, he was brilliant

    good lists on here so far. leonard-gans-duran are all in a wild, 135 pound orgy at the top, all fighting for #1
     
    Jorodz, Jun 10, 2011
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  12. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Benny Leonard
    2. Prenell Whitaker

    3.Joe Gans
    4. Roberto Duran
    5. Ike Williams
     
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  13. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sweet Pea may out box Nelson for 15 rounds. But what about 45 plus rounds? I think Bat Nelson would beat Pea in 1901.
     
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  14. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Whitaker was an amazing fighter who would no doubt compete with any lightweight in history. But h2h is very low on my list of priorities when ranking fighters because it just cannot be proven. I still consider it, but who you beat far outweighs who we think you could beat and Pea just doesn't have the resume to crack the top 5. That is of course only MY opinion.
     
    JAB5239, Jun 11, 2011
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  15. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    1. Leonard

    2. Duran
    3. Pea

    4. Gans
     
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