Top 10 Lightweights of All Time

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  1. TAC602

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    Dope ****. :deal
     
  2. TAC602

    TAC602 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :nono

    It absolutely is not, Robbi. Liston may be the baddest man to ever lace up gloves, and P4P can suck a fat one in this instance. There are certain times when that **** just isn't appropriate, and this is one of them. :deal :D
     
  3. George Crowcroft

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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    1. Benny Leonard
    2. Roberto Duran
    3. Packey McFarland
    4. Joe Gans
    5. Henry Armstrong
    6. Ike Williams
    7. Carlos Ortiz
    8. Tony Canzoneri
    9. Lou Ambers
    10. Freddie Welsh

    HMs - Joe Brown, Beau Jack, Bob Montgomery, Sammy Angott and Pernell Whitaker.
    Note - I place Chavez and Ross at 140, Napoles, Mayweather and Pacquiao at 147 and Arguello at 130. Just to explain their absence.
     
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  5. Jel

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    1. Benny Leonard
    2. Roberto Duran
    3. Joe Gans
    4. Ike Williams
    5. Carlos Ortiz
    6. Tony Canzoneri
    7. Pernell Whitaker
    8. Freddie Welsh
    9. Lou Ambers
    10. Joe Brown
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

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    No McFarland?
     
  7. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Number 11. A couple of years ago he wouldn't have been anywhere at all because I didn't know anything about him! So I may be underrating him a little.
     
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  8. ETM

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    1. Leonard
    2. Duran
    3. Gans
    4. Armstrong
    5. Canzoneri
    6. Ike Williams
    7. Ortiz
    8. Chavez
    9. Whitaker
    10. Jack
     
  9. Reinhardt

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    I think you have hit the top 4 in perfect order
     
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  10. mcvey

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    Just how deep is this division!
     
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  11. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez has a hard time cracking the top 10,,,,,,that's pretty deep
     
  12. George Crowcroft

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