TOP 10 Welterweights of all time

Or what exactly?

 

What makes flea and co so special compared to me :?

 

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong (blown-up lightweight or no, he did a lot of damage at the weight)
3. Sugar Ray Leonard
4. Jose Napoles
5. Kid Gavilan
6. Charley Burley
7. Carmen Basilo
8. Tommy Hearns
9. Emile Griffith
10. Luis Rodriguez

 

Great list mate. If i did lists i don't think i'd change a thing here. If Barney Ross was there a bit longer he might push but i think i'll leave him P4P and lighter.

 

To be fair to Olu he has since apologised :good

 

Yeah, he made the list in the past. So could McClarnin, too. Ditto Holman Williams, and Joe Walcott

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

if pacquiao beat moslet and PBF, would you rank him above duran?

 

At 147 yes. But at a possibly performance-degrading catchweight no. That would be De La Hoya, Floyd and Mosley at Catchweights. Doesn't bode well when a guy like Armstrong fought fully-fledged Welters weighing in at about 130 lbs, and Duran jumped two divisions and beat Ray Leonard, who is the concensous no.2 on this list.

 

Sorry. Wrong leter!

 

The rematch is completely irrelevant...the fact is the first fight was one of the worst decisions of that year, maybe that whole decade.

Its not even a hard fight to score...There should be no debate...Fenech just routinely outlanded Azumah in most rounds and was robbed blind.

The fact one judge scored it for Azumah means nothing, the others two didnt and neither did anyone with two eyes outside of Accra. Mr Donate seemed to be quite the regular on a lot of Don King cards and quite rightly never judged a fight again after that.

 

Weston did more than ok, did more than hold his own. Benitez was lucky to get that draw. Harold got credentials and in addition to beating Wilfred, has beat Antuofuermo. But against Pipino like I say, he is unlike anyone else. Even the shell of Weston withstood the full assault of the hitman and took the last 3 rounds when the thumb ended the fight and his career.

Besides, both Wilfred and Leonard could have challenged him but Wilfred wisely went for the much safer Palomino and Leonard went for the much safer Wilfred which I dont think it is just coincidence. I think their managers see a trail of broken bodies left behind and are thinking about protecting their fighter's interests and for good reason

 

Weston did seem to have Wilfred's number somewhat...the fights I have seen he gives him hell.

 

I'll give it a try:


1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Sugar Ray Leonard
4. Charley Burley
5. Kid Gavilan
6. Jose Napoles
7. Mickey Walker
8. Joe Walcott
9. Emile Griffith
10. Thomas Hearns

The only two I'm absolutely sure about the placing of are Robinson and Armstrong Robinson fought the best welterweights of his era without a loss (9-0 vs. ATGs) and Armstrongs 19 title defenses in a little less than 2 1/2 years was extremely impressive.

 

Haha, I took it that you meant it purposefully, as in Hopkins puts people to sleep, hence the Z . Thought it was quite witty.