Top 15 middleweights of all time

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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  2. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I'm actually doing a middleweight tournament elsewhere with 128 boxers (a few questionable picks to fill it up). I needed quite a lot of help and other sources to get a lot of the top middleweights. I know bits I've looked into, but there's still so much I've not enough that I never feel comfortable doing rankings.
     
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  3. Birmingham

    Birmingham Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    H2H ?
     
  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    15 - Jack Dempsey
    14 - Bob Fitzsimmons
    13 - Dick Tiger
    12 - Freddie Steele
    11 - Jake LaMotta
    10 - Holman Williams
    09 - Tommy Ryan
    08 - Charley Burle
    07 - Bernard Hopkins
    06 - Mike Gibbons
    05 - Stanley Ketchel
    04 - Sugar Ray
    03 - Marvin Hagler
    02 - Carlos Monzon
    01 - Harry Greb
     
  5. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Here was my final tournament list BTW
     
  6. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Nice list.


    And finally..a man who rates ketchel properly
     
  7. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Couple questions...

    Where is Ezzard Charles? Two head to head victories over a prime charley burley

    Also Lloyd Marshall? 2 Victories over the prime versions of your number 8 and number 11..both fights at 160
     
  8. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'm uh, under the influence at the moment and all I can tell you is that you better have one Freddie Steele somewhere in that list. And that's all I've gotta say about that... :lol:
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Only Brit who would a chance against a top 15 middle of all time was Randy Turpin.
     
  10. Gudetama

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    1 Greb
    2 Ketchel
    3 Monzon
    4 Hagler
    5 Robinson
    6 Fitzsimmons
    7 Langford
    8 Walker
    9 Burley
    10 LaMotta
    11 Hopkins
    12 Steele
    13 Tiger
    14 T Ryan
    15 H Williams
     
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  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Head to head
    1. Monzon
    2. Greb
    3. Robinson
    4. Steele
    5. Hagler
    6. Roy Jones, Junior
    7. Bernard Hopkins
    8. GGG
    9. Stanislaus Ketchel
    10. Ezzard Charles
    11. Mickey Walker
    12. Charley Burley
    14. Mike Gibbons
    15. Holman Williams
     
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  12. jowcol

    jowcol Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And no Rodrigo Valdez? Languished in SA much like the Greatest King Carlos for years!
    If you'd brought them to the States (or into world class bouts) earlier??
     
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  13. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Steele above Hagler??

    What are you High?
     
  14. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Grab
    Monzon
    Hagler
    SRR
    Mike Gibbons
    Valdez
    GGG
    Hop
    Steele
    Burley
    Charles
    Lamotta
    Walker
    Giardello
    Ketchel
     
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  15. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Freddie beat Ceferino Garcia, Vince Dundee, Gorilla Jones, Babe Risko, Solly Krieger, Gus Lesnevich, Ken Overlin, Fred Apostoli, Swede Berglund, Baby Joe Gans, all exceptional to great fighters with proven records.

    How does Hagler's depth of resume compare?

    140 fights. 5 losses, 3 of which were at the very tail end of his career when he carried a significant injury.
     
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