Top 20 Light Heavyweights of all time

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Very tough list to make

    Based on Accomplishments and Head to Head

    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Michael Spinks
    3. Archie Moore
    4. Harry Greb
    5. Gene Tunney
    6. Billy Conn
    7. Sam Langford
    8. Bob Foster
    9. Tommy Loughran
    10. Harold Johnson
    11. Bob Fitzsimmons
    12. Roy Jones Jr
    13. Matthew Saad Muhammad
    14. Jimmy Bivins
    15. John Henry Lewis
    16. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    17. Lloyd Marshall
    18. Kid Norfolk
    19. Victor Galindez
    20. Tommy Gibbons

    Hm: Maxie Rosenbloom
     
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  2. AwardedSteak863

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    Very good list. I see the top ten pretty close to how you see it. Some honorable mentions or guys that you could argue for the top twenty would be Michael Moorer and Michalczewski. Would have been nice to have seen Moorer in against tougher competition at light heavy.

     
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  3. JohnThomas1

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    No Lloyd Marshall?
     
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  4. mcvey

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    In no order
    Tunney
    Charles
    Moore
    Foster
    Conn
    Loughran
    Langford
    Greb
    Spinks
    Jones Jnr
    Saad
    Fitzsimmons
    Johnson
    Lewis
    Bivins
    Gibbons
    Delaney
    Dillon
    Marshall
    Rosenbloom

    On the bench
    Conteh,Qawi,Rosenbloom, Galindez.
     
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  6. SuzieQ49

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    Great list.
     
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  7. SuzieQ49

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    Yeah kind of a glaring omission. He should be in there. I’ll edit

    I put him in at 17 and bumped out Maxie Roenbloom
     
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  8. Gudetama

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    Great list. Although I would always have Spinks and Foster closer together, for better or for worse.
     
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    I'd also have Choynski in there :)
     
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  10. SuzieQ49

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    Reasons why? Spinks defeated much better competition at 175, was far more dominant and consistent, and accomplished much more at heavyweight
     
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  11. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    So langford a guy that never won a little at lhw is above bob foster and greb? lmao
     
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  12. SuzieQ49

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    Check again Greb is at number 4....
     
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  13. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    No. I meant greb over foster at lhw?
     
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  14. mcvey

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    Charles never won a title at lhvy should he be below all those that did?How about Tunney he never won the world title at lhvy should he be placed lower? Greb never won the world title either.
     
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  15. he grant

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    Good list but I think Spinks has become over rated .. He fought for his life against Johnson. Yaqui Lopez, Mustafa Muhammad, Eddie Davis and Muhammad Qwai .. to rate him over Tunney, Greb, Foster, Conn and so many others is a bit of a leap for me .. I say this as a big Spinks fan ..
     
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