Top 20 Lightheavyweights Of All Time

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  1. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    Right I'll do a Top 10:

    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Archie Moore
    3. Sam Langford
    4. Gene Tunney
    5. Bob Fitzsimmons
    6. Harry Greb
    7. Michael Spinks
    8. Roy Jones Jr.
    9. Billy Conn
    10. Bob Foster
     
    Holmes' Jab, Oct 10, 2007
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  2. brownpimp88

    brownpimp88 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    JANITOR I THOUGHT U SAID SPINKS WAS A LOCK FOR TOP 5, AND UR LIST IS SO BIASED TOWARDS OLD GUYS. Saad, qawi, and galindez should be in everyones top 20.
     
    brownpimp88, Oct 10, 2007
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  3. dmille

    dmille We knew, about Tszyu, before you. Full Member

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    Saad and Galindez belong in the top ten. Disagree about Braxton.
     
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  4. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Archie Moore
    3. Sam Langford
    4. Michael Spinks
    5. Tommy Loughran
    6. Bob Foster
    7. Gene Tunney
    8. Harold Johnson
    9. Billy Conn
    10. Jimmy Bivens
    11. Maxie Rosenbloom
    12. Matthew Saad Muhammad
    13. Jack Delaney
    14. Victor Galindez
    15. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    16. Jack Dillon
    17. John Henry Lewis
    18. Joey Maxim
    19. Virgil Hill
    20. Batting Levinsky

    Quick Note: I don't include fighters who are currently active at the weight on the list, so that's why Jones isn't included. As of right now, I would more than likely place him anywhere from #8-#11, depending on my mood at the time.
     
    Drew101, Oct 10, 2007
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  5. TBooze

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    TBooze, Oct 10, 2007
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  6. Luigi1985

    Luigi1985 Cane Corso Full Member

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    What criteria do you use? What has DM done to deserve such a high ranking? Sure, he had a nice title reign, but his opponents were also poor, some old-timers perhaps didn´t have a long title reign or so, but beat a lot more and much better fighter...
     
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    1 - Ezzard Charles
    2 - Sam Langford
    3 - Gene Tunney
    4 - Archie Moore
    5 - Billy Conn
    6 - Micheal Spinks
    7 - Roy Jones
    8 - Bob Foster
    9 - Jimmy Bivins
    10-Tommy Loughran
    11-Harold Johnson
    12-Maxie Rosenbloom
    13-Kid Norfolk
    14-Matthew Saad Muhammad
    15-Battling Siki
    16-Georges Carpantier
    17-JH Lewis
    18-Lloyd Marshall
    19-Battling Levinsky
    20-Oakland Billy Smith! (try and stop me)
     
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  8. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jeff Clarke is allways forgotten......kinda ghost I think.
     
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  9. albinored

    albinored Active Member Full Member

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    I thought I posted this already. Guess not. top 20:

    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Archie Moore
    3 through 20...a bunch of other guys tied.
     
    albinored, Oct 10, 2007
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  10. Florida boy

    Florida boy Bodacious Full Member

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    1. Roy Jones Jr.
    2. Archie Moore
    3. Sam Langford
    4. Michael Spinks
    5. Tommy Loughran
    6. Bob Foster
    7. Gene Tunney
    8. Harold Johnson
    9. Billy Conn
    10. Jimmy Bivens
    11. Maxie Rosenbloom
    12. Matthew Saad Muhammad
    13. Jack Delaney
    14. Victor Galindez
    15. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    16. Jack Dillon
    17. John Henry Lewis
    18. Joey Maxim
    19. Virgil Hill
    20. Batting Levinsky
     
    Florida boy, Oct 10, 2007
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  11. dmille

    dmille We knew, about Tszyu, before you. Full Member

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    Hey booze, how about doing a preview so that you can be sure your posts are readable?
     
    dmille, Oct 10, 2007
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  12. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    thats a pretty nice list
     
    dmt, Oct 10, 2007
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  13. JohnThomas1

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    Didn't you used to have Dennis Andries in there??
     
    JohnThomas1, Oct 11, 2007
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  14. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  15. McGrain

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    It's all about criteria though isn't it?

    Jones is a miracle. There is an argument that he would have a better chance of beating everyone else on that list than anyone else would...i'd be on the other side of that argument, actually, but if you're into head to head and see him as the best, why not have him at #1?
     
    McGrain, Oct 11, 2007
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