*Top 20 Welterweights of All-Time*

I'd personally have Walker and Whitaker a little higher. Rodriguez has to be in there aswell in my opinion. As should Charley Burley, even if you don't count a lot of his work, he decisively beat Cocoa Kid inside the 147 limit, also Fritzie Zivic, and beat Holman Williams when both were around 148.

Other then that it looks pretty good. Welterweight is one of the hardest divisions to rank because there's so many great fighters to include. All in all a good job.

 

Rodriguez and Burley should be on the list, thhey both would probably make my top 10.

I think #4 is too high for Ross, and Jimmy McLarnin should be on this list as well imo.

 

No order, and no real criteria. Just on first impressions, and possibly leaving out a few names:

Sugar Ray Robinson
Kid Gavilan
Carmen Basilio
Emile Griffith
Luis Manuel Rodriguez
Jose Napoles
Sugar Ray Leonard
Thomas Hearns
Roberto Duran
Holman Williams
Charley Burley
Barbados Joe Walcott
Jack Britton
Ted "Kid" Lewis
Mickey Walker
Jimmy McLarnin
Barney Ross
Henry Armstrong
Fritzie Zivic
Cocoa Kid
Pernell Whitaker

HM: Young Corbett III, Wilfred Benitez, Donald Curry, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Pipino Cuevas, Carlos Palomino, Marlon Starling, etc.

 

Armstrong is way too low and Ross too high,also Rodriguez has to be there.

 

Rodriguez is an absolute must in the top 10, certainly top 20. He was arguably one of the top 5 Welterweights of the modern era.

 

Tommy Ryan should be on the list.

 

I gave him a brief thought before deciding to rate him as a Middle, where I figure he did most of his best work. He does have some pretty notable wins around the Welterweight limit though, such as Nonpariel Jack Dempsey, Mysterious Billy Smith, Tommy West, and the larger Kid McCoy.

 

Good list. I like Rodriguez right around Griffith in any welterweight list. Wasn't much to choose between the two. I like Armstrong 4 or 5 notches higher and I like Curry a couple notches higher. I may be a little biased on Curry but thought his brief prime was brilliant.

 

I would definitely hve Luis Rodriguez in there as well and I would say Sweet Pea ranks better than Marlon Starling, and Donald Curry would have to be in the mix if you include Starling since Curry defeated him.

 

Without doing more research into it, this is my Best list at this time.

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
Mickey Walker
Henry Armstrong
Sugar Ray Leonard
Joe Walcott
Barney Ross
Jose Napoles
Benny Leonard
Charley Burley
Tommy Ryan
Thomas Hearns
Carmen Basilio
Roberto Duran
Jack Dempsey NP
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Wilfred Benitez
Jack Britton
Sam Langford
Donald Curry
20. Emile Griffith

 

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Pipino Cuevas
3. Roberto Duran
4. Tommy Ryan
5. Henry Armstrong
6. Mickey Walker
7. Joe Walcott
8. Ted Lewis
9. Jose Napoles
10. Luis Rodriguez
11. Carmen Basilio
12. Emile Griffith
13. Ray Leonard
14. Kid Gavilan
15. Carlos Palomino
16. Gypsy Joe Harris
17. Thomas Hearns
18. Antonio Margarito
19. Manny Pacqiouaeuoi
20. Barney Ross