Top 5 atgs in each division

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  1. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Name in your opinion the 5 greatest fighters in any weight class or all of them if you want.
     
  2. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Just to make things more interesting please try not to mention the same fighter twice like Robinson at welter and middleweight.
     
  3. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    175:

    1.) Ezzard Charles
    2.) Archie Moore
    3.) Bob Foster
    4.) Michael Spinks
    5.) Tommy Loughran

    130:

    1.) Alexis Arguello
    2.) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
    3.) Julio Cesar Chavez
    4.) Azumah Nelson
    5.) Bobby Chacon (EDIT: originally Genaro Hernandez [RIP])
     
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  4. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Heavyweight-Muhammed Ali.Cruiser-Evander holyfield,Middle-Marvin Hagler,Welter-Ray Robinson and Light-Roberto Duran.
     
  5. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I'd definitely make the top 5 heavyweights Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano and Lennox Lewis, order of the latter 3 depending on criteria.
     
  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    HW - Ali, Louis, Lennox, Holmes, Wlad.
    LHW - Charles, Tunney, Moore, Loughran, Spinks
    MW - Greb, Monzon, Hagler, Hopkins, Fitzsimmons
    WW - Robinson, Walker, Armstrong, Leonard, Gavalin
    LW - Leonard, Gans, Duran, Williams, Ortiz
    FW - Pep, Saddler, Chocolate, Dixon, Attel
    BW - Jofre, McGovern, Harada, Olivares, Brown
    Fly - Wilde, Canto, Parez, Villa, Wolgast
     
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  7. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Seriously Wlad a top 5 all time not in a million years .Otherwise good choices
     
  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I was torn between him and Foreman.
    Wlad doesn't have 2 wins as good as Norton and Frazier, but he does has a lot of good wins.

    Underrated Era imo.
     
  9. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    At least its different.
    H
    Ali
    Johnson
    Dempsey
    Louis
    Holmes

    LH
    Tunney
    Charles
    Langford
    Moore
    Foster

    M
    Greb
    Monzon
    Robinson
    Hagler
    Tiger

    W
    Leonard
    Hearns
    Napoles
    Whitaker
    Griffith

    L
    Leonard
    Gans
    Williams
    Duran
    Armstrong

    F
    Pep
    Saddler
    Sanchez
    Attell
    Arguello

    B
    Jofre
    Olivares
    Zarate
    Harada

    F
    Wilde
    Lynch
    Canto
    Perez
    Chitalada
     
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  10. Golden_Feather99

    Golden_Feather99 Active Member Full Member

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    Heavyweight:
    1. James J. Jeffries
    2. Jack A. Johnson
    3. Sir J. Dempsey
    4. John L. Sullivan
    5. James J. Corbett

    Light Heavyweight:

    1. Bob J. Fitszimmons
    2. Goat S. Langford
    3. Kid McCoy
    4. Tom E. Burns
    5. Gene Tunney

    Middleweight:

    1. Stanley Ketchel
    2. Philadephia J. O'Brien
    3. Nonpareil J. Dempsey
    4. Harry Greb
    5. Mars L. Cerdan

    Welterweight:

    1. Barbados J. Walcott
    2. Sugar R. Robinson
    3. Tommy Ryan
    4. Micky Walker
    5. Young J. Thompson

    Lightweight:

    1. Joe Gans
    2. Jack McFuffle
    3. Packey McFuffle
    4. Benny Leonard
    5. Bruce Lee

    Featherweight:

    1. Terrible T. McGovern
    2. Willie Pepé
    3. Johnny Dundee
    4. Jim Driscoll
    5. Young C. II

    Bantamweight:
    1. George Dixon
    2. Pete Herman
    3. Johnny F. Coulon
    4. Kid Williams
    5. Joseph A. Lynch

    Flyweights:

    1. Jimmy Barry
    2. Fidel L. Barba'
    3. Jimmy B. Wilde
    4. Benjamin Lynch
    5. Frank F. Genaro
     
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  11. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    At least its different.
    H
    Ali
    Johnson
    Dempsey
    Louis
    Holmes

    LH
    Tunney
    Charles
    Langford
    Moore
    Foster

    M
    Greb
    Monzon
    Robinson
    Hagler
    Ketchel

    W
    Leonard
    Hearns
    Napoles
    Gavilan
    Griffith

    L
    Leonard
    Gans
    Williams
    Duran
    Armstrong

    F
    Pep
    Saddler
    Sanchez
    Arguello
    Pedroza

    B
    Jofre
    Olivares
    Zarate
    Perez
    Brown

    F
    Wilde
    Lynch
    Canto
    Kane
     
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  12. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Top 5 per division - original 8

    Heavy:
    Ali
    Louis
    Holmes
    Johnson
    Marciano

    Light heavy:
    Charles
    Moore
    Tunney
    Loughran
    Foster

    Middle:
    Greb
    Monzon
    Hagler
    Ketchel
    Walker

    Welter:
    Robinson
    Leonard
    Napoles
    Armstrong
    Gavilan

    Light:
    Leonard
    Duran
    Gans
    Williams
    Ortiz

    Feather:
    Pep
    Saddler
    Saldivar
    Attell
    Sanchez

    Bantam:
    Jofre
    Ortiz
    Olivares
    Harada
    Zarate

    Fly:
    Wilde
    Canto
    Perez
    Lynch
    Genaro
     
  13. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Top 5 per division - betweener divisions

    Cruiser:
    Holyfield
    Usyk
    Mormeck
    DeLeon
    Haye

    Super middleweight:
    Calzaghe
    Ward
    Jones
    Toney
    Froch

    Junior middle:
    Hearns
    McCallum
    Wright
    Benitez
    Trinidad

    Junior Welter:
    Chavez
    Cervantes
    Pryor
    Locche
    Tszyu

    Junior light:
    Arguello
    Mayweather
    Nelson
    Chavez
    Elorde

    Junior feather:
    Gomez
    Morales
    Barrera
    Fenech
    McKinney

    Junior Bantam:
    Roman
    Galaxy
    Tapia
    Watanabe
    Moon

    Junior Fly:
    C. Gonzalez
    Carbajal
    Chang
    Gushiken
    Yuh

    Straw:
    Lopez
    Calderon
    R. Gonzalez
    Alvarez
    Porpaoin
     
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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I feel Hearns would have beaten Gavilan, Armstrong and Walker, Armstrong`s style with his reach would be suicide against a welter Hearns, this wasn`t the same Tommy that struggled with Roldan and Barkley as they rushed in.
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Canelo is better than Trinidad was at at 160 and was maybe better than Felix at 154 also.