Top 50 Middllweights of all time

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  1. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who were the top 50 Middleweights of all time? Many to choose from. very difficult.
     
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  2. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Right now, I'll tackle the top Twenty Five, The rest I have to think on...
    1. Carlos Monzon
    2. Ray Robinson
    3. Marvin Hagler
    4. Bob Fitzsimmons
    5. Harry Greb
    6. Roy Jones Jr.
    7. Mickey Walker
    8. Tony Zale
    9. Dick Tiger
    10.Emile Griffith
    11.Bernard Hokins
    12.Stanley Ketchel
    13.Rodrigo Valdez
    14. Gene Fullmer
    15. Jake LaMotta
    16. James Toney
    17. Vito Antuofermo
    18. Nigel Benn
    19. Marcel Cerdan
    20. Nino Benvenuti
    21. Chris Eubank
    22. Carmen Basilio
    23. Alan Minter
    24. Gorilla Jones
    25. Julian Jackson
     
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  3. faisal

    faisal Hoolios daddy Full Member

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    michael nunn, Mike Mccallum ?
     
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  4. timmers612

    timmers612 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    la-califa, interesting list! I thought I might find Mike Gibbons on there, but you know your stuff. Faisal, Nunn?? I sure wouldn't argue against Mccallum though.
     
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  5. FromWithin

    FromWithin Living for the city Full Member

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    Why is Roy Jones so high, and higher than B-Hop? :huh
    Except beating him head to head what did he accomplish?
     
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  6. markedwardscott

    markedwardscott Active Member Full Member

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    I'd pick both Monzon and Hagler over Robinson.
     
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  7. klompton

    klompton Boxing Addict banned

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    one of the worst lists ive ever seen. Gorilla Jones??? Antuofermo??? Benvenuti? Cerdan??? Some of these guys barely had a handfull of fights at middleweight and others should be ranked FAR below guys like Mike Gibbons, Mike O'Dowd, Frank Klaus, and MANY MANY more.
     
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  8. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At his peak Roy Jones Jr. was considered the best PFP. I dont think B-Hop could ever make that claim.
     
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  9. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Pretty shite list.
     
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  10. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I want to see someone demented enough to try.

    I'll do a short (long) list of potential candidates in no order:

    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Harry Greb
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Marvin Hagler
    Carlos Monzon
    Mickey Walker
    Roy Jones Jr.
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Emile Griffith
    Charley Burley
    Luis Rodriguez
    Carmen Basilio
    Jake Lamotta
    Bernard Hopkins
    Tommy Ryan
    Dick Tiger
    Billy Graham
    Joey Giardello
    Joey Archer
    Tiger Flowers
    Stanley Ketchel
    Holman Williams
    Lloyd Marshall
    Marcel Cerdan
    Mike McCallum
    Mike Gibbons
    Gene Fullmer
    Nino Benvenuti
    Jack Non-Pareil Dempsey
    Tony Zale
    Jack Chase
    Cocoa Kid
    Eddie Booker
    James Toney
    Les Darcy
    Rodrigo Valdez
    Winky Wright
    Sumbu Kalambay
    Randy Turpin
    Paul Pender
    Al McKoy
    Carl Bobo Olson
    Mike McTigue
    Mike O’Dowd
    Teddy Yarosz
    Lou Bogash
    Marcel Thil
    Ceferino Garcia
    Billy Papke
    Frank Klaus
    Eduardo Lausse
    Jimmy Clabby
    George Chip
    Johnny Wilson
    Lou Brouillard
    Len Harvey
    Freddie Steele
    Fred Apostoli
    Ken Overlin
    Vince Dundee
    Hugo Corro
    Vito Antuofermo
    Rubin Carter
    Jermain Taylor
    Kelly Pavlik
    Michael Nunn
    Alan Minter
    Nigel Benn
    Chris Eubank
     
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  11. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    I love Carlos Monzon at 1, but for me Hagler and Greb should be higher than Sugar Ray in MW
     
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  12. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i think its unfair to rate robinson at middle as he didn't weigh 160 till he was on the slide.for me hagler and monzon are 1 & 2 and i'd put a young ezzard charles up there too.
    somebody put antuofermo above minter which is a puzzle as minter beat him easily twice.:think
    :goodMcCallum is a good call though !!
     
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  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :lol:

    Does everyone remember this thread?:

    http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126252

    Even getting 10 together is really hard. It's the hardest division to rate. This is because there are multiple serious contenders from nearly every era - post NP Dempsey onwards your having a nightmare. I don't think anyone with a full time job could do it :lol:

    La Califa, I applaud you for having a stab, but i'm afraid Sweet Pea is correct, this is not a good list.
     
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  14. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Judah KO 1
     
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  15. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    Why would you pick Haglar over Robinson????????
     
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