top ten featherweights

10: Salvador Sanchez
9: Joey Archibald
8: Azumah Nelson
7: Johnny Kilbane
6: George Dixon
5: Henry Armstrong
4; Eusebio Pedroza
3: Abe Attell
2: Willie Pep
1: Sandy Saddler

Honorary mentions: Young Griffo, Terry McGovern, Jim Driscoll, Bat Battalino, Hogan 'Kid' Bassey, Davey Moore, Sugar Ramos, Vicente Saldivar, Eder Jofre, Antonio Esparragoza, Naseem Hamed and Marco Antonio Barrera

Mentions: Ben Jordan, Young Corbett II, Johnny Dundee, Kid Kaplan, Tony Canzoneri, Kid Chocolate, Baby Arizmendi, Chalky Wright, Howard Winstone, Alexis Arguello, Danny Lopez, Juan LaPorte, Jeff Fenech, Marcos Villasana, Tom Johnson, Kevin Kelley, Eloy Rojas, Manuel Medina, Wilfred Vazquez, Erik Morales, and Manny Pacquiao.

 

Joey Archibald? Really?

 

Only in the Modern era,1920 on :
1 Henry Armstrong
2 Willie Pep
3 Johnny Dundee
4 Alexis Arguello
5 Sandy Saddler

 

1-Willie Pep
2-Henry Armstrong
3-Sandy Saddler
4- Salvador Sanchez
5- Abe Attel
6-Alexis Arguello
7-Terry McGovern
8-Jim Driscoll
9-Vicente Saldivar
10-Eusebio Pedroza

 

01. Henry Armstrong
02. Salvador Sanchez
03. Sandy Saddler
04. Willie Pep
05. Tony Canzoneri
06. Azumah Nelson
07. Alexis Arguello
08. Vincente Saldivar
09. Manny Pacquiao
10. Marco Antonio Barrera

 

1. Willie Pep
2. Sandy Saddler
3. Abe Attell
4. Jim Driscoll
5. Henry Armstrong
6. Vicente Saldivar
7. Salvador Sanchez
8. George Dixon
9. Alexis Arguello
10. Eusebio Pedroza

 

In terms of H2H ability, drawing upon featherweights I've seen at least an hour's worth of prime footage on, I'd rank em like this:

1. Saddler
2. Marcel
3. Saldivar
4. Arguello
5. Sanchez
6. Nelson
7. Pacquiao
8. Pedroza
9. Barrera/Morales
10. Winstone/Famechon/Marquez/Legra

 

SS,have you been drinking ? Not to include of only the "modern' featherweights,the human buzz saw Henry Armstrong ,who terrorized the 126lb class,and the most astounding boxer the great Willie Pep,shows a
disrespect for the thread at hand...???

 

Burt, to ask such a question shows a disrespect to me :good

(Sarcasm aside, I haven't seen an hour's worth of PRIME Pep and Armstrong footage AT featherweight. I didn't want to rank guys at the weight that I have not seen a fair bit of and a fair bit which shows them at their best).

 

What a fight that would be! Pep vs Armstrong and what a contrast in styles.

 

Sorry SS, I didn't mean to offend.atsch

 

1 Willie Pep
2 Sandy Saddler
3 Henry Armstrong
4 Vicente Saldivar
5 Ernesto Marcel
6 Sal Sanchez
7 Abe Attell
8 Jim Driscoll
9 Eusebio Pedroza
10 Kid Chocolate

NOTE: McGovern and Dixon are in my Bantamweight rankings as per the 'modern' weight limits.

 

All good mate :good

Armstrong and Pep should be at the apex of the featherweights.