Top Ten Middleweights

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  1. hopkinsfan07

    hopkinsfan07 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    whats your top ten Middleweights
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    1 - Sugar Ray Robinson
    2 - Harry Greb
    3 - Carlos Monzon
    4 - Charley Burley
    5 - Bob Fitzimmons
    6 - Bernard Hopkins
    7 - Marvin Hagler
    8 - Staley Ketchel
    9 - Roy Jones Junior
    10 Dick Tiger
     
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  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    40 Paul Pender
    39 Thomas Hearns
    38 Rocky Graziano
    37 Randy Turpin
    36 Mike McCallum
    35 Georges Carpentier
    34 Les Darcy
    33 Al McCoy
    32 Fred Apostolio
    31 Sambu Kalambay
    30 Tiger Flowers
    29 Gene Fullmer
    28 Rodrigo Valdez
    27 Dick Tiger
    26 Bob Fitzsimmons
    25 James Toney
    24 Michael Nunn
    23 Jack 'Twin' Sullivan
    22 Mike O'Dowd
    21 Jake LaMotta
    20 Freddie Steele
    19 Marcel Thil
    18 Gorilla Jones
    17 Sammy Langford
    16 Emile Griffith
    15 Joey Giardello
    14 Kid McCoy
    13 Nino Benvenuti
    12 Tony Zale
    11 Marcel Cerdan
    10 Roy Jones
    9 Jack Dempsey
    8 Harry Greb
    7 Marvin Hagler
    6 Bernard Hopkins
    5 Mickey Walker
    4 Charley Burley
    3 Stanley Ketchel
    2 Ray Robinson
    1 Carlos Monzon

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    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    1. Harry Greb
    2. Carlos Monzon
    3. Marvin Hagler
    4. Sugar Ray Robinson
    5. Bernard Hopkins
    6. Stanley Ketchel
    7. Charley Burley
    8. Marcel Cerdan
    9. Mickey Walker
    10. Jake LaMotta
     
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  5. McGrain

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    I hate you guys that get asked for 10 and cough up a 40.

    Still, you got Burley at four, so I can't argue with you.

    Where do yo have Burley on your WW list?

    Please don't post the whole thing ;) ;)
     
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  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have Burley #10 all time, I do not have him on my Welterweight list...

    Do not worry, it is a top 10 list!

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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Why no Burley at Welter? He took some bodies down there, and as you know had 2/3 over Zivic in what could and possibly should have been a whitewash.
     
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  8. TBooze

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    I never really thought of Burley as a 147lber, I know he fought at as low as 145, but I do not know...

    I think when I did my 147lbs list I was in my anti Burley phase. I once had Burley as high as #2 all time, but then I was lucky enough to see the Smith and I was decidedly underwhelmed...

    But I need to recognize it was at the end of his career and that Burley is rated for his defence over everything else, which means he probably was not the most exciting fighter even in his prime.
     
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    1. Harry Grebb
    2. Bob Fitzsimmons
    3. Mickey Walker
    4. Jeff Clarke
    5.     Stanley Ketchel
    6. Carlos Monzon
    7. Marvin Hagler
    8. Ray Robinson
    9. Bernard Hopkins
    10. Mike Gibbons
    11. Charley Burley
    12. Tommy Ryan
    13. Dick Tiger
    14. Marcel Cerdan
    15. Tiger Flowers
     
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  10. McGrain

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    Also Burley may have been carrying Smith in that fight - if he ever had a business fight then that was the one (and it makes it onto film!). Of course he was also outweighed by around 15lbs.

    Burley WAS a natural welter. That's where he'd be most deadly all time head to head. With the title at stake? I wouldn't bet against him at that weight regardless of the opposition, though Hearns may be the wrong man.
     
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  11. McGrain

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    More heavily weighted towards the past than your HW list...if I may:

    Hopkins above Burley?

    Clarke above Robinson, Monzon and Hagler?
     
    McGrain, Jul 3, 2007
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  12. janitor

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  13. Smith

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    1. Monzon
    2. Greb
    3. Robinson
    4. Hagler
    5. Fitzsimmons
    6. Burley
    7. Ketchell
    8. B-Hop
    9. Jones jr

    I can't think of a tenth that should be on the list, i'll get back to it:huh, not to much knowledge on Clarke et al
     
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