Which 20 Fighters Would You Like To Have Seen ?

John L Sullivan
Joe Goddard
Peter Jackson
Bob Fitzsimmons
Stanislaw Keical
Joe Gans
Jack Johnson
Terry McGovern
Sam Langford
Jack Dempsey
Benny Leonard
Harry Greb
Packey McFarland
Tony Canzoneri
Charley Burley
Freddie Steele
Ray Robinson
Ezzard Charles
Rocky Marciano
Roberto Duran
Carlos Monzon

 

Jack Dempsey, Ray Arcel said he was a beast in a short prime

 

Charles
JJ Walcott
Lloyd Marshall
Louis
Dempsey
Greb
Hudkins
Dillon
Gans
Bobby Dodds
Harvey
McAvoy
Gilroy
Roderick
Cerdan
Villemain
Jim Brady
Jimmy Warnock
Chuvalo
Norton
Duran
Carbajal
Camacho
Haugan
Benn
Tyson
Watson

these are the fighters who caught my attention as a fan and later researcher... a few more obviously, but these men all had great skill, toughness and/or some extra consideration from a Human Interest point.

 

-Sugar Ray Robinson during his WW years
-40s Willie Pep
-Eddie Booker
-Charley Burley
-1940s light heavy version of Ezzard Charles
-Holman Williams
-Harry Greb
-Mickey Walker
-Joe Gans
-70s Duran
-Benny Leonard
-Barney Ross
-Rocky Graziano (just so I could see the fights with Tony Zale)
-Carmen Basilio
-Eder Jofre
-Sonny Liston
-Jose Napoles
-Sal Sanchez
-Matthew Saad Muhammad
-Tito Trinidad