Which fighters were true "greats" h2h in more than 1 weight class?

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  1. DINAMITA

    DINAMITA Guest

    This thought has only just came to me, so please don't think this is my definitive/comprehensive list or anything as I am well aware that I will have missed many great answers to this question.

    If taking a 'great' to mean (for the purpose of this discussion) someone good enough to be in the top 10 of a weight division in h2h/ability terms, who can you think of that was good enough in another division to be considered a 'great' there as well as in their own natural/optimum weight division?

    For the purpose of this discussion, best to think of only the traditional/original 8 weight divisions.

    For example:

    I think the Duran who beat Sugar Ray Leonard was definitely good enough to be considered a top 10 welterweight of all-time h2h, despite being a natural lightweight.

    I would rule out Ezzard Charles (atg light-heavy h2h, not top 10 heavy OAT IMO).


    Other examples I can think of just now:

    Sugar Ray Robinson (great middleweight, natural welter)
    Henry Armstrong (great light & welter, natural feather)
    Alexis Arguello (great light, natural feather)
    Roy Jones Jr (great lightheavy, natural middle)


    Who else? What about Barney Ross? Pernell Whitaker?
     
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  2. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Napoles from LW to WW. Perhaps Griffith at WW and MW, though a tad inconsistent.
     
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  3. daredevil1989

    daredevil1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    sam langford- hard to pinpoint what his natural weight would be by todays weight classes but he has a solid set of wins at light heavy and heavyweight. I think he won most his against heavyweights weighing around 160ish so I'd probably say he'd be around middle/ super middle
     
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  4. Vanboxingfan

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    Holyfield comes to mind, he was both a great Cruiserweight and heavyweight.
     
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  5. daredevil1989

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    harry greb - natural middleweight but had very good wins at light heavyweight
     
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  6. Thread Stealer

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    Maybe Charley Burley at welter and middle.
     
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