Which middleweights from before the SMW division was created would have been great at 168?

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  1. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Jake LaMotta was the first I thought of. He was a little too short for 175. He still had a rock of a chin. I think Super middleweight would have been just fine for him. Since Jake wasn't really a knockout puncher at least to the head I believe that his punches would still have effect. Jake LaMotta would have been a good super middleweight champion.
     
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  2. McGrain

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    Ah, with all due love and respect, the question is wrong - or the answers are wrong.

    The 5'8 Dick Tiger/Jake LaMotta don't need the SMW division. They need modern weightmaking timings and tactics. With a 24hr weigh in and diuretics etc. (not literally) these guys would be MW monsters.

    The right question, if i may be so bold, is what LHWs would benefit from a 168lb division back in the day? And that, friends, is a terrifying prospect.
     
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  3. McGrain

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    That said, Lloyd Marshall is the best answer IMO.
     
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  4. Tonto62

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    I think Lamotta in particular would benefit from the S Middle division.
     
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  5. McGrain

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    He'd be short.

    All the 175lb guys above him would be boiling down.
     
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  6. Minotauro

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    He was the first guy I thought of.
     
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  7. Clinton

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    Beat me to it. As soon as I read the thread, he and Mr Ruby Robert Fitsimmons entered my head.
     
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