Who are the two or three definitve choices for #1 at LHW?

Charles and Moore.

 

Charles and Greb.

 

For me Ezzard Charles is comfortably in the top spot. Anyway you slice it, H2H or accomplishments. The man is 3-0 against Archie Moore for gods sake!

 

Charles, Foster, Moore, Spinks.

Not in order, but you could make a strong case for either.

 

Didn't do quite enough at the weight to warrant the top slot, but I'd say that he stays with any other light-heavyweight head-to-head. He's a bit similar to RJJ in that regard.

Charles remains my #1 pick, wityh Moore at #2.

After that, you can make a case for several fighters claiming the #3 slot.

 

Charles, Moore, Tunney.

 

Charles, Moore, Tunney, and Spinkks. Don't think Spinks is getting enough credit here. Came out undefeated from a deep lhw division.

 

He's my #3 all-time, and most people here have him in their top 5. Rightfully so, too...he was a hell of a fighter.

 

:yep

 

The guy beat Tommy Loughran, Paul Berlenbach, and to beat Tiger Flowers and Rosenbloom, thats more ATG's than Jones Jr imo. The guy may not have the record of Moore or Charles. But he is up there imo. Perhaps the top 5.

 

I think that the clear consensus here is that just isn't possible with the LHW the way it seems to be in the heavys.

In cronological order a top 2-3 case could be made for any of the following

Bob Fitzsimmons
Jack Dillon
Harry Greb
Gene Tunney
Billy Conn
Archie Moore
Ezzard Charles
Bob Foster
and Michael Spinks

It is an extremely deep, rich and competative division and usually is in most eras of boxing.

The most often used names - I think - are Charles, Moore, Tunney, Foster and Spinks.

That Fitzsimmons, Conn, Greb, Dillon, Braxton, Moorer, O'Brien, Loughran
and Delaney are not most often listed just tells you what a wild division packed out with great fighters it really is.

 

I think that the clear consensus here is that just isn't possible with the LHW the way it seems to be in the heavys.

In chronological order a top 2-3 case could be made for any of the following

Bob Fitzsimmons
Sam Langford
Jack Dillon
Harry Greb
Gene Tunney
Billy Conn
Archie Moore
Ezzard Charles
Bob Foster
and Michael Spinks

It is an extremely deep, rich and competitive division and usually is in most eras of boxing.

The most often used names - I think - are Charles, Moore, Tunney, Foster and Spinks.

That Fitzsimmons, Conn, Greb, Dillon, Braxton, Moorer, O'Brien, Loughran, Langford
and Delaney are not most often listed just tells you what a wild division packed out with great fighters it really is.

 

Ezzard Charles, Langford, Moore and Tunney