Who are your top fighters all time in the original weight calsses?

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  1. bronx

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    Heavyweight = Joe Louis, 25 Defenses beat Smelling, Charles, Conn.

    Light Heavyweight = Bob Foster, Heaviest puncher the division has seen and very dominant in his era.

    Middleweight = Marvin Hagler, beat Hearns, Duran and Leonard
    (arguably)

    Welterweight = Ray Robinson, I dont think he ever lost at this weight

    Lightweight = Duran he was scary at this weightclass, just relentless and freakishly strong, Mosley was also great but duran was better!

    Featherweight = Wilfedo Gomez, 22 title defenses all by KO, WOW!


    Who do you you have on top of these weightclasses al time?
     
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  2. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Heavyweight:

    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Larry Holmes

    Cruiserweight:

    1. Evander Holyfield
    2. Juan Carlos Gomez
    3. Carlos de Leon

    Light Heavyweight:

    1. Archie Moore
    2. Ezzard Charles
    3. Michael Spinks

    Middleweights:

    1. Carlos Monzon
    2. Marvin Hagler
    3. Bernard Hopkins

    Light Middleweights:

    1. Terry Norris
    2. Mike McCallum
    3. Tommy Hearns

    Welterweights:

    1. Ray Robinson
    2. Ray Leonard
    3. Emile Griffith

    Light Welterweights:

    1. Julio Cesar Chavez
    2. Kostya Tszyu
    3. Aaron Pryor


    Lightweights:

    1. Roberto Duran
    2. Benny Leonard
    3. Joe Gans

    Jr. Lightweights:

    1. Floyd Mayweather
    2. Alexis Arguello
    3. Kid Chocolate

    Featherweights:

    1. Willie Pep
    2. Abe Atell
    3. Sandy Saddler
     
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  3. Asterion

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    Wilfredo Gomez wasn't a Featherweights.
     
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  4. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nice list. I might put Monzon in at middle and I'd take PeP over Gomez.
     
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  5. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    In the weight classes you listed...

    HEAVYWEIGHT
    Muhammad Ali
    Joe Louis
    Lennox Lewis

    LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
    Ezzard Charles
    Sam Langford
    Archie Moore

    MIDDLEWEIGHT
    Harry Greb
    Carlos Monzon
    Marvin Hagler

    WELTERWEIGHT
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Charley Burley

    LIGHTWEIGHT
    Benny Leonard
    Roberto Duran
    Pernell Whitaker

    FEATHERWEIGHT
    Willie Pep
    Sandy Saddler
    Abe Attell
     
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  6. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is a great list too. I'd swith Louis and Ali. I'd bump Spinks and get Tunney in there, and Hearns over Norris and McCallum.
     
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  7. bronx

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    What was he a bantamweight? And if so would you consiser him ATG at that weightclass?
     
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    Yes, Louis over Ali is very debatable. I had Louis as the #1 heavyweight some months ago, and I have no problem with that rating.

    Tunney over Spinks? Maybe, I don't know so much about Tunney, but I have him as my #6 Lightheavyweight. His record is impressive.

    I have Norris over Hearns and McCallum because he did a great career at 154, many years dominating that division and many title defenses. Hearns and McCallum were in that weight class for much less time and didn't beat so many contenders, although they are probably better toe-to-toe.
     
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  10. bronx

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    How about Tito Trinidad at 154 or 147 is he in the top 10 or 5 perhaps?
     
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  11. Illmatic

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    heavy- ali, louis
    l. heavy- spinks, moore
    middle- monzon, hagler
    welter- srr, srl
    light- whitaker, ross
    feather- pep
    bantam- elorde
    fly- wilde
     
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    Trinidad is a top 3 154 of all time, behind Hearns and MAYBE norris
     
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  13. Sweet Pea

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    No, he is CERTAINLY behind McCallum. Also behind Wright. Trinidad's best was definitely at 147.

    Anyways:

    HW: Muhammad Ali
    LHW: Ezzard Charles
    MW: Harry Greb
    WW: Ray Robinson
    LW: Benny Leonard
    FW: Willie Pep
    BW: Eder Jofre
    FW: Jimmy Wilde/Pascual Perez
     
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  14. Sweet Pea

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    Gomez's best weight was 122, SuperBantamweight, not Featherweight, and it's where he got those defenses.
     
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  15. Sweet Pea

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    Flyweight, not Cruiserweight, was one of the original 8. I feel like an ******* in this thread.
     
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