Who do you rate higher at light heavyweight

2 of my favourite, very entertaining fighters. I love Saad, it's horrible what happened to him. I actually prefer Marvin Johnson, but it's bloody close. I hope he's doing well. But to answer your question

Imo it's Saad, his Résumés better. He's also got the better of MJ in the series.
Just a rough draft of my top 30 LHWs there colored in

This content is protected

1. Ezzard Charles
2. Archie Moore
3 Gene Tunney
4. Micheal Spinks
5. Tommy Loughran
6. Maxie Rosenbloom
7. Philadelphia Jack O'Brian
8. Jimmy Bivins
9. Bob Foster
10. Lloyd Marshall
11. Roy Jones Jr
12. Billy Conn
13. Tommy Gibbons
14. Joey Maxim
15. Harold Johnson
16. John Henry Lewis
17. Dariusz Michalczewski
18. Gus Lesnevich
19. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
20. Young Stribling
21. Jack Dillion
22. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
23. Sergey Kovalev
24. Jimmy Slattery
25.

This content is protected

26 Antonio Tarver
27. Victor Galindez
28.

This content is protected

29. Virgil Hill
30. Charles Williams

 

Obviously, Saad has to be rated higher than Johnson.

He kod him twice and held the WBC title consecutively for 2.5 yrs.

Johnson did hold a version of the title 3 times but made just one successful defense.

Johnson had longer longevity but Saad had a higher peak and a better resume.

I'll leave it to others to rate where they belong in the overall LHW scheme.

 

That's a ****ing good list, George.

 

What has Maske done to be ranked above anyone there?

 

Cheers

Light Heavyweights are somewhat a speciality of mine.

 

Rating Mustafa Muhammad over Saad is somewhat of a joke.

Saad also beat Johnson, Martin and Mwale, who were probably Mustafa's best victims, and he was much more consistent than Mustafa. And his overall resume is better.

I would rate Galindez above Mustafa, as well.

 

Who did he beat to go over?

 

Eh there's some good points, but it's not a complete list. It's a tough draft, I just pulled names from my memory and put them in a rough order.

 

Brilliant list!

 

In terms of who was better, I have no doubt Saad was better than Johnson - he beat him twice after all. In terms of who was greater, Saad's title reign from 79 to 81, relatively short though it was, was one of the most memorable in light heavyweight history and he packed a lot in - a title winning effort over Johnson plus 7 successful defenses including his unforgettable match with Yaqui Lopez, plus two wins over John Conteh. The quality of opposition was high and the action was magnificent. Johnson by contrast managed one defense across three title reigns. His best moment was his win over Galindez, but he lags behind Saad by quite a way in my view.