Who has the 5 best wins on their resume, any weightclass ?

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  1. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Who you got guys ?

    Was going to make it 3 best wins but that would of opened it up a bit too much.

    Going with the 5 wins who comes out on top ?
     
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  2. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Sam Langford...

    Joe Gans
    Barbados Joe Walcott
    Harry Wills
    Stanley Ketchell
    Philly Jack O'Brien
     
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  3. the_bigunit

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    Harry Greb

    - Mickey Walker
    - Gene Tunney
    - Tommy Gibbons
    - Tommy Loughran
    - Mike Gibbons
     
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  4. the_bigunit

    the_bigunit Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Or...

    Harry Greb

    - Mickey Walker
    - Gene Tunney
    - Tommy Gibbons
    - Tommy Loughran
    - Jack Dillon

    * All within McGrain's top-41
     
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  5. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    SRL

    Hagler
    Hearns
    Duran
    Benitez
    Kalule
     
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  6. lufcrazy

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    Greb

    Tunney
    Gibbons
    Loughran
    Walker
    Dillon

    Langford

    Gans
    O'Brien
    Flowers
    Wills
    Jeannette

    Charles

    Moore
    Louis
    Burley
    Bivins
    Walcott
     
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    Harry Greb

    - Gene Tunney
    - Mickey Walker
    - Tommy Gibbons
    - Mike Gibbons
    - Tommy Loughran
    - Jack Dillon
    - Maxie Rosenbloom
    - Billy Miske/Willie Meehen
    - Kid Norfolk
    - Mike McTigue/Battling Levinsky/Soldier Bartfield

    Take your pick. And Greb probably still comes out on top.

    * Doesn't even include the robbery against Tiger Flowers
     
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  8. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Do you mean overall or wins in a single weight class? Cause the latter I might give to Ali (Frazier, Foreman, Liston, Patterson, Norton). Or Charles (Moore, Bivins, Maxim, Marshall, that other guy).
     
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  9. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Overall.

    Wins can be over different weights by any fighter.
     
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  10. Seamus

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    Duran:

    Buchanan
    De Jesus
    Leonard
    Palomino
    Barkley
     
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    Benny Leonard

    - Freddie Welsh (2x)
    - Lew Tendler (2x)
    - Jack Britton (2x)
    - Rocky Kansas (4x)
    - Johhny Dundee (4x)
     
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  12. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fritzie Zivic

    W 15-Henry Armstrong
    KO 12-Henry Armstrong
    W 10-Jake Lamotta
    W 10-Charley Burley
    W 10-Sammy Angott
     
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  13. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If we're not counting rematch wins then you can toss out one of Zivic's wins over Armstrong and swap in one of his wins over Bummy Davis, Lew Jenkins or Kid Azteca. Take your pick.
     
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  14. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Good call !
     
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  15. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Here's a funny one for you. Johnny Risko, whom we all know of as a name like Scrapiron Johnson, that's always on someone's record, actually has wins over:

    Jack Sharkey
    Max Baer
    Tommy Loughran
    Mickey Walker
    Jack Delaney
     
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