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

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  1. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    this is what I think.
     
  2. the_bigunit

    the_bigunit Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson

    - Kid Gavilan
    - Jake LaMotta
    - Henry Armstrong
    - Fritzie Zivic
    - Sammy Angott
     
  3. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jeff Clarke;

    Langford
    McVea
    Norfolk
    Maher
    (or Levinsky)
    McCarty
     
  4. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    I bet soldier bartfield is up there. Not at my computer but I remember always seeing his name on great resumes.
     
  5. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tommy Loughran;

    baer
    sharkey
    walker
    greb
    Tunney(maybe)
     
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  6. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Or Ali!
    Liston
    Foreman
    Frazier
    Moore
    B.Foster
     
  7. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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  8. Vockerman

    Vockerman LightJunior SuperFlyweigt Full Member

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    Jakob "Soldier" Bartfeldt

    51-29-8

    But with wins over>

    Jack Britton
    Ted "Kid" Lewis
    Harry Greb
    Mike Gibbons
    Billy Papke
     
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  9. Vockerman

    Vockerman LightJunior SuperFlyweigt Full Member

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    Jimmy McLarnin has a nice list of scalps also :)

    Benny Leonard
    Lou Ambers
    Tony Canzoneri
    Barney Ross
    Billy Petrolle
    Sammy Mandell
    Pancho Villa
    Louis "Kid" Kaplan
    Fidel LaBarba

    All were world champions in at least one division except Petrolle and all are in the Hall....
     
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  10. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Excellent choices above ..

    Others ..

    Jack Johnson:

    Jeannette
    McVey
    Langford
    Jeffries
    Ketchel
    Burns

    Joe Louis:

    M. Baer
    M. Scheming
    J Sharkey
    J Walcott
    J H Lewis
     
  11. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Very nice matey
     
  12. edward morbius

    edward morbius Boxing Addict Full Member

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    guys who weren't champs

    Tiger Jones--

    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Kid Gavilan
    Joey Giardello
    Johnny Bratton
    Charles Humez

    Del Flanagan--

    Sandy Saddler
    Beau Jack
    Willie Pastrano
    Kid Gavilan
    Johnny Saxton
    Johnny Bratton
    Virgil Akins

    honorable mention--Randy Sandy went 5-20-1 over the last 26 bouts of his career.
    Two of his five victories--

    d-ck Tiger
    Emile Griffith
     
  13. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Norris

    SRL
    Curry
    Brown
    Taylor
    Mugabi

    Of those wins, the only ones who put up a decent fight were Curry & Taylor
     
  14. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali too. Ali had good wins

    Named 1972's fighter of the year
     
  15. edward morbius

    edward morbius Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Teddy Yarosz deserves a mention--one of the most underrated fighters--

    Billy Conn
    Archie Moore
    Lou Brouillard
    Lloyd Marshall
    Ken Overlin
    Vince Dundee
    Pete Latzo
    Babe Risko
    Al Gainer
    Solly Krieger
    Ben Jeby
    Tommy Freeman