Who In Your Opinion Was The Greatest LHW Of All Time?

**** it......... Michael Spinks....... Spinks was champ at 175 and at 200+ pounds........ He barely tallied up 30 pro fights, but he has an amateur background too.......... Spinks is # 1 for me..... Plus, I favor him cuz he was champ in my golden yrs in high school........

# 2 is Bob Foster....... Foster was a murderer for anyone who fought between 160 to 175 pounds...... Foster really was only beatable when he fought above 179 pounds against bigger dudes who were able to handle his power....... Also, Foster was a serious bad-ass well into his later 30s....

# 3 is Archie Moore........ Moore was great, but tall boxers with speed, guile and power were normally able to out-finess him in a match...... But Moore sometimes got home with a punch of his own to end matters... Moore was great........

MR.BILL:bbb:rasta

 

should have added billy conn to the list

 

Henry Maske

 

I'd have to think about that... but it don't seem right having a list of ten top light heavys and not list conn...he's arguably top three

 

Virgil Hill always gets shitted on at 175, but he made 20+ defenses over TWO reigns...... YES! His comp was merely good to average but, he deserves credit..... He also won a belt at 190 as well......

I'd vote Virgil Hill into the IBHOF...... He also has a silver medal from '84........ For **** sakes.......

That '91 loss to Hearns by decision still haunts Hill's legacy to this day....... Hill's 2007 decision loss to Henry Maske was horrid.... The fight stunk, but I thought Hill out-pointed Maske on the punch-stat...... Maske threw 10 punchers a round and was slow as ****......... Maske got some home cooking there........

MR.BILL

 

I'd love to hear the argument for that one.

Jones Jr. is borderline top 15 for me at the weight, despite him being one of my favorite fighters. I don't understand why people often refer to him as anything close to a top 10 Lt. Heavyweight or a surefire inclusion.

 

Charles. He never won a title at this weight but his resume outshines the others in my opinion.

 

Royal "With Cheese" Jones fought a stream of bums and stiffs at 175... If people are gonna knock my "K" bros. at heavyweight, than I am gonna ride Jones' ass at 175.... R.J. was clearly the best there at 175 from 1997 to 2003, but that's where the buck stops shittin'.... R.J.'s best opponents at 175 or close to that weight range was "Toney, Lou Del-Valle, Hill and Tarver." The rest of Jones' opponents / victims in that area were forgettable mothers...... BUT!!!! I'd be ballsy enough to rate Royal Jones in at # 10.....

MR.BILL

 

Do you honestly believe naming a 40 year old, shot Mike McCallum, completely shot/blown-up Trinidad, the never-was Jeff Lacy and Julio Cesar Gonzalez helps your case in regards to Jones's resume at the weight? That's a sorry ass list outside of Hill, Griffin, and Tarver. Harding was a decent fighter, not much more.

Conn beat Fred Apostoli twice, Teddy Yarosz twice, Gus Lesnevitch twice, Solly Krieger, Al McCoy, Young Corbett III, Melio Bettina twice, Lee Savold, Henry Cooper, Bob Pastor, and was outboxing arguably the greatest HW of all time through 13 rounds before finally getting pasted. All of these fights occured while each fighter was either over the MW limit or Conn was under the LHW limit.

 

I'll give Jones some credit for beating McCallum by decision in 1996 on HBO....... Yeah, Ol' McCallum was age 39 and slipping, but he was still savy and a solid contender between 168 to 175 pounds.......

Let's not forget Royal Jones did foul out against Monty Griffin only to return and KO Griffin's ass in ONE round...... I never cared for Monty Griffin, and his wins over James Toney are suspect....... Both fights were dull, too......

As for Reggie Johnson in in 1999 / 2000, I'm not so impressed...... Reggie Johnson was a decent 175 pounder, but never a true or solid "A" player....... He was good enough to lose to greats like "Toney and Jones."

The worst guy Royal Jones beat was the cop---Richard Frazier........ Christ, HBO should be ashamed for airing that horse****......

And Jones' PPV against Eric Harding took a **** at the box-office.........

MR.BILL

 

I'll second that. Foster was just a stone-cold monster as a LHW. I'd loved watching his fights back in the day. I'll never forget when he flattened Mike Quarry. I thought Bob killed him.

1. Foster

2. Spinks

3. Charles

4. Moore