Who is the greatest middleweight of each decade?

1890s: Bob Fitzsimmons
1900s: Tommy Ryan
1910s: Mike Gibbons
1920s: Harry Greb
1930s: Freddie Steele
1940s: Sugar Ray Robinson
1950s: Sugar Ray Robinson
1960s: Dick Tiger
1970s: Carlos Monzon
1980s: Marvin Hagler
1990s: Bernard Hopkins
2000s: Bernard Hopkins
2010s: GGG

 

I have it almost the same except I have Joey Giardello for the 60's although Tiger is more than worthy. The 40's is a tough one to call. I personally like Zale.

 

IMHO

1880's: Jack Dempsey
1890's: Bob Fitzsimmons
1900's: Stanley Ketchell
1910's: Al McCoy
1920's: Harry Greb
1930's: Freddie Steele
1940's: Tony Zale
1950's: Sugar Ray Robinson
1960's: D|ck Tiger
1970's: Carlos Monzon
1980's: Marvin Hagler
1990's: Roy Jones
2000's: Bernard Hopkins
2010's: Gennady Golovkin
2020's: ?

 

1900's: Stanley Ketchel
1910's: Al McCoy
1920's: Harry Greb
1930's: Freddie Steele
1940's: Charley Burley
1950's: Sugar Ray Robinson
1960's: Dick Tiger
1970's: Carlos Monzon (Hagler close)
1980's: Michael Nunn (Hagler close)
1990's: James Toney
2000's: Jermaine Taylor
2010's: Gennady Golovkin

 

Are you going by who you believe was the best head to head ?

 

I agree. Problem is Giardello was really better in the '50s than he was in the '60s. I think Giardello '55 to '60 takes Sugar Ray.

 

Yeah it's close to which was his best decade. He had a stretch in the 60's where he beat Sugar Ray, Dick Tiger, Juan Revero (twice) and Reuban Carter back to back to back to back. That is a pretty impressive four fight run even if Ray was way past it in the 60's. The version of Carter that he beat had just beat Emile Griffin, George Benton and lost a split decision to Joey Archer. He was a beast at that time.

 

I wouldn't have Ryan for the 1900's (though I'm a fan of his), he was really on the decline by then and had had most of his important fights. Plus I think he really a better Welterweight overalll. I'd go for Stanley Ketchel.

Al McCoy definitely doesn't deserve it for the 1910s either. Jimmy Clabby, Mike Gibbons, Les Darcy and Harry Greb deserve it a lot more. I'm not sure who deserves it most honestly.

 

Not necessarily. Nunn was the last man standing in the 80s, wiping out the guys Hagler wanted nothing of.

Toney-McCallum II decided the greatest middleweight of the 90s of course.

 

And who would that be ?? I mean from your list , I'm hoping you are not claiming Nunns 2 big wins in the 80's over Barkley and Kalamby is anything remotely close to what Hagler accomplished in the 80's . Nunn held the title for 1 year

 

Tate, Kalambay, etc

 

Cmon , you cant be serious , nunn held the title for 1 year , hagler retired in 87 , and you knew who he fought before . he's suppose to pass on Ray?

 

Didn’t fancy fighting again

 

What jumps right out at you in several of these picks - is Al McCoy for the 1910s!! Wow... I never thought I'd see McCoy mentioned in a "greatest" list!