Who is the greatest welterweight of each decade?

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  1. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1890s: Tommy Ryan
    1900s: Joe Walcott
    1910s: Ted Lewis
    1920s: Mickey Walker
    1930s: Barney Ross
    1940s: Sugar Ray Robinson
    1950s: Kid Gavilan
    1960s: Emile Griffith
    1970s: Jose Napoles
    1980s: Sugar Ray Leonard
    1990s: Felix Trinidad
    2000s: ???
    2010s: Floyd Mayweather
     
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  2. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    On the money with this list, agree with all most every pick, if shoved :cool: could have made a case for Britton not Lewis, and poss give Basilio the nod over Gavilan, Carmen was in the FOTY 4 years on the spin 55/59, but yours is pretty dam good. keep well.
     
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  3. Bujia

    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No way does Lewis belong above Britton for the 1910s. Otherwise no real arguments.
     
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  4. SheenLantern

    SheenLantern Active Member Full Member

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    I have Sweet Pea as the best of the 90s
     
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  5. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Armstrong for the 30s and Britton for the 1910s. Apart from that, agree with it all.
     
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  6. Throwing Leather

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    2000s is tough there really isn't any1 for the whole decade u got mid to late 2000s pacman or floyd and early 2000s there really wasnt a standout number 1 guy
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I'd take Mosley in the 2000s.
     
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