Who Were The Lineal Champions When You Were Born?

Speechless

 

We must be twins separated at birth!

 

I am 62 years old, my birthday is Feb 4 1959. Floyd Patterson was World Heavyweight Champion and Archie Moore was the World Light Heavyweight Champion. Sugar Ray Robinson was the World Middleweight Champion.

 

Holmes (huge fan), Leonard, Saad, Hagler, Sanchez (I think), Prior. It was such a cool time. Easy to fall in love with boxing back then

 

I thought you were in your 60s...

 

A star lit to the East and we bowed before it... a name was uttered from parting clouds, the King of Men...

Tony Tubbs.

 

Uh, So did I, I had to check again when I read JDs name...

 

Hey DJ, who have you seen fight live of note in the 40s-50s? (assuming you did)

 

Joe Frazier heavyweight, Bob Foster lightheavy, Carlos Moznon Middleweight, Ken Buchanan lightweight

 

Larry Holmes and Roberto Duran

 

Muhammad Ali - heavyweight
Willie Pastrano - light heavyweight
Joey Giardello - middleweight
Emile Griffith - welterweight
Eddie Perkins - junior welterweight (I still use junior instead of super)
Carlos Ortiz - lightweight
Flash Elorde - junior lightweight
Vicente Saldivar - featherweight
Eder Jofre - bantamweight
Pone Kingpetch - flyweight

 

What a time!!!

 

Heavyweight- Muhammad Ali
Lt Heavyweight- Vacant
Middleweight- Carlos Monzon
Jnr Middleweight- Jae Doo Yuh
Welterweight- John H Stracy
Jnr Welterweight- Antonio Cervantes
Lightweight- Roberto Duran
Jnr Lightweight- Ben Villaflor
Featherweight- Alexis Arguello
Bantamweight- Alfonso Zamora
Flyweight- Miguel Canto

Pretty solid line up in 1975.

 

A good crop of great fighters.

 

I was born in early 1953.....
OK, here goes:
Heavyweight - Rocky Marciano
Light Heavyweight - Archie Moore
Middleweight - Vacant
Welterweight - Kid Gavilan
Lightweight - Jimmy Carter
Featherweight - Sandy Saddler
Bantamweight - Jimmy Carruthers
Flyweight - Yoshio Shirai