Who were the top ten lightweights from 1970-1978?

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I guess that will be my Lightweight Top Ten for 1970-78. Arguello was really a lil lighter until the 80's still he was great . maybe Mando Ramos number 10, his best days were a lil behind him . i did not rate Jim Watt he stole one from O'Grady.

 

Hey man! No ill intent on my part, was more like "just sayin". Its all good everyone. But one thing, I'm not backing down from my statement that the women boxers are the prettiest! Hey! Those women are truly tough and talented boxers. They would kick most of our butts on here. But if someones gonna kick my butt, I'd want it to be a pretty girl! LOL

 

Duran Dejesus, howard davis come to mind. Oh! Vilomar Fernandez, loved that guy!

 

Here’s a list — the tough thing being where to put guys who were only in the mix early (then moving up or retiring) or late (just arriving on the scene):

1. Robert Duran
2. Esteban DeJesus
3. Ken Buchanan
4. Ray Lampkin
5. Ishimatsu Suzuki
6. Rodolfo Gonzalez
7. Ismael Laguna
8. Vilomar Fernandez
9. Andy Gannigan
10. Jim Watt

 

WELL WILLIAM WHATS YOUR TOP TEN LIGHTWEIGHTS FOR 1970-78 (GOOD TIMELINE)

 

He beat Alexis. WOW. Very underrated fighter.

 

Great post, Joe lol. Nice

 

1) Roberto Duran
2) Rodolfo Gonzalez
3) Ken Buchanan
4) Ismael Laguna
5) Esteban DeJesus
6) Mando Ramos
7) Chango Carmona
8) Ray Lampkin
9) Ishimatsu Suzuki
10) Pedro Carrasco


I just cheated and went with each fighter whom I felt was the best in their head-to-head prime. If I was to restructure it taking into consideration overlapping primes, accomplishments and phasing out within the span of the years '70-'78, it would look completely different, but Duran would always be #1.

 

Mando is one of those guys who would suffer in my ratings if I structured it to the span of accomplishments over '70-'78, as he was finished off by Carmona in Sept. of '72 after a lifestyle that did not include a lot of gym-work. So again, mine was more head-to-head.

 

It’s Laguna, not Latina. Auto-correct.

I stuck to pure lightweights in that era and I don’t see where Cervantes would make it — his one quality lightweight win in this time span at 135 was in 1970 against Rodolfo Gonzalez (and it was over-the-weight where he was 135 1/2 and Gonzalez was 136 1/2). In fact, while there are some fights with no weight listed there’s no record of him making 135 in the time period you chose.

And as far as I know, Benitez never made 135 in his entire pro career. If you want to expand the weights let’s put Larry Holmes in there too.