Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gómez

Actually, it can largely be dismissed as trolling but I have seen Calzaghe given shouts as the #1 from the UK (and, much less problematically and more universally accepted, #1 at 168lbs) :think

 

I'd agree wholeheartedly on both Duran & Arguello. :good

(that still puts Gómez on an extremely short list and in very good, flattering company)

 

...and yeah, JCC probably qualifies for both Mexico & 140.


Nipping in the bud Cervantes' stake, bitter pill for him.

 

Ah, stupid me. atsch One more. Jofre, and with a bullet.

 

So, for dual honors we've:

Robinson (US/MW)
Gómez (PR/SBW)
Duran (Panama/LW)
Arguello (Nicaragua/SFW)
Chavez (Mexico/LWW)
Jofre (Brazil/BW)

What a goddamn A list.

Actually, looking at it, that also happens to be a perfectly acceptable curriculum syllabus if you were going to put together a university-level course on boxing technique using the sum film archives of a few greats' careers (studying one per semester).

That group, collectively, did very little wrong in the ring. When prime, all neared perfection.

 

Yuh is there right on Chang's ass in both the 108lb and S. Korean hunt.

 

Jamaica, no doubt "jah man". 154lb, hard question - greater men fought there, but few lingered enough to say that was the main weight by which history judges them.

He sure wouldn't drag the quality of Ring Technician Studies 101 down, that much is for sure. :yep

He belongs right there in the peerage with Robinson, Gómez, Duran, Arguello, Chavez, and Jofre as being "textbook-teachable" goes.

 

:huh

 

Does anybody object to McCallum?

(154lbs, obviously, Jamaican is given)

I kind of view him and Norris as the co-GOAT.

Hearns is probably most people's #1 h2h pick but he just wasn't there for long.

(nor was Mosley, who inexplicably rates 2nd at 154 all-time behind Hearns on Boxrec...horrifically ineffective weight for Mosley, easily his worst, both in his success rate on paper and his form)

I think any reasonable list has Winky top 5, but I can't see him ahead of McCallum or Norris.

 

I'd agree but I think generally Fandom is split down the middle between them (and when Hearns is allowed in the conversation he usually trumps both)