Your top six pound for pound all time and why

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Robinson
    Armstrong
    Greb
    B Leonard
    Ali
    Pep
     
    mcvey, Dec 25, 2007
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  2. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    Just wondering, where do you have Marciano? Considering he dominated your #9 and twice beat your #6 (and Moore and Charles rightfully make most people's top10), was never beaten and only 185 pounds.
     
    ChrisPontius, Dec 25, 2007
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  3. Mendoza

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    Robinson
    Greb
    Langford
    Fitzsimmons
    Armstrong
    Leonard
     
    Mendoza, Dec 25, 2007
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  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    In chronological order:

    1. Bob Fitzsimmons
    2. Joe Walcott
    3. Sam Langford
    4. Harry Greb
    5. Henry Armstrong
    6. Ray Robinson
     
    janitor, Dec 25, 2007
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  5. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Robinson
    Ali
    Duran
    Armstrong
    Pep
    Whitaker
     
    Robbi, Dec 25, 2007
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  6. rekcutnevets

    rekcutnevets Black Sash Full Member

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    You are correct. It was not like the last several years where a lot of your top lightheavies are former middleweights.
     
    rekcutnevets, Dec 25, 2007
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  7. timmers612

    timmers612 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The main suprises from you guys have been the including of Ali and Ray Leonard. Maybe I forgot just how good Ray was at his best. Looking back over Ali's bouts in the sixties left me less then impressed in most of them. Great natural gifts in reflexes, hand and foot speed, jaw, but I'd really have to struggle to put him in a top ten list, pound for pound, all time.
     
    timmers612, Dec 25, 2007
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  8. brownpimp88

    brownpimp88 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    why? Hes beaten better fighters than pep and duran did.
     
    brownpimp88, Dec 25, 2007
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  9. Manassa

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    1. Henry Armstrong
    2. Harry Greb
    3. Ray Robinson
    4. Benny Leonard
    5. Ezzard Charles
    6. Willie Pep

    Explaining why would take ages.
     
    Manassa, Dec 26, 2007
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  10. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Henry Armstrong
    3. Sam Langford
    4. Harry Greb
    5. Roberto Duran
    6. Ezzard Charles

    I might make Duran 7 and move Charles up and bring in Pep at six but currently this is my top six.
     
    Minotauro, Dec 26, 2007
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  11. Bummy Davis

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    Pep...featherweight master, if we could enlarge him to 6"2 215, who could touch him
    Duran...Great 135lber, moved up to beat bigger men 168 and win
    Henry Armstrong...proved he could beat bigger men
    Sam Langford...5"7 tough shorty beat Great Heavys in his era
    SRR...just the fact that his record was like 126 2-1 while winning the 147 and 160 lb title say a lot and look at the great fighters he beat
    Rocky Marciano...187lbs of relentless power, no one could hit like him and he was under 200lbs, if we could enlarge the Rock to 6'1 and 220(which would not be hard with the size change from the 50's to the present and weight training) Who could beat him? Who could take his relentless power for 12 rounds....curious to see someone try
    Archie Moore and Ezzard Charles...both men beat bigger men and dominated the 50's vs bigger men....Charles 175 could not be beat by any of the former L.Heavys even though he never won a title in that class, next to him Moore was the greatest ever at 175 and the greatest to hold the title in that division
     
    Bummy Davis, Dec 26, 2007
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  12. C. M. Clay II

    C. M. Clay II Manassah's finest! Full Member

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    Ali
    Robinson
    Armstrong
    Gans
    Pep
    Duran
     
    C. M. Clay II, Dec 26, 2007
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  13. C. M. Clay II

    C. M. Clay II Manassah's finest! Full Member

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    If they were bigger, it wouldn't have given them more of an advantage.
     
    C. M. Clay II, Dec 26, 2007
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  14. Sweet Pea

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    1. Ray Robinson
    2. Harry Greb
    3. Henry Armstrong
    4. Sam Langford
    5. Muhammad Ali
    6. Ezzard Charles
     
    Sweet Pea, Dec 26, 2007
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  15. Sonny's jab

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    These are the six names that come to mind immediately, in no particular order :

    Armstrong, Langford, Fitzsimmons, Greb, Robinson, Walcott
     
    Sonny's jab, Dec 28, 2007
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