Your Top10 Featherweights ever?

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  1. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  2. McGrain

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    I don't have a featherweight's list. SO i'll look forward to stealing Manassa's or Stonehands'...be interesting to see where Saddler rates...I wonder how often Dixon's name will appear?
     
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  3. Sweet Pea

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    Well, I posted this in the General Forum. No particular list yet, no particular order, but these are the names warranting the highest consideration, including the 126 and 130 pound Featherweight classes:

    Willie Pep
    Sandy Saddler
    Alexis Arguello
    Salvador Sanchez
    Azumah Nelson
    Abe Attell
    George Dixon
    Kid Chocolate
    Henry Armstrong
    Panama Al Brown
    Freddie Miller
    Johnny Kilbane
    Jim Driscoll
    Terry McGovern
    Floyd Mayweather
    Erik Morales
    Marco Antonio Barrera
    Manny Pacquiao
    Flash Elorde
    Vicente Saldivar
    Young Griffo
     
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  4. McGrain

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    Does everyone have Pep at #1?
     
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  5. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Koki Kameda should be in there.
     
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  6. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I feel uncomfortable with the order, and I may have to re-assess this because I haven't given it much thought lately, but here are my top 15 featherweights:

    1. Henry Armstrong
    2. Willie Pep
    3. Sandy Saddler
    4. Salvador Sanchez
    5. Jim Driscoll
    6. Terry McGovern
    8. George Dixon
    7. Azumah Nelson
    9. Abe Attell
    10. Vicente Saldivar
    11. Owen Moran
    12. Kid Chocolate
    13. Young Griffo
    14. Johnny Kilbane
    15. Eusebio Pedroza

    I feel that a lot of my placements are determined by who I think has more ability rather than accomplishments at the weight, and I think accomplishments should have a more heavy emphasis, so I may have to shuffle the order once giving it some more thought.
     
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  7. jamel

    jamel Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Whats up with always bringing up the past, is no-one happy with what is current ?
     
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  8. salsanchezfan

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    :lol:
     
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  9. McGrain

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    :lol:
     
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  10. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Smack me in the face. For whatever reason when making my list, I had it in my head that Saldivar was a Bantamweight. Griffo definitely deserves consideration as well.
     
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  11. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good that you acknowledge it before brownpimp comes in and smacks you in the face for not including Saldivar. :D

    Mind you, I'm likely to receive a smack in the face from him for not having Saldivar higher up the list.
     
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  12. McGrain

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    Young Griffo should be above Kid Chocolate in my view.
     
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  13. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe, though it's hard to say really. We don't know much about Griffo's opponents as a featherweight and both Griffo and Chocolate had their biggest wins/fights above the featherweight division.
     
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  14. Drew101

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    Here's a rough Top 10:

    1. Willie Pep
    2. Henry Armstrong
    3. Sandy Saddler
    4. Salvador Sanchez
    5. George Dixon
    6. Eusebio Pedroza
    7. Freddie Miller
    8. Alexis Arguello
    9. Johhny Kilbane
    10. Vicente Saldivar
     
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  15. McGrain

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    :good
     
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