Your Top5 Heavy Contenders FromThe 50's?

I’d say Machen and Folley deserve to be there as they both have wins over your other picks in that decade. And they happened to be better fighters. As far as Layne goes he gets there from his wins over Walcott and Sarerfield and Charles men who beat most on thag list. I will say Nino and Baker aren’t bad picks they have nice resumes just not as nice as Machen and Folley

 

The Charles fight was close not a robbery. I care more for what the judges think then some writer whom may not even be qualified to watch a fight let alone score it. Doesn’t mean mistakes aren’t made just that in this case where it’s that close trust the judges. Every fighter has close fights it’s absurd you’d choose Layne to point that out. Should be asterisks all over the place. Layne has the best win of all the resumes in a very good Walcott whom beat Johnson. I’d also add Hall and maybe a few others to Layne as good wins. If we are going by skill at their best in the 50s Layne deserves the slight nod imo. If your criteria is only the amount of mediocre wins then he losses the nod.

 

Layne's top shelf wins are better. Folley was just better overall

 

You could make an argument for Layne in the #2 spot, based on his wins over Walcott and Charles.