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View Full Version : who are the best fighters from these divisions from each era larry x 10-20-2009, 04:28 PM heavyweight lightheavyweight middleweight welterweight lightweight 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000's educate me fellas mickey malone 10-20-2009, 05:08 PM HW = 1800's John L Sullivan, James J Corbett, Peter Jackson, Bob Fitzsimmons Early 1900's = James J Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Tommy Burns, Sam Langford, Jess Willard The 1920's = Harry Wills, Jack Dempsey, Joe Jeannette, Sam McVey, Tommy Gibbons The 1930's = Max Schmelling, Jack Sharkey, Joe Louis, Primo Carnera, Max Baer, Jim Braddock The 1940's = Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles The 1950's = Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johanson.. The 1960's = Sonny Liston, Cassius Clay, Ernie Terrell The 1970's = Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Ron Lyle The 1980's = Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Tim Witherspoon, Greg Page, Michael Dokes The 1990's = Riddick Bowe, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Vitally Klitschko Early 2000's = Lennox Lewis, Vitaly Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, John Ruiz, Nicoli Valuev That's all I've got time for now.. If no one else responds, I'll do the rest later.. larry x 10-20-2009, 05:39 PM thanks for taking time out of your day to reply..thats a great list of heavies larry x 10-20-2009, 05:39 PM shows you how great louis and clay/ali were..they were great in 2 decades a piece masta 10-20-2009, 06:21 PM Welterweights 1960s - Emile Griffith, Curtis Cokes, Benny (Kid) Paret, Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Jose Napoles 1970s - Jose Napoles, Carlos Palomino, Hedgemon Lewis, Clyde Gray, John H. Stracey, Sugar Ray Leonard 1980s - Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Donald Curry, Marlon Starling, Simon Brown, Milton McCrory 1990s - Pernell Whitaker, Oscar de la Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Ike Quartey, Buddy McGirt 2000s - Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto, Zab Judah, Cory Spinks, Vernon Forrest, Antonio Margarito larry x 10-20-2009, 06:54 PM Welterweights 1960s - Emile Griffith, Curtis Cokes, Benny (Kid) Paret, Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Jose Napoles 1970s - Jose Napoles, Carlos Palomino, Hedgemon Lewis, Clyde Gray, John H. Stracey, Sugar Ray Leonard 1980s - Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Donald Curry, Marlon Starling, Simon Brown, Milton McCrory 1990s - Pernell Whitaker, Oscar de la Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Ike Quartey, Buddy McGirt 2000s - Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto, Zab Judah, Cory Spinks, Vernon Forrest, Antonio Margarito very informative..thanks for your time...these list will help me look up other fighters masta 10-20-2009, 06:57 PM Middleweights 1960s - Paul Pender, Dick Tiger, Nino Benvenuti, Emile Griffith, Joey Giardello, Gene Fullmer, Sandro Mazzinghi, Terry Downes 1970s - Carlos Monzon, Vito Antuofermo, Hugo Pastor Corro, Rodrigo Valdez, Emile Griffith, Marvin Hagler, Bennie Brisco 1980s - Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Sumbu Kalambay, Michael Nunn, Iran Barkley, Mike McCallum, 1990s - Bernard Hopkins, Julian Jackson, Gerald McClellan, Roy Jones Jr., James Toney, Michael Nunn, William Joppy 2000s - Bernard Hopkins, Kelly Pavlik, Jermain Taylor, Arthur Abraham, Felix Sturm, Winky Wright, William Joppy GJC 10-20-2009, 08:28 PM [COLOR="Green"] The 1940's = Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles Bit light on the 40's Mickey, maybe Jimmy Bivins? Oh and Joe Baksi of course ;) larry x 10-20-2009, 08:36 PM why didnt hopkins ever fight julian jackson?? masta 10-20-2009, 09:03 PM why didnt hopkins ever fight julian jackson?? My guess is that, by the time Hopkins started his middleweight title reign, Jackson was out of his prime. Pretty much done, as a fighter, actually. Would've been a great fight, though. mickey malone 10-21-2009, 04:14 AM LHWT 1900's = Jack Root, George Gardner, Bob Fitzsimmons, Philadelphia, Jack O'Brien 1910's = Jack Dillon, Battling Levinsky 1920's = Georges Carpentier, Battling Siki, Mike McTigue, Paul Berlanbach, Jack Delaney, Tommy Loughran 1930's = Jimmy Slattery, Maxie Rosenbloom, Bob Olin, Heinz Lazak, Bob Goodwin, George Nichols, Lou Scozza, John Henry Lewis, Gustave Roth, Melio Bettina, Tiger Jack Fox, Len Harvey, Billy Conn 1940's = Anton Christoforidis, Gus Lesnevich, Freddie Mills, Billy Fox, Tami Mauriello 1950's = Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Yolande Pompey, Yvon Durelle 1960's = Harold Johnson, Willie Pastrano, Jose Torres, Dick Tiger, Bob Foster 1970's = Bob Foster, Jorge Ahumada, John Coteh, Vivtor Galindez, Miguel Cuello, Mate Parlov, Mike Rossman, Marvin Johnson 1980's = Matthew Saad Muhammad, Eddie Mustapha Muhammad, Marvin Johnson, Leslie Stewart, Michael Spinks, JB Williamson, Slobodan Kacar, Bobby Czyz, Dennis Andries, Thomas Hearns, Virgil Hill, Charles Williams, Donny Lalonde 1990's = Virgil Hill, Thomas Hearns, Bobby Czyz, Dennis Andries, Jeff Harding, Mike McCallum, Henry Maske, Darius Michalczyski, Fabrice Tiozzo 2000's = Roy Jones Jr, Thomasz Adamek, Adrian Diaconu, Montell Griffin, Chad Dawson, Jean Pascal, Glen Johnson, Antonio Tarver, Clinton Woods |