Can we get the top 3 welterweights of each decade, and compare?

[New England]

40’s
Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Kid Gavilan

50’s
Kid Gavilan
Carmen Basillio
Not sure

60’s
Emile Griffith
Luis Rodrieguez
Jose Napoles

70’s
Jose Napoles
Carlos Palomino
Pipino Cuevas

80’s
Ray Leonard
Tommy Hearns
Not sure who else.

90’s

Pernell Whitaker
Felix Trinidad
Oscar De La Hoya

00’s

No idea, pretty poor era of WW’s.
The best is probably Margarito.

mayweather's the best WW of the 2000's in my eyes. the rest weren't great. floyd left plenty to be desired at WW in the 2000's.


the next two are probably mosley and margarito on their resumes. margarito was the dark horse in the division for years and highly ranked.
lost to shane, beat cotto dubiously, lost to williams, but otherwise he beat a lot of people up. clottey. cintron twice.
as mentioned before, all things margarito in the capetillo era should be questioned.


shane started the decade strong on the oscar dub, but lost to forrest shortly thereafter and then headed to 154 where he was very average

he finished the decade strong with his win over margarito

the win over oscar is one of the best wins at WW if not the best of the decade.



and in the 90's buddy mcgurt was a damn good WW as well. oscar was better and did fight some big names, but only fought at WW for three years in the 90's


and 80's ww's you have a second tier with starling, curry, honeyghan

i'd have to go through the resume's in greater detail to figure out who i thoght did more at WW in the 80's, starling or curry.

[elfag]

God Damn the 70s was really weak era for WWs. Napoles was great but I can't imagine Cueves or palomino being top 3 in other decade

Oh and Margarito was caught attempting to cheat not actually cheating.

Uh he had something in his wraps on fight night that wasnt supposed to be there, that is cheating, he broke the rules.

[IronDanHamza]

mayweather's the best WW of the 2000's in my eyes. the rest weren't great. floyd left plenty to be desired at WW in the 2000's.


the next two are probably mosley and margarito on their resumes. margarito was the dark horse in the division for years and highly ranked.
lost to shane, beat cotto dubiously, lost to williams, but otherwise he beat a lot of people up. clottey. cintron twice.
as mentioned before, all things margarito in the capetillo era should be questioned.


shane started the decade strong on the oscar dub, but lost to forrest shortly thereafter and then headed to 154 where he was very average

he finished the decade strong with his win over margarito

the win over oscar is one of the best wins at WW if not the best of the decade.



and in the 90's buddy mcgurt was a damn good WW as well. oscar was better and did fight some big names, but only fought at WW for three years in the 90's


and 80's ww's you have a second tier with starling, curry, honeyghan

i'd have to go through the resume's in greater detail to figure out who i thoght did more at WW in the 80's, starling or curry.

I was thinking Starling.

Tough choice though.

[Scott9945]

Uh he had something in his wraps on fight night that wasnt supposed to be there, that is cheating, he broke the rules.

But that doesn't prove anything concerning any of Margarito's previous fights.

[JAB5239]

But that doesn't prove anything concerning any of Margarito's previous fights.

It doesn't prove anything, I agree. But there is a strong presumption of guilt just like Holyfield and the steroid accusations. We may never know definitively, but the circumstantial evidence sure is damning.

[Cardinal Buck]

You know what's hilarious? Mayorga qualifies here. Two wins over Forrest, one in devastating fashion, an awesome win over Six Heads (who was a good fighter at the time), an NC against Six Heads in a fight he was winning, and a close but respectable loss to Spinks. Spinks also has somewhat of a case.

[Scott9945]

It doesn't prove anything, I agree. But there is a strong presumption of guilt just like Holyfield and the steroid accusations. We may never know definitively, but the circumstantial evidence sure is damning.

Margarito fights on a major league circuit. Everytime he fought, his wraps and gloves were checked and signed off on by the commission and the other fighters chosen rep. Now maybe he got away with it against Cotto, but no way he did too many times going far back. It's not the same as beating a drug test when the other opponents guy is allowed to check your wraps.

[NearHypnos]

You know what's hilarious? Mayorga qualifies here. Two wins over Forrest, one in devastating fashion, an awesome win over Six Heads (who was a good fighter at the time), an NC against Six Heads in a fight he was winning, and a close but respectable loss to Spinks. Spinks also has somewhat of a case.

Does the Vargas win count? lol

[SCtrojansbaby]

Uh he had something in his wraps on fight night that wasnt supposed to be there, that is cheating, he broke the rules.

Its against the rules to have plaster wraps on in the locker room was he going to hurt the pads shadow boxing? Margarito attempted to cheat, he attempted to break the rules and was rightfully punished for it. But its just silly to think he actually cheated

[them_apples]

and in all honesty, watching videos of Margarito spar in his prime, he was an absolute beast. He even still messed Cottos face up badly in the rematch and he's so slow now. Cotto beat him but Pacquiao created the stoppage.