Who's the greatest lightweight of all-time? - Page 2

poet682006

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Originally Posted by JAB5239

What is your take on Joe Gans my friend?

A great, great fighter and I have him at #4 all-time. Truth is, among Duran, Leonard, Whitaker, and Gans a good argument can be made for any of them being the best all-time Lightweight.

Poet

Royalty

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Originally Posted by poet682006

A great, great fighter and I have him at #4 all-time. Truth is, among Duran, Leonard, Whitaker, and Gans a good argument can be made for any of them being the best all-time Lightweight.

Poet

I'm glad you included Whitaker, in the mix of discussions. He's not really brought up amongst all-time great lightweights that much. He definitely had the skills to compete with all of them.

poet682006

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Originally Posted by Royalty

I'm glad you included Whitaker, in the mix of discussions. He's not really brought up amongst all-time great lightweights that much. He definitely had the skills to compete with all of them.

I rate fighters in the weight class where they were at their best and for Whitaker that was Lightweight. Sweet Pea was a GREAT fighter who rarely lost a ROUND when he was at his peak.

Poet

MARKBNLV

where would you put mayweather and mosley at lightweight they were both legit beasts between 130-140

them_apples

Roberto Duran

JAB5239

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Originally Posted by poet682006

A great, great fighter and I have him at #4 all-time. Truth is, among Duran, Leonard, Whitaker, and Gans a good argument can be made for any of them being the best all-time Lightweight.

Poet

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Originally Posted by Royalty

I'm glad you included Whitaker, in the mix of discussions. He's not really brought up amongst all-time great lightweights that much. He definitely had the skills to compete with all of them.

I can also justify having all in the 1 spot for different reasons. Another great fighter who's name should be mentioned with these guys is Carlos Ortiz.

Jim Jeffries

Too bad Pernell Whitaker didn't spend more time at LW.

At least he didn't waste any time unifying and had several defenses while undisputed.

View Poll Results: Who's the greatest lightweight of all-time?
Benny Leonard	6	20.00%
Roberto Duran	21	70.00%
Joe Gans	3	10.00%
Other (specify)	0	0%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

MARKBNLV Undisputed Champion Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 20,164 Rep Power: 106 Points: 15,442,876,551.68 Bank: 93,307,235,420.57 Total Points: 108,750,111,972.25 Donate	where would you put mayweather and mosley at lightweight they were both legit beasts between 130-140

them_apples Undisputed Champion Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 6,369 Rep Power: 18 Points: 201,085,183.03 Bank: 1,460,444,266.06 Total Points: 1,661,529,449.09 Donate	Roberto Duran

Jim Jeffries rugged individualist Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ameritopia, U.S.S.A. Posts: 21,404 Rep Power: 83 Points: 1,695,508.93 Bank: 2,074,954,400,505.73 Total Points: 2,074,956,096,014.66 Donate	Too bad Pernell Whitaker didn't spend more time at LW. At least he didn't waste any time unifying and had several defenses while undisputed.