Andre Ward. He'd either get knocked out by Stevenson, Kovalev or Beterbiev, or he'd decision all 3. We'll probably never know. #2 p4p boxer in the world doe.
Pipino Cuevas Marvin Hagler Ricardo Lopez Jose Naplesl Salvador Sanchez Mathew Sadd Muhmadd
Would probably exclude Sanchez considering age until the unfortunate accident.
I think Carlos palomino was a career welter, correct me if I'm wrong
he was. good shout
pipino cuevas and turned pro at 135 as a young man / boy, iirc, but he was also exclusively a WW during his days as world champion.
yeah, Marvin Hagler what a bum right?
you know that's clearly what I'm NOT saying. Hagler was a great, great fighter, imo a top 3 mw of all time but when you compare him to Duran and Leonard, how many people, journalists, former boxers, fans would rate him higher than them both?
Finito was an excellent minimumweight, undefeated...but would he even be considered an ATG? How about other fighters starting in and around similar divisions, who moved up to become ATGs. In fact, as a Mexican fighter, he ranks far behind Chavez, MAB, Morales and maybe even JMM.
It is what it is.
I think Carlos palomino was a career welter, correct me if I'm wrong
Im sure he was...in his late career comeback he fought Wilfredo Rivera who fought mostly at ww idk....id say he was
Palomina was a very good fighter...I wouldn't quite say great...he lost to the 2 greats he fought in Duran and Benitez and he held his own but he was probably a half notch below him.....He gets underrated and oft forgotten in that era because it was so deep.
and all those fighters could have been greater if they had moved up...almost all those names mentioned pale in comparison to contemporaries who did move up in weight.
yeah, Marvin Hagler what a bum right?
Hagler, Monzon, Pep fought non-title fights and catchweights above 126 but mostly fought at or under the featherweight limit
Tony Zale fought mainly at or below middleweight
Kostya Tszyu is an alltime great junior welterweight and never moved up for another title try
Antonio Cervantez was all time great at 140 and fought in a deep era, welterweight was deep in the 70's as well probably why he didn't move up with Napoles, Leonard, Benitez, and Palomino holding the title during his 2 reigns at 140
Khaosai Galaxy dominated but his competition was not the best... never moved up to be a full fledged bantamweight