Who's Your GOAT In Each "Old School 8" Weight Class?

[StarshipTrooper]

I've got:

Heavyweight - Muhammed Ali
Light-Heavyweight - Ezzard Charles
Middleweight - Ray Robinson
Welterweight - Ray Robinson
Lightweight - Roberto Duran
Featherweight - Willie Pep
Bantamweight - Eder Jofre
Flyweight - Pascual Perez

Poet

[JAB5239]

I've got:

Heavyweight - Muhammed Ali
Light-Heavyweight - Ezzard Charles
Middleweight - Ray Robinson
Welterweight - Ray Robinson
Lightweight - Roberto Duran
Featherweight - Willie Pep
Bantamweight - Eder Jofre
Flyweight - Pascual Perez

Poet

Louis
Charles
Monzon
Robinson
B. Leonard
Pep
Jofre
Pancho Villa

[StarshipTrooper]

Louis
Charles
Monzon
Robinson
B. Leonard
Pep
Jofre
Pancho Villa

I'm toying with the idea of taking the top 2 vote getters in each weight class and making individual threads where people can go back and forth on why their pick is the GOAT

Poet

[JAB5239]

I'm toying with the idea of taking the top 2 vote getters in each weight class and making individual threads where people can go back and forth on why their pick is the GOAT

Poet

I like the idea, it would make a great thread!

[Barn]

Heavyweight - Ali
Light Heavywegiht - Charles
Middleweight - Greb
Welterweight - Robinson
Lightweight - Leonard
Featherweight - Pep
Bantamweight - Jofre
Flyweight - Undecided

[Greg House]

Heavyweight - Muhammad Ali
Light-Heavyweight - Ezzard Charles
Middleweight - Carlos Monzon
Welterweight - Ray Robinson
Lightweight - Roberto Duran
Featherweight - Willie Pep
Bantamweight - Eder Jofre
Flyweight - Pascual Perez

[Miburo]

Pretty standard selections, though I'm surprised no one's mentioned Wilde for flyweight.

[Scott9945]

Ali
Foster
Greb
Robinson
Gans
Pep
Jofre
Villa

[IronDanHamza]

Heavyweight - Joe Louis
Light Heavyweight - Ezzard Charles
Middleweight - Carlos Monzon
Welterweight - Ray Robinson
Lightweight - Roberto Duran
Bantamweight - Eder Jofre
Featherweight - Willie Pep
Flyweight - Jimmy Wilde


Hate to go with the consensus (Except Wilde, strangely) but this is just who I think are the GOAT in the original 8.

[SBleeder]

Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
Light Heavyweight: Sam Langford
Middleweight: Harry Greb
Welterweight: Sugar Ray Robinson
Lightweight: Pernell Whitaker
Featherweight: Henry Armstrong
Bantamweight: Eder Jofre
Flyweight: Ricardo Lopez