greatest fighters of all time per division.

[Sweet Pete]

Why is everyone voting Calzaghe for SMM? Is this guy that overrated?

Who rates above him, please tell? Jones is the only candidate. As far as body of work at the weight, Calzaghe takes the cake, as far as head to head, Jones takes it, followed by Calzaghe. How is he overrated? I think he is pretty underrated to be honest.

[AntonTheMeh]

Why is everyone voting Calzaghe for SMM? Is this guy that overrated?

well who would you have your highness?

[pins0099]

Who rates above him, please tell? Jones is the only candidate. As far as body of work at the weight, Calzaghe takes the cake, as far as head to head, Jones takes it, followed by Calzaghe. How is he overrated? I think he is pretty underrated to be honest.

Spot on for the most part, there is no-one else in the picture! Although as for head to head I think its closer between him and RJJ than everyone credits him for, every one rates RJJ power against Calzaghe but if you see fights like the Byron Mitchell fight, where Calzaghe gets hurt or knocked down, his style changes goes toe-to-toe and as in that fight knocked the dude out in 60 secs, theres a lot more power in those gloves when he's hurt and up against it! Tough fight to call.

[JAB5239]

heavyweight.ali
cruiser.holyfield
l.heavy.archie moore
smw.joe c
mw.hagler
lm.thomas hearns
ww.robinson
jww.pryor
lw.whitaker
s.fw.arguello
fw.pep
sbw.gomez
bw.jofre
fw.wilde
l.fly.micheal carbajal
minw.lopez

Joe Louis- Hvy
Evander Holyfield-190
Archie Moore-175
Roy Jones-168
Carlos Monzon-160
Tommy Hearns-154 This was a tough choice. Hearns didn't have a lot of longevity at this weight but was devastating. Trinidad was also impressive at this weight.
Ray Robinson-147
Aaron Pryor-140
Roberto Duran-135
Alexis Arguello-130
Willie Pep-126
Wilfredo Gomez-122
Eder Jofre-118
I would have to cheat and start looking up names after 118.

[TheGreatA]

Joe Louis- Hvy
Evander Holyfield-190
Archie Moore-175
Roy Jones-168
Carlos Monzon-160
Tommy Hearns-154 This was a tough choice. Hearns didn't have a lot of longevity at this weight but was devastating. Trinidad was also impressive at this weight.
Ray Robinson-147
Aaron Pryor-140
Roberto Duran-135
Alexis Arguello-130
Willie Pep-126
Wilfredo Gomez-122
Eder Jofre-118
I would have to cheat and start looking up names after 118.

What about Mike McCallum at LMW? I think he could be rated the number one, although Hearns was devastating as you said, with big wins over Benitez and Duran.
McCallum never got the chance to fight Hearns or Duran at the weight but he beat other top junior middles and stayed there longer, leaving the division with a record of 32 wins, 29 KO's and no losses.

[JAB5239]

What about Mike McCallum at LMW? I think he could be rated the number one, although Hearns was devastating as you said, with big wins over Benitez and Duran.
McCallum never got the chance to fight Hearns or Duran at the weight but he beat other top junior middles.

Lol, funny you should say that. I was just e-mailing someone and he popped in my head. McCallum is another great pick that I wouldn't argue with. Lol, I feel sorta bad now.....Mike McCallum is still the forgotten warrior. A great fighter!!

[StarshipTrooper]

Old-school 8:

Heavyweight: Muhammed Ali
Light-Heavyweight: Ezzard Charles
Middleweight: Ray Robinson
Welterweight: Ray Robinson
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Featherweight: Willie Pep
Bantamweight: Miguel Canto
Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde

Robinson is the only fighter I give the honor of rating in more than one division: Because I consider him the greatest fighter ever regardless of weight. I also don't acknowledge the Junior and Senior divisions as I consider them illigitimate.

Pound-4-pound:

Ray Robinson
Roberto Duran
Bob Fitzsimmons
Willie Pep
Benny Leonard
Alexis Arguello
Ezzard Charles
Marvin Hagler
Ray Leonard
Marco Antonio Barrera

Poet

[Silencers]

Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Ezzard Charles
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Light Middleweight: Mike McCallum
Welterweight: Ray Robinson
Light Welterweight: Aaron Pryor
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Willie Pep
Junior Featherweight: Wilfredo Gomez
Bantamweight: Eder Jofre
Junior Bantamweight: Khaosai Galaxy
Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde
Junior Flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Minimumweight: Ricardo Lopez

[oldgringo]

Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali (Joe Louis)
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield (Carlos De Leon)
Light Heavyweight: Ezzard Charles (Gene Tunney)
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe (Roy Jones)
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler (Carlos Monzon)
Light Middleweight: Mike McCallum (Thomas Hearns)
Welterweight: Ray Robinson (Ray Leonard)
Light Welterweight: Aaron Pryor (Julio Cesar Chavez)
Lightweight: Roberto Duran (Benny Leonard)
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello (Azumah Nelson)
Featherweight: Willie Pep (Salvador Sanchez)
Junior Featherweight: Wilfredo Gomez (Erik Morales)
Bantamweight: Eder Jofre (Ruben Olivares)
Junior Bantamweight: Khaosai Galaxy (Johnny Tapia)
Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde (Miguel Canto)
Junior Flyweight: Michael Carbajal (Humberto Gonzalez)
Minimumweight: Ricardo Lopez (Ivan Calderon)

I agree with your list, but just for ****s and giggles (and out of boredom - work is SLOW) I offered the most reasonable alternate list I could think of.