Who are top 3 fighters for each division?

[Barn]

Heavyweight: Lennox Beat everyone he ever faced

Cruiserweight: Marciano Beat everyone he ever faced

LHW: Roy Jones- Dominated

SMW: Calzaghe Beat everyone he ever faced


MW: Hagler- Dominated Division

P4P: Floyd Mayweather Beat everyone he ever faced


WW: Sugar Ray Robinson Beat everyone he ever faced at WW



LW: Duran Dominated

FW: Willie Pep 200+ wins only 10 losses

Oh please... Lennox is nowhere near Top 3 Heavy never mind the best as you are implying in the above post.

Anyway.

Heavyweight - Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson
Light Heavyweight - Charles, Moore, Tunney
Middleweigt - Greb, Hagler, Monzon
Welterweight - Robinson, Armstrong, Walcott
Lightweight - Gans, B.Leonard , Duran
Featherweight - Pep, Armstrong, Saddler
Bantamweight - Jofre, Olivares, Manuel Ortiz

[Barn]

Liston was stopped twice by a young Ali. Put Tua in there instead of him , he will get rid of Patterson just as fast , and at least last the distance against Ali.
Foreman was KO'd by Ali because Dundee fetched the ropes especially for Ali's tactics . Lewis was humiliated and stopped by Rahman and McCall , Holyfield was stopped by Bowe , and used his head against many as well as clinches , and Bowe ducked almost every elite fighter of his time.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...ghlight=dundee

A good article which will more or less discredit that claim.

[nachorjj]

HW: Mohamed Ali, Lennox Lewins, Mike Tyson

CW: David Haye, Evander Holyfield,

LHW: Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Archie Moore

SMW: Roy Jones jr, James Toney, Chris Eubank

MW: Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler, Bernard Hopkins

JMW: Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benitez,

WW: Ray Leonard, Ray Robinson, Jose Napoles

JWW: Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar De La Hoya, Aaron Pryor

LW: Pernell Whitaker, Roberto Duran, Benny Leonard

SFW: Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao, Alexis Arguello

FW: Willie Pep, Kid Chocolate, Juan Manuel Marquez

SBW: Wilfredo Gomez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales

[SBleeder]

For the "original" 8 classes, plus Strawweight, since it's my favorite weight class:

I will limit every fighter to only one weight class and go with the class I think they were the best in.

Heavyweight: Ali, Langford, Louis
Light Heavyweight: Moore, Charles, Fitzsimmons
Middleweight: Greb, Monzon, Tiger
Welterweight: Robinson, Ray Leonard, Canzoneri
Lightweight: Whitaker, Benny Leonard, Gans
Featherweight: Armstrong, Pep, Gomez
Bantamweight: Jofre, Brown, Roman
Flyweight: Wilde, LaBarba, Chang
Strawweight: Lopez, Alvarez, Porpaoin

[JAB5239]

I will limit every fighter to only one weight class and go with the class I think they were the best in.

Welterweight: Robinson, Ray Leonard, Canzoneri

How is it you have Canzoneri 3rd at welter? the bulk of his best wins were at lightweight.

[Scott9945]

HW: Mohamed Ali, Lennox Lewins, Mike Tyson

CW: David Haye, Evander Holyfield,

LHW: Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Archie Moore

SMW: Roy Jones jr, James Toney, Chris Eubank

MW: Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler, Bernard Hopkins

JMW: Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benitez,

WW: Ray Leonard, Ray Robinson, Jose Napoles

JWW: Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar De La Hoya, Aaron Pryor

LW: Pernell Whitaker, Roberto Duran, Benny Leonard

SFW: Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao, Alexis Arguello

FW: Willie Pep, Kid Chocolate, Juan Manuel Marquez

SBW: Wilfredo Gomez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales

Finally a list with Bob Foster on it. He'd be #1 if I made a list.

[NChristo]

Finally a list with Bob Foster on it. He'd be #1 if I made a list.

Over Ezzard Charles, Moore and Spinks ?, I like Foster but personnaly I wouldn't put him over any of them.

[Scott9945]

Over Ezzard Charles, Moore and Spinks ?, I like Foster but personnaly I wouldn't put him over any of them.

Yes, definitely ahead of Spinks. Except for an outrageous robbery in Peru early in his career and when he was totally shot he never lost to a lightheavyweight. You can say the same about Spinks, but I've seen both of them box on live TV many times and am confident that Foster would have beaten him. He was the sharper puncher of the two, and had at least as much power.

[Steak]

I think Spinks had the better resume of wins. He fought in an excellent era of Light Heavyweights, beating the likes of Yanqui Lopez, Marvin Johnson, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Marry Sutherland, John Davis, Eddie Davis, and best of all Dwight Muhammad Qawi.

Foster's wins over **** Tiger, Roger Rouse, Vicente Rondon, Pierre and Mark Tessman were all very good, but imo it wasnt as good an era as Spinks', and I dont even think Foster beat as many top level opponents either even pretending they were even.

[SBleeder]

How is it you have Canzoneri 3rd at welter? the bulk of his best wins were at lightweight.

You got me, I cheated. I just had to work Canzoneri in there somewhere as he's one of the most underrated fighters ever.