Top Fifteen ATG Welterweights

[The Old LefHook]

Oscar? Mayweather? I'll add Shane in his prime over them. Wheres Burley?
Wheres PeeWee? Duran was a Lightweight great not a welter. A win over Leonard doesn't "invite" him in. Not sure about Benitez either, Napoles needs to be higher.
I'll put Curry in there if you consider his skills & talents without his mentall attitude towards the sport. It's hard to seperate mental make ups but when evaluating physical skills he's up there. Curry at his best beats up Mayweather
and handles Benitez.
The bottom line is being TBE ATG and p4p king thats only one man! Sugarman.
Ray.

Burley was another oversight. I understand where Duran's prime was, but still I do not see him losing to many welterweights. The guy with the skills and chin to go the distance with Hagler over fifteen competitive rounds is not going to lose often among welters.

Curry was really going places and then something happened. His era was like a murderer's row of welterweights and so called junior middleweights.

[#1Assassin]

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Thomas Hearns
5. Jose Napoles
6. Emile Griffith
7. Charley Burley
8. Kid Gavilan
9. Pernell Whitaker
10. Mickey Walker
11. Jimmy McLarnin
12. Joe Walcott
13. Roberto Duran
14. Floyd Mayweather jr
15. Barney Ross
16. Oscar De La Hoya
17. Carmen Basilio
18. Wilfred Benitez
19. Shane Mosley
20. Donald Curry

thrown together rather hastily. as always i would surely move some names around if i glanced it over tomorrow, but all in all im rather content.

its not easy though, welterweight is hands down the strongest division in boxing history. you know its a glamour division for a reason, having such a great history but you dont fully realize to what degree until you look at all these names on after the other.