The Golden Age of Light Heavyweights

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  • TonyGe
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    #21
    Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore should be in the list.

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    • The Old LefHook
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      #22
      Moore and Charles were not from the golden age of light heavyweights in question. Moore never could beat Charley Burley, who was never big enough to fight as a light heavyweight but did anyway. One of the things that makes the Burley myth stick is that he could definitely handle Moore, as he proved on multiple occasions, despite a size deficiency in that match up.

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      • OctoberRed
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        #23
        Originally posted by The Old LefHook
        Moore and Charles were not from the golden age of light heavyweights in question. Moore never could beat Charley Burley, who was never big enough to fight as a light heavyweight but did anyway. One of the things that makes the Burley myth stick is that he could definitely handle Moore, as he proved on multiple occasions, despite a size deficiency in that match up.
        Point well made on the matter.

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