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  • BIGPOPPAPUMP
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    The Top 25 Featherweights of All-Time – Top Ten

    by Cliff Rold - For any new boxing fan, the time is not long before a fellow fan points out a magic number which grows more mythologized with time: eight. As in boxing’s original eight weight classes. The number represents in the mind of many a time when the sport was compressed into fields which couldn’t help but be talented, couldn’t help but draw crowds, because there were so few places on the scale to go. They were divisions marked by single champions ever challenged by a depth of contenders today’s seventeen weight classes rarely know. [details]
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    Hamed 5 spots above JMM. interesting

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    • dans
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      CT representing here. Wille Pep baby. Maybe the best defensive fighter of all time.

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      • dans
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        Originally posted by totalstranga
        Hamed 5 spots above JMM. interesting
        I believe this is done mathematically.

        Am I correct Crold?

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          Originally posted by dans01234
          I believe this is done mathematically.

          Am I correct Crold?
          For the Jr. Divisions, it was on points. For these, I use the points to sort and then I start playing with it (explained at the bottom). On just points, Hamed is much higher (around 13 I think) but then you start to think about eras which were much different from each other.

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            Originally posted by totalstranga
            Hamed 5 spots above JMM. interesting
            He accomplished more AT Featherweight. Part of that was by ducking Marquez but he beat a lot of quality guys at 26.

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              Originally posted by crold1
              For the Jr. Divisions, it was on points. For these, I use the points to sort and then I start playing with it (explained at the bottom). On just points, Hamed is much higher (around 13 I think) but then you start to think about eras which were much different from each other.
              Interesting. Where was JMM points wise. 25 does seems a little low for him.

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                Originally posted by dans01234
                Interesting. Where was JMM points wise. 25 does seems a little low for him.
                Around 30. His Featherweight resume was okay but compared to others across the divisions history it was just ok. His status as a modern guy can distort what some amazing fighters got done here. I squeezed him in because I thought the most prominent actual Feather of the Fab Four belonged and he and Barrera scored about even.

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                  Originally posted by crold1
                  Around 30. His Featherweight resume was okay but compared to others across the divisions history it was just ok. His status as a modern guy can distort what some amazing fighters got done here. I squeezed him in because I thought the most prominent actual Feather of the Fab Four belonged and he and Barrera scored about even.
                  Fair enough. Important thing is that the Whisp is #1, that can never be disputed.

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                    Yeah, I struggled more with Attell at 2 than Pep at 1. Lightweight will be tougher. Gans, Duran, Williams, Pea, and Duran all have STRONG cases for 1.

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