The Top 25 Light Heavyweights of All-Time – 11 to 25

[deemo]

i think roy should b around 8th on the list, not to say he couldnt have beat all on the list but you have to go on accomplishments. theway in which roy toy'd with the top light heavys is why he should be higher.

[Wrighty]

Archie Moore should be number 1 no doubt.

[KiloTeague]

The writer must be on Crack or Meth putting Roy Jones in the 11 spot on the light heavyweight all time list. Ppl don't respond to this BS! He had to put it up to piss ppl off. There has never been a fighter even close to RJ level in any weight division. What he has done winning titles from middle weight all the way to heavy HAS NEVER BEEN DONE B4. A lot of the guys on there are bums and if you watch tapes on them, you laugh. The writer is simply trying to get ppl to write on his bogus feed. Grow up buddy. Ppl like you piss ppl like me who know boxing off.

Agreed. It depends on what you go by for being the best. Some say most wins, some say most talented, some say body of work. I say who could beat who. Nobody in the history of lightheavyweight would have stood a chance against Roy Jones. Especially some guy from 1920. (Unless he was 35) No fighter has ever been as dominant as Roy Jones Jr. Period. The most dominant usually means the best ex. Wilt Chamberlin, Micheal Jordan, Usain Bolt, Micheal Phelps. Roy Jones vs. a guy from 1920 would be like Lebron James vs Bob Cousy.

[KiloTeague]

This was my top ten awhile ago but I would probably reaarange it some now. Tear it down mofos!!

Alright, this is my first actual 175 top 10 that I've put a bit of time into. Its actually alot different than past ones I've put together with fighters I thought I knew about. Tell me what you think, and if you have one yourself, post it. Constructive criticism welcome.

1. Archie Moore -185-23-11(131) More career ko's than any fight in history. Fought such names as durelle, Maxim, Lowry, Lytell, chase, Holman Williams, Marshall, Johnson, satterfield and Johnson.

2. Gene Tunney -81-1-3(48) fought some of the best fighters in history, some multiple times. Has such greats on his resume as Greb, Carpentier, Delaney, Levinski and Loughran. Moved up to heavyweight and beat Jack Dempsey twice.

3. Ezzard charles - 90-25-1(51) In my opinion p4p the best guy on the list. Beat fighters such as Moore, Marshall, Maxim and Bivins. Was also a heavyweight champion.

4. Tommy Gibbons - 94-5-3(48) Fought a who's who of great fighters from the early twentieth century including Kid Norfolk, Tunney, Greb, Carpentier, Miske, Levinski and Meehan.

5. Bob Foster - 56-8-1(46) In my opinion the hardest hitting fighter ever below heavyweight. His comp wasn't as good as most on this list, but he was 15-0 in lightheavy title fights. capeable of beating any fighter on this list IMO.

6. Micheal Spinks - 31-1(21) Won gold at the 1976 olympics. Held the title 4 years before moving up to beat Larry Holmes for the heavyweight championship. Beat top lightheavies John Conteh, Eddie Mustapha Muhammed, Qawi, Lopez and Johnson.

7. Billy Conn - 64-12-1(15) Conn is another fighter I rank relatively high p4p. He was an excellent middleweight before moving up to 175, and almost beat Joe Louis in a bid for the heavyweight title. Fought such notable fighters at 175 as gus Lesnivich, Bettina, Krieger, and Freddie Apostoli.

8. Tommy Loughran - 116-30-13(17) One of the best fighters of the roaring twenties. Fought the great Harry Greb to a draw. Also fough such top fighters from that period Young Stribling, Jimmy Slattery, McTigue, Delaney and Carpentier.

9. Mike McTigue - 108-46-13(52) The only fighter on this list not in the Hall of fame, and still somewhat of a question mark in my mind. But Mctigue fought a who's who of his era with mixed result. Among some of the names are Levinski, Loughran, siki, Stribling, Walker, Flower and Delaney.

10. Philidelphia Jack O'Brien - 134-11-23(54) Another question mark in my opinion, but I have seen him ranked highly by some notable historians. Made his bones against some top fighters from the early 20th century. Marvin Hart, who would go on to win the heavyweight title. Peter Maher and Joe choynski who were both rated fighter at 175b and heavy. And he also fought the great Jack Johnson to a draw while being out weighed by almost 45lbs.

So this is a great example of what I'm talking about. All of these guys have a better body of work than Roy Jones and so if thats what we are going by then yes these guys deserve to be higher, but Roy would beat all of them and shut out most of them.

[JAB5239]

Where is Jose Torres?

not that much of a good list.

You're more than welcome to criticize my list, thats all good. Why don't you put up one of your own though?

By the way.....With all due respect to Torres, he probably doesn't make the top 15 let alone 10.

[JAB5239]

So this is a great example of what I'm talking about. All of these guys have a better body of work than Roy Jones and so if thats what we are going by then yes these guys deserve to be higher, but Roy would beat all of them and shut out most of them.

You have no way of proving Jones would beat any of these guys without a doubt. I would pick him to beat some, yes. But that is irrelevant. History doesn't judge fighters on the assumption of who they could beat, but by who the actually beat in the ring.

[jumpman441]

this list is complete bs

[Oasis_Lad]

this list is complete bs

Let me guess - Roy should be higher?

[Thread Stealer]

Archie Moore should be number 1 no doubt.

Over his three-time conqueror, Ezzard Charles?

Charles may not have had the lonegvity at 175 of Moore, but he did a ton of great work in the time he did spend there.

[crold1]

This was my top ten awhile ago but I would probably reaarange it some now. Tear it down mofos!!

Alright, this is my first actual 175 top 10 that I've put a bit of time into. Its actually alot different than past ones I've put together with fighters I thought I knew about. Tell me what you think, and if you have one yourself, post it. Constructive criticism welcome.

1. Archie Moore -185-23-11(131) More career ko's than any fight in history. Fought such names as durelle, Maxim, Lowry, Lytell, chase, Holman Williams, Marshall, Johnson, satterfield and Johnson.

2. Gene Tunney -81-1-3(48) fought some of the best fighters in history, some multiple times. Has such greats on his resume as Greb, Carpentier, Delaney, Levinski and Loughran. Moved up to heavyweight and beat Jack Dempsey twice.

3. Ezzard charles - 90-25-1(51) In my opinion p4p the best guy on the list. Beat fighters such as Moore, Marshall, Maxim and Bivins. Was also a heavyweight champion.

4. Tommy Gibbons - 94-5-3(48) Fought a who's who of great fighters from the early twentieth century including Kid Norfolk, Tunney, Greb, Carpentier, Miske, Levinski and Meehan.

5. Bob Foster - 56-8-1(46) In my opinion the hardest hitting fighter ever below heavyweight. His comp wasn't as good as most on this list, but he was 15-0 in lightheavy title fights. capeable of beating any fighter on this list IMO.

6. Micheal Spinks - 31-1(21) Won gold at the 1976 olympics. Held the title 4 years before moving up to beat Larry Holmes for the heavyweight championship. Beat top lightheavies John Conteh, Eddie Mustapha Muhammed, Qawi, Lopez and Johnson.

7. Billy Conn - 64-12-1(15) Conn is another fighter I rank relatively high p4p. He was an excellent middleweight before moving up to 175, and almost beat Joe Louis in a bid for the heavyweight title. Fought such notable fighters at 175 as gus Lesnivich, Bettina, Krieger, and Freddie Apostoli.

8. Tommy Loughran - 116-30-13(17) One of the best fighters of the roaring twenties. Fought the great Harry Greb to a draw. Also fough such top fighters from that period Young Stribling, Jimmy Slattery, McTigue, Delaney and Carpentier.

9. Mike McTigue - 108-46-13(52) The only fighter on this list not in the Hall of fame, and still somewhat of a question mark in my mind. But Mctigue fought a who's who of his era with mixed result. Among some of the names are Levinski, Loughran, siki, Stribling, Walker, Flower and Delaney.

10. Philidelphia Jack O'Brien - 134-11-23(54) Another question mark in my opinion, but I have seen him ranked highly by some notable historians. Made his bones against some top fighters from the early 20th century. Marvin Hart, who would go on to win the heavyweight title. Peter Maher and Joe choynski who were both rated fighter at 175b and heavy. And he also fought the great Jack Johnson to a draw while being out weighed by almost 45lbs.

Gibbons and McTigue just missed my cut but the former was gut wrenching. Awesome fighter.