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Allow me to pick holes in some of your choices. We can exclude Greb, Armstrong, and Langford since I have them rated above both Leonard and Ross. And we can excuse Charles, Pep, Ray Leonard and Duran who I have ranked above Ross.
First a little history on Leonard and Ross.
Leonard fought in the toughest era of lightweight boxing. Had multiple fight with guys such as Tendler, Kansas, Britton, Dundee, Cline. Lewis, Kilbane and Welsh. His era was like Ali's only with lightweights who threw more punches and had more talent than a lot of Ali's foes.
Barney Ross was the first triple crown champ in history and beat such names as Fuller, Garcia, Canzoneri, McLarnin, Klick and Petrolle. He also beat bot Canzoneri and McLarnin when both were prime and considered the best fighter in the world.
You can exclude Johnson, Tunney, Wilde and Jofre as their resumes simply don't stack up to that of Leonard or Ross. That Leaves you Moore, Louis, Fitz, Walker and Ali to argue over. All worthy of being argued for and points can be made to go in their direction depending on how you want to look at it. I'll be happy to argue if you want, but I think its more interesting that you said you could name MANY fighters. I just figured you would have excluded the ones I already named for you and come up with a lot more names.
Lets take this one at a time. We've already gone round and round with Ali so lets pick a new name. Why do you think Mickey Walker should rank higher than both Leonard and Ross?
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