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  • Blue54
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    #1

    Top 10 greatest featherweights of all time

    1 Willie Pep
    2 Henry Armstrong
    3 Salvador Sanchez
    4 Sandy Saddler
    5 Marco Antonio Barrera
    6 Manny Pacquiao
    7 Juan Manuel Marquez
    8 Alexis Arquello
    9 Eric Morrales
    10 Prince Naseem
    11 Vasyl Lomenchenko
    12 Azumah Nelson
    13 Vincent Salvador
    14 George Dixon
    15 Terry Mcgovern

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    #2
    Originally posted by Blue54
    1 Willie Pep
    2 Henry Armstrong
    3 Salvador Sanchez
    4 Sandy Saddler
    5 Marco Antonio Barrera
    6 Manny Pacquiao
    7 Juan Manuel Marquez
    8 Alexis Arquello
    9 Eric Morrales
    10 Prince Naseem
    11 Vasyl Lomenchenko
    12 Azumah Nelson
    13 Vincent Salvador
    14 George Dixon
    15 Terry Mcgovern

    Rate my list and what’s your top 10?

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    Very good list man.

    Eusebio Pedroza should be in there though.

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    • DAVID READ
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      #3
      Pretty good list (I assume you mean Vincente Saldivar not Vincent Salvador) but I would have Pacquiao above Morales, Lomachenko higher and I'd have Jeff Fenech in before either Dixon or McGovern

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      • Blue54
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        #4
        Originally posted by DAVID READ
        Pretty good list (I assume you mean Vincente Saldivar not Vincent Salvador) but I would have Pacquiao above Morales, Lomachenko higher and I'd have Jeff Fenech in before either Dixon or McGovern
        Honestly Morales has some real great wins at featherweight Manny only fought there 3x. Dixon McGovern both waved the way for the lighter divisions so had to throw them in especially Dixon, he very underrated pioneer and got a lot of his loses during to racism gets overlooked when talking about ATM greats.

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        • wildman
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          #5
          Eusebio Pedroza being omitted is absurd. I believe he would have beaten Sanchez. That's why Sanchez always avoided him. Your list is a bit heavy towards more recent guys. Naseem Hamed was a hard puncher, but not really a great champion. Beat Johnson and Kelley, but was exposed when he stepped up in class to face Barrera.
          Last edited by wildman; 01-08-2021, 08:42 PM.

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          • QueensburyRules
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            #6
            Originally posted by Blue54
            1 Willie Pep
            2 Henry Armstrong
            3 Salvador Sanchez
            4 Sandy Saddler
            5 Marco Antonio Barrera
            6 Manny Pacquiao
            7 Juan Manuel Marquez
            8 Alexis Arquello
            9 Eric Morrales
            10 Prince Naseem
            11 Vasyl Lomenchenko
            12 Azumah Nelson
            13 Vincent Salvador
            14 George Dixon
            15 Terry Mcgovern

            Rate my list and what’s your top 10?

            Btw had add extra 5
            - -Wrong forum. Get help...

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            • edgarg
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              #7
              Originally posted by Blue54
              1 Willie Pep
              2 Henry Armstrong
              3 Salvador Sanchez
              4 Sandy Saddler
              5 Marco Antonio Barrera
              6 Manny Pacquiao
              7 Juan Manuel Marquez
              8 Alexis Arquello
              9 Eric Morrales
              10 Prince Naseem
              11 Vasyl Lomenchenko
              12 Azumah Nelson
              13 Vincent Salvador
              14 George Dixon
              15 Terry Mcgovern

              Rate my list and what’s your top 10?

              Btw had add extra 5
              What about Eder Jofre.......??

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              • NChristo-
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                #8
                Originally posted by edgarg
                What about Eder Jofre.......??
                He beat Legra and Saldivar and no one else of note at Feather, he belongs on Bantam lists

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                • edgarg
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by wildman
                  Eusebio Pedroza being omitted is absurd. I believe he would have beaten Sanchez. That's why Sanchez always avoided him. Your list is a bit heavy towards more recent guys. Naseem Hamed was a hard puncher, but not really a great champion. Beat Johnson and Kelley, but was exposed when he stepped up in class to face Barrera.
                  He wasn't "stepping up in class". He was a HUGE star, and was an unbeaten champ for over 5 years, also lineal, with 15 defences,(13 KOs) but ALWAYS had very serious hand problems with brittle bones. I saw a picture of his broken knuckles one time. Gruesome.. Also, he didn't really train for Barrera, except for about 3 weeks leisurely training. He had been thinking of retiring for a while.. Record 36 Fights, 35 wins 31 KOs.

                  His internet story says that in his fight before Barrera, he's broken his hand very badly and had serious surgery keeping him out of training for over 6 months, in which he put on 35 lb
                  and that he "trained" at Bing Crosby's old house where the Kennedy's used to throw their notorious parties around the swimming pool.. Emmanuel Steward came there for the two weeks before the fight, and saw immediately that Hamed was not taking it seriously and it worried him. The score was 115-112 twice and 116-111.

                  I decided to look it up after beginning this post just to see if my memory was accurate.
                  Last edited by edgarg; 01-09-2021, 05:40 AM.

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                  • sunny31
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by wildman
                    Eusebio Pedroza being omitted is absurd. I believe he would have beaten Sanchez. That's why Sanchez always avoided him. Your list is a bit heavy towards more recent guys. Naseem Hamed was a hard puncher, but not really a great champion. Beat Johnson and Kelley, but was exposed when he stepped up in class to face Barrera.
                    Pedroza was great, probably top 5 actually.

                    RE Hamed: still accomplished more than most at FW. He won every alphabet title and reigned for 5 years. Medina, Ingle both won belts after Hamed beat them. It's true that he doesnt have a win over a HOFer, but it is still a very solid resume and most of it was by KO.

                    I think to say he was just a "hard" puncher is a bit of an understatement.

                    He happened to fall in an era with Barrera, Morales, Marquez - all time greats at those lower weights, and he was a level below that. I think there have been many featherweight champions past and present that Hamed would have beat simply because they wouldnt have handled his power/style, Barrera was a very complete fighter by the time Hamed fought him.

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