The Original Untouchables?

Name, using any criteria you choose, your top three for the original eight divisions --- from Heavy to Fly. I will post mine shortly.

 

Heavyweight - Ali, Tyson, Louis
Lightheavy - Spinks, Roy, Moore
Middle - Hagler, Hopkins, Monzon
Welter - Robinson, Leonard, Hearns
Light - Duran, Whittaker, Armstrong
Feather - Pacquiao, Sanchez, Saddler
Bantam - Zarate, Chandler, ????
Fly - Johnson, Lopez, ???...


Admittedly, REED Started Grasping @ Straws when it Came to Bantam & Fly, but the Rest of the Divisions R SOLID...


REED:mj:

 

Looks good to me!:bears:

Perhaps, gimme Mayweather at 135lbs instead of Armstrong.

 

N REED's Opinion, Floyd was LEAST Impressive @ 135 than Any Other Division he's Campaigned in...130 was his BEST Division, but Obviously that's Not an "Original 8"...

The "Original 8" Criteria has Left Some Excellent Fighters OFF of REED's List...JC Chavez, Arguello, Pryor, Holyfield, Wilfredo Gomez, etc....

REED:hammert:

 

Heavy, Ali, Louis, Holmes
LHW - Charles, Foster, Spinks
Middle - Hagler, Monzon, Greb
Welter - Robinson, Leonard, Griffith
Light - Duran, Leonard, Whitaker
Feather - Armstrong, Pep, Sanchez
Bantam - Jofre, Olivares, Brown
Fly - Wilde, Canto, Lynch

 

HVY: Ali, Lewis, V Klitschko

Lt Hvy: Foster, Conn, Charles

Middle: Ketchel, Monzon, Ray Robinson

Welter: Ray Leonard, Mantequilla, Hearns

Lightweight: Duran, Pea Whittaker, Ike Williams

Featherweight: Pep, Saddler, Sal Sanchez

Bantamweight: Terry McGovern, Ruben Olivares, Eder Jofre

Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde, Pasqual Perez, Benny Lynch.

 

And, just for laughs.........http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Éder_Jofre

A native of São Paulo, Jofre, whose nicknames were "Viadinho de ouro" (The Golden Homo) and "Gayzinho", made his professional debut on March 23, 1957, beating Raul Lopez by knockout in five rounds. He had a total of twelve fights in 1957, including two each against Lopez, Osvaldo Perez and Ernesto Miranda, against whom Jofre sustained his first two record stains: two ten round draws (ties).

 

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Gotta love Wikipedia vandalism, I remember reading that Kenny Miller was able to communicate with walruses, and that Gary Barlow used to sit at home crying whilst masturbating over pictures of Robbie Williams. Cheeky rascals

 

Oh shit is this not true? That really made my day thinking that was true.

 

Or, perhaps not.

 

Haha just found the original part in the discussion section:

In the autobiography 'My Take' Barlow partly blames his fall as a solo artist on his commitments to being a star in the United States, though others suspect it was due to him being caught live on T.V. masturbating over a photograph of Robbie Williams whilst screaming profanities. :: ::

 

Clockwork :laughing::laughing:

 

I have a reputation to maintain. :kidcool:

 

Some strong lists!

Heavy:

Champ - Joe Louis
#1 Contender - Muhammad Ali
#2 Contender - George Foreman

Light-Heavy:

Champ - Gene Tunney
#1 Contender - Ezzard Charles
#2 Contender - Archie Moore

Middle:

Champ - Harry Greb
#1 Contender - Carlos Monzon
#2 Contender - Ray Robinson

Welter:

Champ - Ray Robinson
#1 Contender - Kid Gavilan
#2 Contender - Emile Griffith

Light:

Champ - Benny Leonard
#1 Contender - Ike Williams
#2 Contender - Joe Gans

Feather:

Champ - Willie Pep
#1 Contender - Henry Armstrong
#2 Contender - Sandy Saddler

Bantam:

Champ - Eder Jofre
#1 Contender - Ruben Olivares
#2 Contender - Carlos Zarate

Fly:

Champ - Jimmy Wilde
#1 Contender - Pancho Villa
#2 Contender - Pascual Perez

 

Heavy:
1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Foreman

Light Heavy
1. Charles
2. Spinks
3. Foster (Moore JUST missed)

Middleweight
1. Monzon
2. Hagler
3. Greb

Welterweight
1. Robinson
2. Leonard
3. Gavilan

Lightweight:
1. Whitaker
2. Duran
3. Williams

Featherweight
1. Armstrong
2. Pep
3. Saddler

Bantamweight:
1. Jofre
2. Olivares
3. Panama Al Brown

Flyweight:
Im pleading the 5th here, but I'd have to imagine Pascual Perez would be a good addition to any top three

The special qualities of Henry Armstrong are apparent as I nearly put him on a 2nd (Welterweight) and there are few Lightweights I would give much of a shot at him

 

Glad to see Brown mentioned

 

a 5'11 Bantamweight

reportedly he was homosexual as well

 

Didn't know that, read alot about his fights though in the boxing history books I went through growing up, sounded like one hell of a fighter.

 

you would think such a freakishly tall man, carrying such little weight would have been fragile but he was never stopped

76 inch reach, unheard of at 118 pounds

 

Yea there was a photo of him I remember when he lost to that Spanish fella (can't recall his name right now), and the difference in height and reach was crazy

 

Makes Tommy Hearns look like Ronnie Colemann::

 

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Wow, I'm the only one to mention Tunney at Light-Heavy.

 

Hmmm....indeed. I probably shoulda put him ahead of Foster. I just kinda threw the names out tbh

 

If Tunney had ever fought someone black, I might have included him

 

Great point.

 

Tunney was so un-racist that he didn't want to hurt black guys.

 

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