606v2 Welterweight rankings

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On advice of Chris this will be for solely the Welterweight division as the light welterweights will have their own rankings

1. Robinson
2. Armstrong
3. Leonard
4. Gavilan
5. Ross
6. Hearns
7. Napoles
8. Griffith
9. Walcott
10. Burley
11. McClarnin
12. Trinidad
13. Walker
14. Britton
15. Lewis

After about 50 million changes i've settled for that but can imagine i'll be easily swayed, found it very difficult not to find a place for Whitaker

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Sugar Ray Leonard
4. Jose Napoles
5. kid Gavilan
6. Barbados Joe Walcott
7. Emile Griffith
8. Thomas Hearns
9. Barney Ross
10. Jack Britton
11. Jimmy Mclarnin
12. Pernell Whitaker
13. Carmen Basilio
14. Micky Walker
15. Ted Kid Lewis

these are great threads but basically too much time and hard work to come up with a 15 in so many categories hence why i've wimped out.

Just popping on here to give an outnumbered truss some minor support. There are 2 people who'd give curry at least a shout at top 15 welters. I suspect had curry gone to light middle before losing to honeyghan, a hearns curry fight in 1986 would have been pretty even with the bookies. Curry was never really the same fighter post honeyghan, or certainly post mccallum. Did he get found out? Or did a lengthy amateur career and extra curricular activities mean he just peaked early. If you watch him dismantle jones and mcrory, there's at least some evidence for the latter. A terriffic fighter in his prime, and a fantasy fight of Curry v hearns at welter is no foregone conclusion, no matter how hard tommy was to outbox. The left hooked that sparked mccrory would have had the same effect on tommy had it landed... a big if obviously.

Clearly his latter career counts against him and rightly so if you're looking at whole careers...but if this is purely about welterweights, curry in '93-5 gives any of those 15 a run for their money and would have beaten a fair few. imo.

Don't be such a wimp Milky

Imperial Ghosty wrote:Don't be such a wimp Milky

i have a big yellow streak ghosty, which is why i talk boxing rather than practice it

Fair enough mate, not got enough votes for some of them which is a shame

...which ones are you short on fella, and i'll have a go at them

All of them really haha

1. Robinson
2. Leonard
3. Armstrong
4. Walker
5. Hearns
6. Walcott
7. Gavilan
8. Basilio
9. Ross
10. Napoles
11. Lewis
12. Whitaker
13. McClarnin
14. Griffith
15. Ryan

Robinson
Leonard
Walcott
Gavilan
Armstrong
Hearns
Napoles
Ross
Griffiths
McLarnin
Lewis
Basillio
Ryan
Walker
Britton

1. Robinson
2. Armstrong
3. Leonard
4. Ross
5. Gavilan
6. Napoles
7. Griffith
8. Walcott
9. Hearns
10. Walker
11. McLarnin
12. Britton
13. Whitaker
14. Lewis
15. Ryan

1. Ray Robinson
2. Ray Leonard
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Thomas Hearns
5. Barney Ross
6. Kid Gavilan
7. Barbados Joe Walcott
8. Jose Napoles
9. Emile Griffith
10. Felix Trinidad
11. Mickey Walker
12. Oscar De La Hoya
13.Ted (Kid) Lewis
14.Carmen Basilio
15. Lloyd Honeyghan

Hehehe! Can't wait for Curry's #1 fan to see that one...