Top 30 Middleweights of all time

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    I am taking another stab at it after some great discussions lately

    Based on a both accomplishments and head to head

    1. Harry Greb
    2. Marvin Hagler
    3. Sugar Ray Robinson
    4. Carlos Monzon
    5. Bob Fitzsimmons
    6. Freddie Steele
    7. Bernard Hopkins
    8. Mickey Walker
    9. Charley Burley
    10. D Tiger
    11. Stanley Ketchel
    12. Holman Williams
    13. Mike Gibbons
    14. Gennady Golovkin
    15. Rodrigo Valdez
    16. Lloyd Marshall
    17. Jake Lamotta
    18. Emile Griffith
    19. Marcel Cerdan
    20. Tony Zale
    21. Fred Apostoli
    22. Ezzard Charles
    23. Roy Jones Jr
    24. Joey Giardello
    25. James Toney
    26. Tiger Flowers
    27. Teddy Yarosz
    28. Nino Benvenuti
    29. Michael Nunn
    30. Marcel Thil
     
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  2. JohnThomas1

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    Interesting list mate. Personally i would have Monzon sneaking above Hagler and Valdez would be a lot lower. Fullmer, Conn and Overlin might be close too.
     
  3. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great effort Suze, I'd pop RJJ up at least a few places if you're weighing heavily on H2H
     
  4. Gudetama

    Gudetama Active Member Full Member

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    I always like your lists. Making lists is hard work.
    Depending on how much stock you place on h2h over accomplishments, I feel that a 25 year old Sam Langford would handle a lot of those guys.
     
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  5. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Nice work Suzie Q.

    I am just getting back into boxing and top 30 would be hard for me to do. I will give doing top 10 a shot

    1. Hagler
    2. Monzon
    3. Greb
    4. SRR
    5. Fitz
    6. Walker
    7. Hopkins
    8. Burley
    9. Ketchel
    10. Tiger

    I did not realise how good Steele was. Based on your high ranking, i will try and find more of him.

    Greg probably has the greatest resume ever but i find it hard to rank him #1 without proper footage of him fighting.
     
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  6. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Yeah Monzon has a really good case above hagler

    You don’t think much of Valdez?
     
  7. Mendoza

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    Improved.

    I see you moved Ketchel down.

    Too high for my liking is Tiger, Steele, Williams, Gibbons, and Valdez.

    Too low for my liking is Roy Jones ( Way too low ) , Charles, Cerdan and Toney.
     
  8. JohnThomas1

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    For me the tail end of Monzon puts Marvin to the sword. He comfortably best the 2nd best middle whilst Marvin lost to a welter albeit a great one.

    Valdes is a good fighter but 160 is rank with talent and resume.
     
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  9. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Jones rates highly Head to Head but he didnt fight enough at 160. Charles beat Burley twice in his prime . better wins than Jones had over Hopkins

    Cerdan doesn’t have the resume to rate higher. He looks good on film against very low level opponents

    Steele accomplished a lot, more than enough to rate well within top 10

    Steele and cerdan have comparable records but Steele’s quality of opposition blows away marcels
     
  10. Mendoza

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    Jones jr beat Hopkins at middle, and Toney at super middle by wide margins.
     
  11. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Papp at 5? His work was done as an amateur he didn't do anything noteworthy as a pro as he was an older man by then. I'm a huge Papp fan but this is ridiculous.
    McClellan at 11 Graziano at 17 and your gonna lecture me on Barney Ross P4P standings.
    You've lost your mind man
     
  12. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Who he beat as a pro to warrant no 5 greatest professional MW of all time???
     
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  13. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Yeah unfortunately jones win over Toney at 168 does not count for 160
     
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  14. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Don’t bother he’s a troll
     
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  15. JohnThomas1

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    And a win over pre prime Hopkins who hadn't beaten a top 10 fighter isn't huge for the resume side either. He has to be almost solely rated on H2H and even tho he rates huge in this regard resume still holds him way back in a blend obviously.
     
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