Greatest performances per weight class

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Heavyweight:

Buster Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson

Runner up George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier

175 Saad Muhammad KO 14 Yaqui Lopez

160 Marvin Hagler KO 3 Thomas Hearns

154 Thomas Hearns KO 2 Roberto Duran

runner up Terry Norris W 12 Ray Leonard

147 Thomas Hearns KO 2 Pipino Cuevas

140 Aaron Pryor KO 14 Alexis Arguello

135 ?? My limited knowledge of this weight class makes it difficult to make comparisons

126 Sal Sanchez KO 8 Wilfredo Gomez

118 Richard Sandoval KO 15 Jeff Chandler

Please note that all but one of these contests came between the early 1970s and 1990

[GPater11093]

HW: Ali vs Williams
CW: Holyfield vs Qawi 2
LHW: ?
SMW: Jones vs Toney
MW: Leonard vs Hgaler (i thought Marvin won but Leonard impressed me)
LMW: Hearns vs Duran
WW: Duran vs Leonard 1
LWW: Locche vs Fuji
LW: Duran vs DeJesus 3
SFW: Mayweather vs Corrales
FW: can think just now
SBW: Gomez vs Pintor
BW: Rose vs Harada
SFlW: Dont know enough from here down

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HW: Ali vs Williams
CW: Holyfield vs Qawi 2
LHW: ?
SMW: Jones vs Toney
MW: Leonard vs Hgaler (i thought Marvin won but Leonard impressed me)
LMW: Hearns vs Duran
WW: Duran vs Leonard 1
LWW: Locche vs Fuji
LW: Duran vs DeJesus 3
SFW: Mayweather vs Corrales
FW: can think just now
SBW: Gomez vs Pintor
BW: Rose vs Harada
SFlW: Dont know enough from here down

Gpater, have you ever seen Saad - Lopez # two? This should be one of the most famous fights in history-up there with hagler-hearns. There are few others that can match it for sheer violence and drama as well as a brutal ending. it is definitely a hall of fame fight yet all we see on ESB is talk of Leonard-benitez :-(

By the way, what did you think of Mancini-Kim, the fight that changed the sport of boxing?

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Gpater, I won't dissagree with your assessment of Leonard in the Hagler fight. The skills and combination punching were a thing of beauty, especially for the purists but for #1 at 160, there are a lot to choose from, most of them coming from Hagler himself (Hamsho 1, Minter)

I like to bring up Hagler because he fought like a vicious animal, the kind I fantasize about. I did like the ring technician but to see the return of the old Hagler displaying his fierce demonic wrath upon Hearns in front of a worldwide audience was a dream come true for me.

Robinson Lamotta is another good one, giving some idea of what the Robinson legend was about. A heavy hitting combination puncher able to take apart a heavier, slower opponent, eventually beating him into a shapeless mass of black and blue mush. :nut

[TBooze]

It all depends on your own definition of greatness, so mine would go:

Heavyweight: Louis/SchmelingII
Cruiserweight: Holyfield/QawiI
Light Heavyweight: Moore/DurelleI
Super Middleweight: Calzaghe/Lacy
Middleweight: Robinson/LaMottaVI
Junior Middleweight: Hearns/Duran
Welterweight: Leonard/HearnsI
Junior Welterweight: Benitez/Cervantes
Lightweight: Duran/DeJesusII
Junior Lightweight: Chavez/MayweatherI
Featherweight: Saddler/ElordeII
Junior Featherweight: Gomez/Zarate
Bantamweight: Zarate/Zamora
Junior Bantamweight: Roman/LaciarIII
Flyweight: Villa/Wilde
Junor Flyweight: Carbajal/GonzalesI

[GPater11093]

Gpater, I won't dissagree with your assessment of Leonard in the Hagler fight. The skills and combination punching were a thing of beauty, especially for the purists but for #1 at 160, there are a lot to choose from, most of them coming from Hagler himself (Hamsho 1, Minter)

I like to bring up Hagler because he fought like a vicious animal, the kind I fantasize about. I did like the ring technician but to see the return of the old Hagler displaying his fierce demonic wrath upon Hearns in front of a worldwide audience was a dream come true for me.

Robinson Lamotta is another good one, giving some idea of what the Robinson legend was about. A heavy hitting combination puncher able to take apart a heavier, slower opponent, eventually beating him into a shapeless mass of black and blue mush. :nut

Leonard was very good in that fight, that confirmed his greatness IMO.

Robinson vs LaMotta is a very close second i just edge it as i think Hagler is better. But Robinson performs slightly better so it almost even

Gpater, have you ever seen Saad - Lopez # two? This should be one of the most famous fights in history-up there with hagler-hearns. There are few others that can match it for sheer violence and drama as well as a brutal ending. it is definitely a hall of fame fight yet all we see on ESB is talk of Leonard-benitez :-(

By the way, what did you think of Mancini-Kim, the fight that changed the sport of boxing?

No i havent seen it, i had it on DVD and was going to watch it tonight and i put it in the machine and it dosent work, im gutted.

Mancini Kim was a great fight but a tradgedy a real shame. It caused the 12 round limit which i disagree with but thats in significant if it saves a boxers life

[JohnThomas1]

It all depends on your own definition of greatness, so mine would go:

Heavyweight: Louis/SchmelingII
Cruiserweight: Holyfield/QawiI
Light Heavyweight: Moore/DurelleI
Super Middleweight: Calzaghe/Lacy
Middleweight: Robinson/LaMottaVI
Junior Middleweight: Hearns/Duran
Welterweight: Leonard/HearnsI
Junior Welterweight: Benitez/Cervantes
Lightweight: Duran/DeJesusII
Junior Lightweight: Chavez/MayweatherI
Featherweight: Saddler/ElordeII
Junior Featherweight: Gomez/Zarate
Bantamweight: Zarate/Zamora
Junior Bantamweight: Roman/LaciarIII
Flyweight: Villa/Wilde
Junor Flyweight: Carbajal/GonzalesI

I tip my hat, that is a great assortment!

[mckay_89]

It all depends on your own definition of greatness, so mine would go:

Heavyweight: Louis/SchmelingII
Cruiserweight: Holyfield/QawiI
Light Heavyweight: Moore/DurelleI
Super Middleweight: Calzaghe/Lacy
Middleweight: Robinson/LaMottaVI
Junior Middleweight: Hearns/Duran
Welterweight: Leonard/HearnsI
Junior Welterweight: Benitez/Cervantes
Lightweight: Duran/DeJesusII
Junior Lightweight: Chavez/MayweatherI
Featherweight: Saddler/ElordeII
Junior Featherweight: Gomez/Zarate
Bantamweight: Zarate/Zamora
Junior Bantamweight: Roman/LaciarIII
Flyweight: Villa/Wilde
Junor Flyweight: Carbajal/GonzalesI

This is a solid list, one recent fight i think should be considered was Darchinyan-Mijares at 115. Vic dominated and KO'd a top 10 p4p fighter in a unification fight, pretty special performance if you ask me.