*~* Shake's G-O-A-T Welterweight Tournament *~* Nominate!

[Shake]

How his works:

You can nominate three fighters -- nominations will influence seeding. The sixteen fighters with the most nominations will make the bracket, and will square off in four round robins (best 2 advance) before eight fighters enter a semi-random knockout phase. The winner is decided by a 24-48 hour voting period in which everyone can participate.

After this tournament is concluded I'll consider doing other weights. For now, nominate your three welterweights to contend for the title of Greatest Welterweight of All-Time.

Note: Any fighter that has ever fought at welterweight, even one match, is eligeable, but the fact that he may not be at his best weight will be mentioned and must be taken into consideration by voters.

!yawa etanimoN

[McGrain]

Nice.

Charley Burley
Sugar Ray Robinson
Ted "Kid" Lewis

[Manassa]

Luis Rodriguez
Carmen Basilio
Mickey Walker

[jonesjrp4p1]

srr
pbf (like to see what other people nominate him)
srl

[rekcutnevets]

Ray Leonard
Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong

[SgrRyLeonard]

Sugar Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Sugar Ray Leonard

[cross_trainer]

Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey
Tom Sayers (at 147)

[DaveTheWave]

Robinson
Leonard
Hearns

I can't see any other welters beating these men, and I won't hear otherwise. No way Armstrong could have dealt with any of these guys... Noone else either. PBF? I'll pretend I didn't read that...

[Shake]

UPDATE

Sugar Ray Robinson (5)
Sugar Ray Leonard (4)
Henry Armstrong (2)
Charley Burley
Ted "Kid" Lewis
Luis Rodriguez
Carmen Basilio
Mickey Walker
Floyd Mayweather
Barbados Joe Walcott
Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey
Tom Sayers
Thomas Hearns
Pernell Whitaker
Kid Gavilan
Jose Napoles

[mcvey]

How his works:

You can nominate three fighters -- nominations will influence seeding. The sixteen fighters with the most nominations will make the bracket, and will square off in four round robins (best 2 advance) before eight fighters enter a semi-random knockout phase. The winner is decided by a 24-48 hour voting period in which everyone can participate.

After this tournament is concluded I'll consider doing other weights. For now, nominate your three welterweights to contend for the title of Greatest Welterweight of All-Time.

Note: Any fighter that has ever fought at welterweight, even one match, is eligeable, but the fact that he may not be at his best weight will be mentioned and must be taken into consideration by voters.

!yawa etanimoN
Jack Britton
Jimmy Mclarnin
Ted Kid Lewis.

[Duodenum]

1) Sugar Ray Robinson

2) Roberto Duran (Beat SRL in Montreal. How could Cholo be excluded?)

3) Benny Leonard (Deliberately got himself disqualified when he had Jack Britton knocked out for the WW Title. Handled Britton far more easily than Mickey Walker did. Britton took the 12 round newspaper decision in his first match with Walker.)

[Shake]

I'll put in my own nominations for:

Roberto Duran
Thomas Hearns
Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I like different styles. They probably won't all make it, though. :D

[sweet_scientist]

Barney Ross
Jimmy McLarnin
Wilfred Benitez

(All three make my top 16)

I'd like to see Billy Graham up there, very underrated fighter. Doubt it will happen, so I'll stick to the three above who are more likely to make it. :good

[Senya13]

SRR
Kid Gavilan
Barney Ross

[Sonny's jab]

Sugar Ray Robinson
Joe Walcott
Kid Gavilan

[dmt]

Kid Gavilan
Emile Griffith
Jose Napoles

[Shake]

Sugar Ray Robinson ( 8 )
Sugar Ray Leonard (4)
Kid Gavilan (4)

Henry Armstrong (2)
Jimmy Mclarnin (2)
Roberto Duran (2)
Ted "Kid" Lewis (2)
Barney Ross (2)
Jose Napoles (2)
Thomas Hearns (2)
Floyd Mayweather (2)
Barbados Joe Walcott (2)

Charley Burley
Luis Rodriguez
Carmen Basilio
Mickey Walker
Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey
Tom Sayers
Pernell Whitaker
Jack Britton
Benny Leonard
Wilfred Benitez
Emile Griffith

[Holmes' Jab]

Sugar Ray Leonard
Henry Armstrong
Pernell Whitaker

[Raggamuffin]

Wilfred Benitez
Thomas Hearns
Mickey Walker

[JohnThomas1]

Hearns
Benitez
Curry

[Dempsey1238]

Ross
Walker
Jack Brittion

[unitas]

robinson
leonard
hearns

[Manassa]

Let's get some more votes for Basilio!

[Duodenum]

Hearns
Benitez
CurryI really like those last two choices. (Yeah, Bruce Curry really gave Benitez hell at WW!):nut:smoke:hat:rasta

[scartissue]

Robinson
Duran
Armstrong

Scartissue

[TBooze]

My top three are the top three seeds, so I will nominate three fighters who should be in the 16.

Felix Trinidad

Oscar de la Hoya

Fritzie Zivic

Cannot believe none of them have been nominated...

Pipino Cuevas deserves a mention; ditto Palomino hint, hint:hey

[Minotauro]

Jose Napoles
Wilfred Benitez
Barbados Joe Walcott

[Doc McCoy]

I really like those last two choices. (Yeah, Bruce Curry really gave Benitez hell at WW!):nut:smoke:hat:rasta

Curry owned Benitez in their first fight.

[Nemesis]

Griffith
Whittaker
Curry

[buzzsaw]

Sugar Ray Leonard
Pipino Cuevas
Carlos Palomino

[TBooze]

Sugar Ray Leonard
Pipino Cuevas
Carlos Palomino

:good

[Boro chris]

John H Stracey
LLoyd Honeyghan
Pernell Whitaker

The two brits are up there coz I'm as biased as hell!

[Duodenum]

Curry owned Benitez in their first fight.Damn straight!

[Duodenum]

Griffith
Whittaker
CurryWow, yet another nomination for Bruce Curry!

[brownpimp88]

mcgirt
curry
trinidad

[Stonehands89]

Robinson
Leonard
Hearns

I can't see any other welters beating these men, and I won't hear otherwise. No way Armstrong could have dealt with any of these guys... Noone else either. PBF? I'll pretend I didn't read that...

DURAN.
Basilio.
Bummy Davis.

... just to keep things interesting.

[Dempsey1238]

And Barney Ross can beat em also.

[McGrain]

I would like to alert everybody to the fact that Burley has only been nominated once.

[codeman99998]

well, like some others, I'm not going to pick my top 3 WWs because, frankly, at this point they are probably locks. So, I'm going to pick three that I want to see in the mix.

Oscar
Floyd
Leonard (yeah, even though he is probably already a definite, just gotta make sure)

[Drew101]

Since most of my favorite welterweights have already been mentioned...

Luis Rodriguez
Curtis Cokes
Kid Azteca

[Shake]

Nominations end in 10 hours.

[Dempsey1238]

can I vote for Ross again. Come on people we need MORE votes for Ross.

[Doc McCoy]

Sugar Ray Robinson
Jose Angel Napoles
Sugar Ray Leonard

[SchweitzerMan]

Thomas Hearns
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard

[Shake]

Sugar Ray Robinson (11)

Sugar Ray Leonard (9)

Thomas Hearns (5)

Kid Gavilan (4)
Wilfred Benitez (4)
Roberto Duran (4)
Jose Napoles (4)
Henry Armstrong (4)

Barney Ross (3)
Floyd Mayweather (3)
Barbados Joe Walcott (3)
Mickey Walker (3)
Curry (3)
Pernell Whitaker (3)

Jimmy Mclarnin (2)
Ted "Kid" Lewis (2)
Carmen Basilio (2)
Jack Britton (2)
Emile Griffith (2)
Felix Trinidad (2)
Oscar de la Hoya (2)

Benny Leonard
Charley Burley
Luis Rodriguez
Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey
Tom Sayers
Fritzie Zivic
Pipino Cuevas
Carlos Palomino
John H Stracey
LLoyd Honeyghan
Mcgirt
Bummy Davis
Luis Rodriguez
Curtis Cokes
Kid Azteca

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BOLD: These fighters have qualified for the tournament.
ITALICS: These fighters are in a special sudden death round to determine which two will make the tournament.
NORMAL FONT: These fighters did not make it.

Thanks for participating!

[Doc McCoy]

Are we talking Bruce Curry or Don Curry. . . . or vindaloo?

[George W Hedge]

Ray Leonard
Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong

sounds about right.

Never seen armstrong fight but on rep alone should probably be there.

srr & srl are the 2 best Ive seen.

:good