Thread: HOFers or "Greats" in one weight class...

1970s - Heavyweights - Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton (I don't think Norton and Foreman ever met).

1980s - Welter/Middleweight - Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran.

1990s/2000s - Welterweight - Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, Shane Mosley (Mosley and Trinidad never fought)

2000s - Feather/Jr. Lightweight - Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao (Morales and Marquez never fought. IMAGINE IF NAZ STUCK AROUND TO ADD HIS NAME TO THIS ERA!??!!?)

Anyone else have other era's or other staples of fighters to add to this list? But also, just to start up conversation, I'm wondering where everyone ranks these groups in the aspects of EXCITEMENT, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, SHOCK FACTOR, COMPETITIVENESS, or other aspects you can think of.

Originally Posted by caleoh12

1970s - Heavyweights - Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton (I don't think Norton and Foreman ever met).

1980s - Welter/Middleweight - Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran.

1990s/2000s - Welterweight - Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, Shane Mosley (Mosley and Trinidad never fought)

2000s - Feather/Jr. Lightweight - Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao (Morales and Marquez never fought. IMAGINE IF NAZ STUCK AROUND TO ADD HIS NAME TO THIS ERA!??!!?)

Anyone else have other era's or other staples of fighters to add to this list? But also, just to start up conversation, I'm wondering where everyone ranks these groups in the aspects of EXCITEMENT, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, SHOCK FACTOR, COMPETITIVENESS, or other aspects you can think of.

George Foreman KOED Ken Norton in 2 rounds

Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Originally Posted by caleoh12

1970s - Heavyweights - Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton (I don't think Norton and Foreman ever met).

1980s - Welter/Middleweight - Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran.

1990s/2000s - Welterweight - Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, Shane Mosley (Mosley and Trinidad never fought)

2000s - Feather/Jr. Lightweight - Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao (Morales and Marquez never fought. IMAGINE IF NAZ STUCK AROUND TO ADD HIS NAME TO THIS ERA!??!!?)

Anyone else have other era's or other staples of fighters to add to this list? But also, just to start up conversation, I'm wondering where everyone ranks these groups in the aspects of EXCITEMENT, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, SHOCK FACTOR, COMPETITIVENESS, or other aspects you can think of.

George Foreman KOED Ken Norton in 2 rounds

You are right! Foreman and Norton did fight. REP for correcting me...

Todays welters may well be looked back upon as a great era.

Mosely, PBF, Cotto, Hatton, maybe DLH if he wants to fight at 147.
Add to that Cintron, Margarito, Clottey, Judah, pretty stacked really

Originally Posted by eagle

Todays welters may well be looked back upon as a great era.

Mosely, PBF, Cotto, Hatton, maybe DLH if he wants to fight at 147.
Add to that Cintron, Margarito, Clottey, Judah, pretty stacked really

Mosley, Floyd, Cotto, and possibly Hatton are considered IMO future Hall-of-Famers but there are only two fights that came out of those four fighters. AND Hatton is really too small for these guys and I don't see him fighting anyone else at this weight.

De La Hoya is too far to make 147 anymore so I don't think he would be in the picture of this group.

Cintron, Margarito, Clottey, and Judah IMO are fighters who won't be remembered anywhere near the same way as Mosley, Floyd, Cotto, and Hatton.

Between today's welterweight division, the names that will eventually become categorized as the other ERAs are Mosley, Cotto, Floyd, and Judah, considering there is another fight between either Mosley vs Floyd vs Cotto. Without that fight, it won't really match up to the others IMO...

Sorry maybe i missed something but i don't really understand what you want us to do bro care to explain ??