Who is the best 154 pounder of all time and why?

**DaxxKahn** · 02-17-2008 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by sexyboxer

but i do think norris was best at light middleweight>?
i think hagler would of eaten him up like pacman

norris had abit of supect chin, look what simon brown did to him

The question was not what what would Hagler do to him at LMW...especially since Hagler never fought at LMW....Norris may of had a suspect chin but so have a lot of ATG's..

Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis, to name a few...but no one would say they are not worthy of ATG status because of it

**chantelle** · 02-17-2008 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

The question was not what what would Hagler do to him at LMW...especially since Hagler never fought at LMW....Norris may of had a suspect chin but so have a lot of ATG's..

Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis, to name a few...but no one would say they are not worthy of ATG status because of it

im not saying if they fought at light middle weight as any one knows that hagler only fought at middle weight , im saying terry norris was best at light middleweight not middleweight so therefore hagler is the best 154 pounder

**DaxxKahn** · 02-17-2008 06:42 PM

154lbs is the light middleweight limit....So no Hagler is not the best 154lbr....You have a strong case for middleweight...160lbs

**RozzySean** · 02-17-2008 07:31 PM

Norris, McCallum, Hearns, and Tito. I may give the nod to Norris because stayed in the division so long.

**Master** · 02-17-2008 09:24 PM

Wiz is right If Tery Norris was the best light middle then he would not have lost to Julian Jackson, nor Simon Brown or the guy he kept on getting disqualified too. He was very talented and a joy to watch but for consistancy it has to be McCallum who beat Julian Jackson, and for devastation it was Hearns and Tito.

**OumaFan** · 02-17-2008 09:30 PM

I think its between Hearns and McCallum. I guess I'll go with Hearns, he was at his best there and wins over Benitez and Duran (especially the way he did it) are enough for me even though he didn't stay there that long.

Norris is one of my all time favorites but its just how you look at it, if you're looking for longevity than maybe him or Wink but Norris didn't have the same caliber of wins as Hearns.

Sort of off topic but how do these fighters match up? I think Hearns and McCallum both beat Norris. McCallum beats Winky, not even sure how Hearns-Winky would go, would probably favor Hearns. Some interesting matchups.

ICB · 02-19-2008 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by OumaFan

I think its between Hearns and McCallum. I guess I'll go with Hearns, he was at his best there and wins over Benitez and Duran (especially the way he did it) are enough for me even though he didn't stay there that long.

Norris is one of my all time favorites but its just how you look at it, if you're looking for longevity than maybe him or Wink but Norris didn't have the same caliber of wins as Hearns.

Sort of off topic but how do these fighters match up? I think Hearns and McCallum both beat Norris. McCallum beats Winky, not even sure how Hearns-Winky would go, would probably favor Hearns. Some interesting matchups.

Norris beat some very good fighters at 154.

Meldrick Taylor
John Mugabi
Donald Curry
Sugar Ray Leonard
Buster Drayton
Maurice Blocker
Simon Brown

It depends on the way you see it, Hearns did have the better wins against Benitez, Duran, better than any wins Norris had. But Hearns wasn't at Jr Middleweight long and Norris overall beat a lot of solid opposition and longevity wise its no contest, but like i said it depends on how you look at it.