The Top 50 Middleweights Of All Time - Results

[eagle]

I find Leonard at 20 and Hearns at 50 a bit strange, when they fought to a draw at MW.
I also find it strange how nearly all boxing lists have older fighters first. I ahve no doubt that Greb was a great fighter and he has a tremendous record, but the guy finished fighting in the 20's so how do any of the guys writing the list really know how good he was?
The other problem with these lists are do u go for best record or best fighter?

Example being that Hopkins had a better record than Jones at MW but Jones was the better fighter prime for prime. You could argue a prime Jones deserves to be top 3 cos he'd beat almost everyone on the list. You could also argue his career at MW was not that long and he should be far further down the list.

Hearns is a strange one cos you could argue that at his prime he could have beaten 40 of those 50 but his record at MW was not that great so maybe 50 is right?
These lists need to be more specific. You could do 2.
Best MW records of all time and Best MW fighters of all time, this list is a mixture of both.

[ICB]

Leonard vs Hearns 2 was at Super Middleweight not Middleweight, and i'll say it again Robinson's record at Middleweight in title fights is only like 8-6 or something like that if i remember right no way should Robinson be higher than Hagler or Monzon. And why is Jones Jr that high ?? i find that quite strange. The list for certain needs some work.

[eagle]

Leonard vs Hearns 2 was at Super Middleweight not Middleweight, and i'll say it again Robinson's record at Middleweight in title fights is only like 8-6 or something like that if i remember right no way should Robinson be higher than Hagler or Monzon. And why is Jones Jr that high ?? i find that quite strange. The list for certain needs some work.

In Hearns v Leonard 2 Leonard was 160 and Hearns was 162. Officially it was a SMW fight but both were closer to MW.

[BIG H]

Having SRR higher than Hagler and Monzon always confuses me. Didn't he lose the title 4 times at Middle, whereas others have reigned supreme? undoubtedtly the GOT p4p, but not at Middle for me!

[Scrap]

Wheres Les Darcy

[Otley]

Nigel Benn should be further up the chain, he beat McClellen and defended more times than most of the above.......Michael Watson should be on that list also....he beat Benn and ran McCallum and Eubank close in title fights.....I think Watson would have been a champion if not a great champion...in my oppinion

Job Biscuit (In my onions that is)!!!


eh eh!!

[BIG H]

I love Michael Watson, but I think he would always have just fallen short of being 'Great' The fight against McCallum being case in point, at that level he was taken to bits

[ICB]

Nigel Benn should be further up the chain, he beat McClellen and defended more times than most of the above.......Michael Watson should be on that list also....he beat Benn and ran McCallum and Eubank close in title fights.....I think Watson would have been a champion if not a great champion...in my oppinion

Job Biscuit (In my onions that is)!!!


eh eh!!

Nigel Benn beat Gerald McClellan at Super Middleweight not Middleweight, remember Gerald McClellan moved up in weight to fight Benn, Michael Watson never gave McCallum a close fight. He took a sustained beating and was totally out classed in that fight, the KO was brutal as well because McCallum actually got momentum into his punch when Watson bounced off the ropes. I think Watson beat Eubank in the 1st fight and was outclassing him in the 2nd fight, but close fights that you lost should not rank you higher IMO. BIG H i agree look at my statement above Robinson was only like 8-6 in Middleweight title fights, he was too hot and cold to be rated higher than Monzon or Hagler who dominated the Middleweight division for years.