The Greatest Lightweights of All Time

[VictorCharlie]

I always thought DLH was one of the most dominant LW's I've ever seen

[Taeth]

Explain that again

That Chavez and alot of those guys could never corner or hit Pernell or Mayweather... Meldrick Taylor had quick hands, but not the fastest footwork or reflexes thats what did him in... also a relatively weak jaw.

[bigragu]

I think we may have done this before, but it's not one of the divisions that comes up much, so thought it would be interesting to see what Britkid everybody thinks

Some of these may have not been prime at the weight (Chavez and Arguello for eg) but have put them in my list anyway.

1. Roberto Duran
2. Benny Leonard
3. Julio Cesar Chavez
4 Tony Canzoneri
5 Alexis Arguello
6 Joe Gans
7 Ike Willlaims
8 Beau Jack
9 Lou Ambers
10 Shane Mosely

we just did this post like 2 weeks ago.....

[BIG H]

I think we may have done this before, but it's not one of the divisions that comes up much, so thought it would be interesting to see what Britkid everybody thinks

Some of these may have not been prime at the weight (Chavez and Arguello for eg) but have put them in my list anyway.

1. Roberto Duran
2. Benny Leonard
3. Julio Cesar Chavez
4 Tony Canzoneri
5 Alexis Arguello
6 Joe Gans
7 Ike Willlaims
8 Beau Jack
9 Lou Ambers
10 Shane Mosely

we just did this post like 2 weeks ago.....

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And thanks for your input

[BIG H]

I think we may have done this before, but it's not one of the divisions that comes up much, so thought it would be interesting to see what Britkid everybody thinks

Some of these may have not been prime at the weight (Chavez and Arguello for eg) but have put them in my list anyway.

1. Roberto Duran
2. Benny Leonard
3. Julio Cesar Chavez
4 Tony Canzoneri
5 Alexis Arguello
6 Joe Gans
7 Ike Willlaims
8 Beau Jack
9 Lou Ambers
10 Shane Mosely

Haha, I read the topic title as light heavyweight and when I saw Duran uptop my eyes nearly popped out of my head.

Anyways...

Duran, Leonard are a must at the top imo and I think that they are interchangable. Anyways, I have a few questions about the list.

Why is Canzoneri above Ambers? Ambers beat Canzo twice I beleive and ended up with the more impressive record.
Why is JCC rated at lightweight? Didn't most of his title victories take place at 129 and 140? The only times I remember him fighting at 135 was against Aguilar, so why is he rated at 135?
Why is Ike Williams outside the top 5 in favor of the rest of those guys?


With just those couple questions, I think it's a pretty good list. I love the inclusion of Joe Gans (as will Britkid I'm sure ) and Arguello. Good list, takes a lot of courage to make one of those, I've made a couple but I always end up poking holes in it myself and end up not posting. Hard work have a

Good points mate - I put Chavez in coz much like Arguello I would usually put him in Super Feather, but still think he deserves to get in on the lightweight list - Should've put sweet P on there to be fair - always miss someone Probably could've had Carlos Ortiz aswell.

I put Canzoneri ahead of Ambers, basically coz he one their first bout - and he he was already a veteran of about 140 fights at that stage and a lot older than the Prime Ambers and possibly had better opposition and more title fights. But to be honest my whole list (apart from the 1st 2) is completely subjective and could be interchangable

[Scrap]

To say Chavez had no head movement taeth, have you ever seen him. Boxers like him and Duran got by with econemy of movement and not getting hit. They moved the head when they had to or were feinting. Its very rare you saw them miss, at there best they inspired. As Brit says as a Lightweight he was remarkable, I would say his best period, He was a joy to watch, as near to perfect as Ive seen.