MICKEY WALKER
Lightest weight: 139
Heaviest weight: 174
Weight span: 35
Weight classes competed in: welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight
Best opponents at welterweight: Jack Britton (UD 15, L 12 “newspaper decision”), Lew Tendler (UD 10)
Best opponents at middleweight: Harry Greb (L 15), Tiger Flowers (UD 10), Young Corbett III (L 10), Mike McTigue (UD 12 “newspaper decision”), Ace Hudkins (SD 10, UD 10)
Best opponents at light heavyweight: Tommy Loughran (L 10), Maxie Rosenbloom (L 15, UD 10), Paul Berlenbach (UD 10), McTigue (TKO 1)
Best opponents at heavyweight: Jack Sharkey (D 15), Max Schmeling (KO by, Paolino Uzcudun (UD 10), and King Levinsky (UD 10).
JIMMY MCLARNIN
Lightest weight: 112
Heaviest weight: 147
Weight span: 35
Weight classes competed in: flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight
Best opponent at flyweight: Fidel Labara (UD 10, UD 4, D 4)
Best opponent at featherweight: Pancho Villa (W 10)
Best opponents at lightweight: Sammy Mandell (L 15), Sid Terris (KO 1), Al Singer (KO 3), Luis Kaplan (KO
Best opponent at junior welterweight: Al Singer (KO 3)
Best opponents at welterweight: Barney Ross (SD 15, L 15, L15), Tony Canzoneri (UD 10, L 10), Benny Leonard (TKO 6), Lou Ambers (UD 10), Young Corbett III (TKO 1), Mandell (UD 10, UD 10), Lou Brouillard (L 10), Billy Petrolle (UD 10, UD 10, L 10), Ruby Goldstein (KO 2)
OSCAR DE LA HOYA
Lightest weight: 128
Heaviest weight: 160
Weight span: 32
Weight classes competed in: junior lightweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight, junior middleweight, and middleweight.
Best opponents at junior lightweight: Jimmi Bredahl (TKO 10), Giorgio Campanella (TKO 3)
Best opponents at lightweight: Genaro Hernandez (TKO 6), Rafael Ruelas (TKO 2), James Leija (TKO 2), Juan “John John” Molina (UD 12), Jorge Paez (TKO 2), Troy Dorsey (TKO 1)
Best opponents at junior welterweight: Julio Cesar Chavez (TKO 4), Miguel Angel Gonzalez (UD 12)
Best fought at welterweight: Pernell Whitaker (UD 12), Manny Pacquiao (TKO by, Felix Trinidad (L 12), Shane Mosley (L 12), Ike Quartey (SD 12), Chavez (TKO
, Hector Camacho (UD 12), Oba Carr (TKO 11), Wilfredo Rivera (TKO
, Arturo Gatti (TKO 5)
Best opponents at junior middleweight: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L 12), Fernando Vargas (TKO 11), Mosley (L 12), Ricardo Mayorga (TKO 6), Javier Castillo (UD 12), Yory Boy Campas (TKO 7)
Best opponents at middleweight: Bernard Hopkins (TKO by 9), Felix Sturm (UD 12)
MIKE MCCALLUM
Lightest weight: 150
Heaviest weight: 182
Weight span: 32
Weight classes competed in: junior middleweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and cruiserweight.
Best opponents at junior middleweight: Donald Curry (KO 5), Julian Jackson (TKO 2), Milton McCrory (TKO 10), Ayub Kalule (TKO 7), Sean Mannion (UD 15), Luigi Minchillo (TKO 13)
Best opponents at middleweight: James Toney (Draw 12, L 12), Sumbu Kalambay (L 12, SD 12), Steve Collins (UD 12), Michal Watson (KO 11), Herol Graham (SD 12)
Best opponents at light heavyweight: Roy Jones Jr. (L 12), Jeff Harding (L 12), Fabrice Tiozzo (L 12)
Best opponents at cruiserweight: Toney (L 12)
HONORABLE MENTION:
Henry Armstrong -- the all-time great three-division champ fought from 120-148 pounds (a 28-pound span), taking on Petey Sarron (KO 6), Baby Arizmendi (L 10, L 12), Midget Wolgast (UD 10), and Rodolfo “Baby” Casanova (KO 3, LF 4) at featherweight; Lou Ambers (SD 15, L 15), Beau Jack (L 10), Albert “Chalky” Wright (TKO 3), Mike Belloise (KO 4, UD 10), Pete DeGrasse (KO 10), and Tony Chavez (TKO 1, KO 10) at lightweight; Sugar Ray Robinson (L 10), Barney Ross (UD 15), Fritzie Zivic (L 15, TKO’d 12), Sammy Angott (UD 10), Lew Jenkins (TKO 6, TKO, and Juan Zurita (KO 2) at welterweight; and Ceferino Garcia (Draw 10) at middleweight.
Tony Canzoneri -- the all-time great three-division champ fought from 117-143 pounds (a 26-pound span), taking on Bud Taylor (Draw 10, L 10) at bantamweight; Johnny Dundee (UD 15) and Benny Bass (SD 15) at featherweight; Lou Ambers (UD 15, L 15, L 15), Jackie “Kid” Berg (KO 3, UD 15, L 10), Kid Chocolate (KO 2, SD 15), Baby Arizmendi (UD 10), Sammy Mandell (L 10), Al Singer (KO 1, D 10), Billy Petrolle (UD 15, L 10) and Frankie Klick (TKO 9 UD 10) at lightweight; Barney Ross (L 15, L 10), and Johnny Jadick (UD 10, L 10) at junior welterweight; and Jimmy McLarnin (UD 10, L 10) at welterweight.
Sugar Ray Leonard -- The five-division titleholder and hall of famer fought from 141-165 pounds (a 24-pound span), taking on Roberto Duran (L15, TKO, Thomas Hearns (TKO 14), Wilfredo Benitez (TKO 15), Randy Shields (UD 10), Andy Price (KO 1), Armando Muniz (TKO 6) and Pete Ran zany (TKO 4) at welterweight; Terry Norris (L 12), and Ayub Kalule (TKO 9) at junior middleweight; Marvelous Marvin Hagler (SD 12), Duran (UD 12), and Hector Camacho (TKO by 5); and Hearns (Draw 12) and Donny Lalonde (TKO 9) at super middleweight.
Pernell Whitaker -- The four-division titleholder and hall-of-famer fought from 134-155 pounds (21-pound span), taking on Azumah Nelson (UD 12), Jose Luis Ramirez (UD 12, L 12), Roger Mayweather (UD 12), Greg Haugen (UD 12), Freddie Pendleton (UD 12), and Jorge Paez (UD 12) at lightweight; Rafael Pineda (UD 12) and Harold Brazier (UD 12) at junior welterweight; Julio Cesar Chavez (Draw 12), Felix Trinidad (L 12), Oscar De La Hoya (L 12), and Buddy McGirt (UD 12, UD 12) at welterweight, and Julio Cesar Vazquez (UD 12) at junior middleweight.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- The five-division titleholder has fought from 129-150 pounds (21-pound span), and taken on Genaro Hernandez (TKO, Diego Corrales (TKO 10), Jesus Chavez (TKO 9), Carlos Hernandez (UD 12), Gregorio “Goyo” Vargas (UD 12), and Angel Manfredy (TKO 2) at junior lightweight; Jose Luis Castillo (UD 12, UD 12), Victoriano Sosa (UD 12), and Philip Ndou (TKO 7) at lightweight; Arturo Gatti (TKO 6) and DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley (UD 12) at junior welterweight; Shane Mosley (UD 12), Zab Judah (UD 12), Ricky Hatton (TKO 10), Carlos Baldomir (UD 12), and Sharmba Mitchell (TKO 6) at welterweight; and Oscar De La Hoya (SD 12) at junior middleweight.
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