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Lightweights
Joe Gans
Roberto Duran
Willie Pep
Benny Leonard
Light Welterweights
Aaron Pryor
Kostya Tszyu
Floyd Mayweather
Welterweight
Henry Armstrong
Actually never mind 147- quit a few would here
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Jose Luis Ramirez battered him in his prime.I cant believe that one American judges scorecard, what fight was he watching?
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Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Shane Mosley at lightweight or welterweight, Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran, maybe Aaaron Pryor and Alexis Arguello.
Only the best of the best.
Oh and Ricky Hatton of course![]()
"You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"
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In baseball they say great pitching beats great hitting. Likewise the great defensive backpeddler with speed generally has the advantage over the big punching forward-coming fighter.
So, I think the most likely candidate to beat Sweet Pea would be his fellow defensive artist, PBF. Meldrick Taylor in has prime would've been an interesting test. His speed might have caused trouble for Sweet Pea.
If sugar ray could outbox duran, I think Sweat Pea could too. Chavez is the test case there and even though Duran had superior movement and defense to Chavez, I doubt he could get to Sweat Pea.
SRL however was also a great boxer and had more power. He was a natural WW and would've had the height and reach advantage, so ultimately you have to go with him. Ditto for Hearns but with these two the real differnce is size. Mayweather and Meldrick were more in Seat Pea's natural range.
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Mayweather, Leonard and Hearns I would favor to beat Whitaker.
I don't think he's the greatest, but I think he's up there, as he should be. Just like RJJ should as well. It's ignorant people who think guys who they have barely seen in their lives are way better that should have their heads' checked. Most people have a p4p list who consist of guys who largely were never filmed in full bouts and nearly never near their prime yet they idolize them to no limit. Like Ray Robinson, there isn't enough full fights when he was at his best against his best opponents to really establish how good he was. Let alone Wille Pep, Benny Leonard, Sam Langford, Henry Armstrong, etc, etc. People hypothisize here and there, but they really don't know how these guys actually looked in the ring at their best. And the guys like Leonard, Hagler, Ali, and Duran are so insurmountable in the minds of some that a guy could far vastly outachieve what any of them did like Pacquiao has done, and still all these new guys get is hate from people like ElTerribleMorales
Just for example, just ask who is better Hopkins or Hagler, or who has the better legacy. JCC or guys like Barrera, Morales and/or JMM. I think in a few years time people will realize who has actually done more than who.
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