Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
Define this term p4p. What does it mean?
THAT is of course the essential question. What it mean in Robinson's time was something like the following "If all fighters brought their natural gifts and acquired skills into one weight division? Who would be the champion?"

In other words in ANY comparison, Ray Robinson was a VERY tall welter, so he'd be a VERY tall light heavy (6'3?) or a very tall feather (5'9?) and given he was a legendary puncher at 147, he'd be a legendary (Foster-like) puncher at 175 or a legendary (Saddler-like) puncher at feather. Etc. Etc. Etc.

In today's terms, for example, I could readily see the 130 pound Manny P. (had he progressed technically to where he is today) being p4p #1. What I just cannot see is a short, unmdersized welterweight being p4p #1.

But I think your point may be that today we lack a common definition and I'd have to agree with that.