THE BEST LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT OF ALL TIME WAS....

[TheBESTP4P]

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how did u get his name to flame like that? thats cool

[DaxxKahn]

I have to say if Spinks was to go with any of them prime for prime my money is on Michael

[DarkDestroyer]

A great toss up but i also have to go with Charles but Spinks and Moore are very close

[Scrap]

Dax Spinks is my number 2 I like him I remember him winning Gold as a 17 year old always been a fan.

[DaxxKahn]

Dax Spinks is my number 2 I like him I remember him winning Gold as a 17 year old always been a fan.

He wasn't a knockout artist or flashy but as a light heavyweight the guy was impossible to beat....Archie Moore is also up there...I don't count jones to be honest in the top of the ladder due to the fact he fought limited comp...When Spinks,,Moore,,Charles,,,Billy Conn ect fought those guys faced top comp each time out and came up on top so they get my nod first....

Not that I don't think Jones is not an over all great fighter but I more or less count all of Jones achievements...4 division titles ect

[Tito BHB]

I dont know about the jones jr situation..

As far as it goes.. Light heavy lacks legends..

Now thats not bs..Its true..When you think of the legends there have been..They are prime time legends no doubt..But no where near the amount of say welterweights or middlwieghts..

My opinion is..Jones is best at supermiddle.. And a legendary fighter..

He MIGHT..be the best lightheavy..But thats not him at his best.. But the competition at middle and super middle is too steep to just say.. That jones jr is the best middle or supermiddle.. So he is rated higher at light heavy.. Its a strange way of thinking i know..

[LegendBoxing65]

Bob Foster, Ezzard Charles,Michael Spinks,Virgil Hill,

[headson]

where dick tiger fabrice tiozzo and dariusz michalczewswski there were good at lght heavy
there are 9 great legends in this weight divisions
the most popular are rjj & billy coon
micheal spinks light hvy opponets wernt the best
rjj the best in his era and had to much of a better boxer than the other light heavy weight also becoming the first undisputed light hvy champ

rjj is the best

[Bookkeeper]

If this was the year 2017 people would say Roy Jones, but his legacy is to fresh and many people will give other names. In time RJJ's legend will grow out of hand along with others

[LegendBoxing65]

If this was the year 2017 people would say Roy Jones, but his legacy is to fresh and many people will give other names. In time RJJ's legend will grow out of hand along with others

That might be so, but the fact is he does not have a signature fight at lightheavyweight like Spinks or Charles have. Even Virgil Hill does not have a signature fight... That is why Virgil and Roy might come out on the bad end here. But Roy was great and in a way so was Virgil in a different way.

[Bookkeeper]

If this was the year 2017 people would say Roy Jones, but his legacy is to fresh and many people will give other names. In time RJJ's legend will grow out of hand along with others

That might be so, but the fact is he does not have a signature fight at lightheavyweight like Spinks or Charles have. Even Virgil Hill does not have a signature fight... That is why Virgil and Roy might come out on the bad end here. But Roy was great and in a way so was Virgil in a different way.

I guess your right. The biggest victory was the onslaught of James Toney but that was at 168. I alway's wanted him to fight Jirov and Milecowitz when they were undefeated. You must admit that Montel Griffin was undefeated at his peak when he smashed him.

[Galaxy]

I feel Charles was the best LH ever as well, though if he & Jones Jr were to fight over 15 rds in their primes I'd pick Jones to win a SD

[SEANIE]

Good one Seanie but i think if Roy Jones Jr were to face him and some of others that have been mentioned Jones would win but in what they have achieved Archie Moore and Bob Foster are right up there with Charles and its debatable which one really has achieved most at Light Heavy.

CHARLES beat MOORE 3 out of 3 at light heavyweight

[Canvasback]

CHARLES beat MOORE 3 out of 3 at light heavyweight
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True, Charles beat Moore 3 times, but a lot of guys dodged Moore and he did not get a title shot until he was 39 yrs. old. Moore's record shows that he beat a lot of top ten guys and future hall of famers. Joey Maxim, Nino Valdez, Harold Johnson, Yvon Durrelle, Jimmy Bivins, Teddy Yarosz to name a few. He retired in 1963 with a win over Mike DiBiase at the age of 50. He lost to Cassius Clay at age 49 and retired with an overall record of 183-24-10 with 131 KO's. He fought from 1936 until 1963. Not many guys today have that kind of longevity.

[BoomBoom]

Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore,Bob Foster were all great. Jose Torres wasnt bad either