who are the best fighters from these divisions from each era

[larry x]

heavyweight

lightheavyweight

middleweight

welterweight

lightweight

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000's

educate me fellas

[mickey malone]

HW = 1800's John L Sullivan, James J Corbett, Peter Jackson, Bob Fitzsimmons

Early 1900's = James J Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Tommy Burns, Sam Langford, Jess Willard

The 1920's = Harry Wills, Jack Dempsey, Joe Jeannette, Sam McVey, Tommy Gibbons

The 1930's = Max Schmelling, Jack Sharkey, Joe Louis, Primo Carnera, Max Baer, Jim Braddock

The 1940's = Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles

The 1950's = Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johanson..

The 1960's = Sonny Liston, Cassius Clay, Ernie Terrell

The 1970's = Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Ron Lyle

The 1980's = Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Tim Witherspoon, Greg Page, Michael Dokes

The 1990's = Rid**** Bowe, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Vitally Klitschko

Early 2000's = Lennox Lewis, Vitaly Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, John Ruiz, Nicoli Valuev

That's all I've got time for now.. If no one else responds, I'll do the rest later..

[larry x]

thanks for taking time out of your day to reply..thats a great list of heavies

[larry x]

shows you how great louis and clay/ali were..they were great in 2 decades a piece

[masta]

Welterweights

1960s - Emile Griffith, Curtis Cokes, Benny (Kid) Paret, Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Jose Napoles

1970s - Jose Napoles, Carlos Palomino, Hedgemon Lewis, Clyde Gray, John H. Stracey, Sugar Ray Leonard

1980s - Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Donald Curry, Marlon Starling, Simon Brown, Milton McCrory

1990s - Pernell Whitaker, Oscar de la Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Ike Quartey, Buddy McGirt

2000s - Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto, Zab Judah, Cory Spinks, Vernon Forrest, Antonio Margarito

[larry x]

Welterweights

1960s - Emile Griffith, Curtis Cokes, Benny (Kid) Paret, Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Jose Napoles

1970s - Jose Napoles, Carlos Palomino, Hedgemon Lewis, Clyde Gray, John H. Stracey, Sugar Ray Leonard

1980s - Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Donald Curry, Marlon Starling, Simon Brown, Milton McCrory

1990s - Pernell Whitaker, Oscar de la Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Ike Quartey, Buddy McGirt

2000s - Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto, Zab Judah, Cory Spinks, Vernon Forrest, Antonio Margarito

very informative..thanks for your time...these list will help me look up other fighters

[masta]

Middleweights

1960s - Paul Pender, **** Tiger, Nino Benvenuti, Emile Griffith, Joey Giardello, Gene Fullmer, Sandro Mazzinghi, Terry Downes

1970s - Carlos Monzon, Vito Antuofermo, Hugo Pastor Corro, Rodrigo Valdez, Emile Griffith, Marvin Hagler, Bennie Brisco

1980s - Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Sumbu Kalambay, Michael Nunn, Iran Barkley, Mike McCallum,

1990s - Bernard Hopkins, Julian Jackson, Gerald McClellan, Roy Jones Jr., James Toney, Michael Nunn, William Joppy

2000s - Bernard Hopkins, Kelly Pavlik, Jermain Taylor, Arthur Abraham, Felix Sturm, Winky Wright, William Joppy

[GJC]

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The 1940's = Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles

Bit light on the 40's Mickey, maybe Jimmy Bivins?
Oh and Joe Baksi of course

[larry x]

why didnt hopkins ever fight julian jackson??

[masta]

why didnt hopkins ever fight julian jackson??

My guess is that, by the time Hopkins started his middleweight title reign, Jackson was out of his prime. Pretty much done, as a fighter, actually.

Would've been a great fight, though.