2 division top 10 fighters

[raf727]

Charley Burley at WW and MW.

charley was the man, green k



this is a tall order here, great thread. anyone i can think of has already been mentioned, greb, burley, etc etc. im interested to see what the rest of you boxing historians can come up with

[BennyST]

Besides the names mentioned I've got a longshot: Ray Leonard. Definetely top 10 WW. Question is if the Hagler win alone puts him in the top 10 at 160. I reckon it could be argued considering Hagler is top 3 all-time.

Nah....just too much talent at 160. It's among the deepest divisions with 135, and 147. I have seen a number of people put Duran in the top ten at 147, purely because he may have the greatest single win ever, along with a bunch of other great and good wins at 147 (Palomino, Brooks etc).

Otherwise Armstrong, Robinson, Ross, Moore, Charles, etc. etc.

[New England]

armstrong
robinson
charles

Edit : (forgot to actually put his name down)
evander holyfield
if you count cruiserweights you'll find some people making the argument to include him in their HW top ten, (not me, as much as i like the man)

and he's certainly the best CW ever.

[rorymac]

Armstrong
Charles
Bat mentioned Leonard, he's on the fence at MW in my opinion.

[IronDanHamza]

Besides the names mentioned I've got a longshot: Ray Leonard. Definetely top 10 WW. Question is if the Hagler win alone puts him in the top 10 at 160. I reckon it could be argued considering Hagler is top 3 all-time.

Nah, no way.

No way you could justify putting someone in the Top 10 at MW having just a single fight there.

The division is way too accomplished.

[Greatest1942]

Good thread. Something different.

Armstrong has an argument to be in the Top 10 of 3; Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight.

Greb - Middleweight & Light Heavyweight.

Hmm, tough question.

Would be much easier if you included all weight classes I.E Holyfield - CW & HW, Arguello 126 & 130, Ortiz 135 & 140, Hearns 147 & 154, etc etc

But Orginal 8 I think there's only a handful.

Billy Conn at middleweight and LHW. Has a legitimate claim, at both divisions. (MW top 10 is difficult I know).

SRR surely at middleweight and Welter.

Langfored at LHW and HW.

Gene Tunney is generally ranked in the top 10 in LHW and HW...part of which I don't agree with but he is ranked that way by a lot of credible people.

Duran at LW and WW maybe.

[raf727]

Billy Conn at middleweight and LHW. Has a legitimate claim, at both divisions. (MW top 10 is difficult I know).

SRR surely at middleweight and Welter.

Langfored at LHW and HW.

Gene Tunney is generally ranked in the top 10 in LHW and HW...part of which I don't agree with but he is ranked that way by a lot of credible people.

Duran at LW and WW maybe.

oh man why didnt i think of conn, im from pittsburgh for gods sake!


touche sir, touche

[NChristo]

Billy Conn at middleweight and LHW. Has a legitimate claim, at both divisions. (MW top 10 is difficult I know).

SRR surely at middleweight and Welter.

Langfored at LHW and HW.

Gene Tunney is generally ranked in the top 10 in LHW and HW...part of which I don't agree with but he is ranked that way by a lot of credible people.

Duran at LW and WW maybe.

Langford has a much stronger argument for top 10 MW then HW, can't see him top 10 HW myself.

[GJC]

Good topic, not sure as great as they were Charles and Conn squeak in at top 10 MW, he'll of a deep division. Tunney, Duran & Arguello probably suffer on time served in their 2nd best weight. For me you have SRR, Greb, Walker and Armstrong as nailed on. Armstrong might be a good argument for 3 top 10's, H2H I'd struggle to pick ten fighters that would definitely beat him at his 3 title weights.
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