May Madness - Middleweights

[cple]

There are a LOT more deserving middleweights than Leonard, Duran, and Trinidad.

[Brassangel]

I only named a few; there's still room for about 40 more.

[butterfly1964]

so brassangel, when is it gonna get started?

[Brassangel]

Given the low participation from the spectators (since I wanted this to be a viewer driven tournament), I can't say I am certain as to when it will get started. Hopefully soon.

[K-DOGG]

Maybe some posters aren't as confident in their knowledge of middleweights as they are of the "glamor division".



Ps.....That's a challenge boys. C'mon, let's do this thing!! Some of the best fighters who ever lived weighed around 160.

[Brassangel]

Let's do it; I'll even cut it to 32. Top 32 at 160 lbs.

[Yogi]

Brass, are you looking for some ratings or something like that?

[Yogi]

If so, here's a quick ranking off the top of my head;

1. Harry Greb
2. Sugar Ray Robinson
3. Carlos Monzon
4. Marvin Hagler
5. Stanley Ketchel
6. Bob Fitzsimmons
7. Mickey Walker
8. Charley Burley
9. Jake LaMotta
10. Sam Langford ***
11. Bernard Hopkins
12. Tony Zale
13. Tiger Flowers
14. Marcel Cerdan
15. Gene Fullmer
16. Freddie Steele
17. **** Tiger
18. Kid McCoy
19. Holman Williams
20. Tommy Ryan
21. Roy Jones
22. Mike Gibbons
23. Non. Jack Dempsey
24. Billy Papke
25. Emile Griffith
26. Frank Klaus
27. Sugar Ray Leonard
28. Lloyd Marshall
29. Joey Giardello
30. Nino Benvenuti
31. Rodrigo Valdez
32. Rocky Graziano

*** tough to rank...down on the list on acomplishments at middleweight, but seeing as this is a tournament of mythical matchups, he's going to be very tough to beat.

[K-DOGG]

If so, here's a quick ranking off the top of my head;

1. Harry Greb
2. Sugar Ray Robinson
3. Carlos Monzon
4. Marvin Hagler
5. Stanley Ketchel
6. Bob Fitzsimmons
7. Mickey Walker
8. Charley Burley
9. Jake LaMotta
10. Sam Langford ***
11. Bernard Hopkins
12. Tony Zale
13. Tiger Flowers
14. Marcel Cerdan
15. Gene Fullmer
16. Freddie Steele
17. **** Tiger
18. Kid McCoy
19. Holman Williams
20. Tommy Ryan
21. Roy Jones
22. Mike Gibbons
23. Non. Jack Dempsey
24. Billy Papke
25. Emile Griffith
26. Frank Klaus
27. Sugar Ray Leonard
28. Lloyd Marshall
29. Joey Giardello
30. Nino Benvenuti
31. Rodrigo Valdez
32. Rocky Graziano

*** tough to rank...down on the list on acomplishments at middleweight, but seeing as this is a tournament of mythical matchups, he's going to be very tough to beat.

Damn. I was gonna donate my contributing order/ranking; but that's pretty solid....though, I would put Monzon at 1 and Greb at 4...few other differences of opinion; but nothing worth bickering about on this thread.

I'm pumped for this...hope it doesn't begin 'till Monday,though.

[Yogi]

Damn. I was gonna donate my contributing order/ranking; but that's pretty solid....though, I would put Monzon at 1 and Greb at 4...few other differences of opinion; but nothing worth bickering about on this thread.

I'm pumped for this...hope it doesn't begin 'till Monday,though.

Yeah, there's probably plenty of room for differences of opinions on that ranking, because I literally came up with it in the time it took me to write out that post...I do sorta wished I could've taken it a little deeper, though, as I would've liked to have seen a couple of my old favourites gain participation in this, Bennie Briscoe & Vito Antuofermo, as well as some other guys like Panama Joe Gans, Ken Overlin, Ceferino Garcia, James Toney, Les Darcy, Carmen Basilio, etc.

I almost didn't remember Rodrigo Valdez, though, and had to edit it to include him (had Gans at 31, but took him out)...Another one of my favourites and I really do think he belongs somewhere on that list (probably a bit higher than the spot I gave him, actually).

P.S. Just for the sake of gaining a consensus, you should also come up with a ranking of who you think should be included.