Put these MWs in order

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Ezzard
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Put these MWs in order

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What order would you put these MWs in? Or which fighters stand out from the rest?

Flowers
Walker
Zale
Cerdan
La Motta
Burley
Tiger
Griffith
Benvenuti
Nunn
Toney
Hopkins
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Post by JC »

At a glance Walker seems quite far ahead of the others.
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Ezzard wrote:What order would you put these MWs in? Or which fighters stand out from the rest?

Flowers
Walker
Zale
Cerdan
La Motta
Burley
Tiger
Griffith
Benvenuti
Nunn
Toney
Hopkins

burley
walker
lamotta
tiger
hopkins
flowers
cerdan
griffith
benvenuti
zale
toney
nunn
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Ezzard wrote:What order would you put these MWs in? Or which fighters stand out from the rest?

Flowers
Walker
Zale
Cerdan
La Motta
Burley
Tiger
Griffith
Benvenuti
Nunn
Toney
Hopkins
IMO, I'd rank them as follows:

Walker
Burley
Cerdan
La Motta
Hopkins
Flowers
Griffith
Benvenuti
Zale
Toney
Tiger
Nunn
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Post by JC »

Damn, did not notice burley was in there.
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Post by BoxBuzz »

Decagon wrote:Benvenuti
Burley
Cerdan
Flowers
Griffith
Hopkins
La Motta
Nunn
Tiger
Walker
Zale
Ok now that youve alphabetized them....can you put them in order of life long net worth?

(adjusted for inflation of course)
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Post by DoubleM »

1. Hopkins
2. Cerdan
3. Tiger
4. Burley
5. Benvenuti
6. Griffith
7. Walker
8. LaMotta
9. Nunn
10. Flowers
11. Toney
12. Zale
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Post by Seamus »

1. Walker
2. Cerdan
3. Hopkins
4. Burley
5. Flowers
6. Nunn
7. Benvenuti
8. Tiger
9. Griffith
10. LaMotta
11. Zale
12. Toney
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Post by pundit »

Decagon wrote:Benvenuti
Burley
Cerdan
Flowers
Griffith
Hopkins
La Motta
Nunn
Tiger
Walker
Zale
Good one! :lol: :lol:

You didn't reveal thus far that you had a sense of humor....
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Post by Ambling Alp »

A lot of close calls.

1. Walker
2. Griffith
3. Tiger
4. Benevenuti
5. Flowers
6. Hopkins
7. Zale
8. Burley
9. La Motta
10. Cerdan
11. Nunn
12. Toney
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Post by BrocktonBlockbuster49 »

DoubleM wrote:1. Hopkins
2. Cerdan
3. Tiger
4. Burley
5. Benvenuti
6. Griffith
7. Walker
8. LaMotta
9. Nunn
10. Flowers
11. Toney
12. Zale
benvenuti over lamotta?? how so?


cerdan over lamotta, burley, tiger?? how so??
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Post by BrocktonBlockbuster49 »

Ambling Alp wrote:A lot of close calls.

1. Walker
2. Griffith
3. Tiger
4. Benevenuti
5. Flowers
6. Hopkins
7. Zale
8. Burley
9. La Motta
10. Cerdan
11. Nunn
12. Toney


zale over burley and lamotta??? how is this possible?
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Post by DoubleM »

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:
DoubleM wrote:1. Hopkins
2. Cerdan
3. Tiger
4. Burley
5. Benvenuti
6. Griffith
7. Walker
8. LaMotta
9. Nunn
10. Flowers
11. Toney
12. Zale
benvenuti over lamotta?? how so?


cerdan over lamotta, burley, tiger?? how so??
benvenuti over lamotta??
Benvenuti was better.
cerdan over lamotta, burley, tiger??
Cerdan was better.
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BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:
Ambling Alp wrote:A lot of close calls.

1. Walker
2. Griffith
3. Tiger
4. Benevenuti
5. Flowers
6. Hopkins
7. Zale
8. Burley
9. La Motta
10. Cerdan
11. Nunn
12. Toney


zale over burley and lamotta??? how is this possible?
Zale, Burley and LaMotta are all very close.
With Zale, if you invoke the "Jersey Joe Walcott Rule"and don't hold the early part of his career too much against him, should be rated very high.

In Zales' last 40 fights, he went 36-4. The losses were to Graziano,Soose, Cerdan, and Conn. All were very good. He was past it when he lost to Cerdan and Conn was a lightheavyweight.
Zale beat Graziano twice, Apostoli three times, Hostak, and Georgie Abrams (Burley only got a draw with Abrams).

Of course La Motta and Burley each had some good wins. However they each had some losses as well.
All three guys, along with several others on this list are very close.
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5 years on has Hopkins moved up these lists?
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Post by JC »

Are you asking how his achievements above MW have changed his rating in a P4P sense or if anyone's views on his MW resume have changed?
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Just really asking you to rank them 5 years after I first asked.

Maybe some people think in light of the past 5 years that Hopkins was being underrated back then.
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