worlds best amateur lightmiddleweights

[mike222]

As this is a dead weight -ie discontinued and not affected by Mianyangs results,here is my top twenty 1.Laszlo Papp 2.Roy Jones 3.Francisc Vastag 4.Alfredo Duvergei 5.Giovanni Benvenuti 6.Boris Lagutin 7.juan Carlos Lemus 8.Armando Martinez 9.Viktor Savchenko 10.Rolando Garbey 11.Israel Akopkochyan 12.Jerry Rybicki 13.Aleksandr Koshkin 14.Yermakhan Ibraimov 15.Marian Simion 16.Angel Espinoza 17.David Reid 18. Damian Austin 19.Frank Tate 20.dieter Kottsych.

[walshb]

Mike what was Vastag like, I never saw him fight but he was meant to have an amazing record. He never won Olympic gold...was he a slugger or boxer??

[Yaras72]

12.Jerry Rybicki

Jerzy Rybicki (vide Jerzy Dudek) :)

[mike222]

To tell the truth I have gone on Vastags record more than watching him-he was a three time world champion and was a classic fighter with a tremendous knock out record but you do not win as many titles as he did without being a boxer as well.

[locoxelbox]

Vastag was a strong pressure fighter who threw great uppercuts/hooks to the body, typical romanian fighter. He was a tremendous bodypucher, even in a time when bodypunches didn't score often. He was a huge favourite before the 1996 Olympics but somehow lost to Markus Beyer whom he had beaten so many times before.

[Greg Nicholas]

As this is a dead weight -ie discontinued and not affected by Mianyangs results,here is my top twenty 1.Laszlo Papp 2.Roy Jones 3.Francisc Vastag 4.Alfredo Duvergei 5.Giovanni Benvenuti 6.Boris Lagutin 7.juan Carlos Lemus 8.Armando Martinez 9.Viktor Savchenko 10.Rolando Garbey 11.Israel Akopkochyan 12.Jerry Rybicki 13.Aleksandr Koshkin 14.Yermakhan Ibraimov 15.Marian Simion 16.Angel Espinoza 17.David Reid 18. Damian Austin 19.Frank Tate 20.dieter Kottsych.

Gerald McClellan beat Roy Jones at Jones Jr's amateur peak in 1988, McClellan beat him by decision (no knockdowns) fair and square at the 88 US Golden Gloves in what was, according to witnesses, the greatest example of speed and power ever seen in an amateur boxing match (by both participants). McClellan also went 1-1 with Frankie Liles in 1987 and 1988 (Liles beat Jones Jr at the 88 US nationals, gave Jones Jr a standing eight-count).
At the 1987 US nationals, McClellan destroyed pre-tournament favourite Tim Littles in the final and won the 'best boxer' in all weight categories award. So if your having Roy Jones in there, then where the heck is Gerald McClellan??
Littles and Liles were the top two US amateurs, they were the USA favourites and always did well at dual meets. McClellan beat Littles, Liles and Jones Jr, and Gerald was then screwed out of the 1988 Olympics.

Michael Watson, FWIW, beat Shawn O'Sullivan at the 1983 Canada Cup by a wider points margin that Frank Tate managed in the 1984 Olympic final. Dennis Milton beat Frank Tate a few times between 82 and 84, Chris Eubank stopped Dennis Milton at the 1984 NYC Spanish Golden Gloves final and Eubank was #1 USA 156-pounder with that win (with Tate having turned pro) but quit boxing straight after.

[locoxelbox]

An amateur ranking can't be based on who beat whom because there are so many fights and the boxers can be at different stages of their careers. It's more about the historical impact they left in the division. The important titles. Roy Jones was the most talked about boxer of the 1988 Olympics, he won the Val Barker trophy. Who knows about Gerald McClellan? He was never an olympic champ or world champ. Don't think he had that many international fights. Liles was KO'ed by Juan Carlos Lemus so he certainly shouldn't be top 20.
Didn't McClellan go to the 88 US Trials? Why?