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Who is the best ever, pound-for-pound?

You know your country sucks at boxing when Steve Molitor and Trevor Berbick are mentioned in all time pound for pound lists.

From what I have read about the man I would have to say Langford. It seems as if he was something else, knocking out decent fighters almost twice his size. He was ranked second by the ring in their Greatest 100 Punchers of All Time issue.

Langford.

No room for George Dixon????

crusader wrote:You know your country sucks at boxing when Steve Molitor and Trevor Berbick are mentioned in all time pound for pound lists.

From what I have read about the man I would have to say Langford. It seems as if he was something else, knocking out decent fighters almost twice his size. He was ranked second by the ring in their Greatest 100 Punchers of All Time issue.

It's a no brainer for Langford imo, though a case could be made for McClarnin. As for Molitor; Dixson, Broulliard, Chuvalo, Cleroux, Ruddock & Arthur King are just a few off the top of my head and there certainly is many more that were better.

i thought berbick was jamaican

For most countries, it's a difficult selection. Not so, in Canada's case.

Langford, beyond question. Hell, he's just about better than any American, Englishman, Mexican or Puerto Rican who ever lived, as well.

Adamj1987 wrote:i thought berbick was jamaican

A bit like Lennox, except that he fought for Jamaica in the Olympics rather than Canada. Then he moved to Canada to fight as a pro.

Ok, who chose Berbick?

No Durelle, Davey Hilton jr? Surely better than Molitor and Berbick...

Langford is the obvious answer.

It is a poll about fighter who were born in canada... or immigrants who now reside in canada counts cuz there's no Lucian Bute, no Otis Grant (Living in Canada but were born somewhere else) though Jean Pascal is there and he's not even born in the country? No Éric Lucas no Davey Hilton well... anyway.

Evander, the Canada in general probably sucks except for one Province who came up to the rise since a couple of years ago, and evreybody knows what province i'm talking about.

1.Sam Langford
2.Jimmy McLarnin
3.George Dixon
4.Lou Brouillard
5.Jack Delaney
6.Tommy Burns

I've never seen any footage of Langford but from what I know about him. He seems like the best by far.

Tough to see footage from a guy who boxed in the 20's unless your name is Jack Johnson or Jack Dempesy

tzyuforever wrote:

Adamj1987 wrote:i thought berbick was jamaican

A bit like Lennox, except that he fought for Jamaica in the Olympics rather than Canada. Then he moved to Canada to fight as a pro.

should be classed as jamaican though

Bute > Pascal, no doubt. Had a complete mental block when compiling the list! Sorry

oliverfennell wrote:Bute > Pascal, no doubt. Had a complete mental block when compiling the list! Sorry

It's alright it remains a great list.

Jimmy McLarnin was Irish. He was from Ireland.

Adamj1987 wrote:

tzyuforever wrote:

Adamj1987 wrote:i thought berbick was jamaican

A bit like Lennox, except that he fought for Jamaica in the Olympics rather than Canada. Then he moved to Canada to fight as a pro.

should be classed as jamaican though

berbick was tricky too, as won the Canadian title in 2000 while he was illegally in Canada.

Yikes !!! Am i missing some rule here? No Chuvalo.

Johnny Greco was a nice tough fighter.

turn2stone wrote:Yikes !!! Am i missing some rule here? No Chuvalo.

Very decent and tough fighter but you can't really put him over guys who won world titles (Langford being an exception due to his era and politics).