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Posted: **26 Oct 2003, 18:14**

This is my top ten of the greatest Middleweights in Boxing history.....
1. Harry Greb
2. Stanley Ketchel
3. Bob Fitzsimmons
4. Sam Langford
5. Mickey Walker
6. Ray Robinson
7. Jake Lamotta
8. Mike Gibbons
9. Carlos Monzon
10. Tony Zale

.....theres not much to choose between many of these greats, but I feel that these are the best middleweights ever (in my humble opinion) ....and would be interested in any reactions (not to abusive I hope) and any different middleweight top tens.

Posted: **27 Oct 2003, 09:01**

1. Harry Greb
2.Sugar Ray Robinson
3.Stanley Ketchell
4.Marcel Cerdan
5.Mickey Walker
6.Carlos Monzon
7.Marvin Hagler
8.Sugar Ray Leonard
9. Roy Jones Jr.
10. Jake LaMotta

Posted: **27 Oct 2003, 09:09**

Sugar Ray Leonard????

Posted: **27 Oct 2003, 09:35**

Although Leonard only fought briefly at Middleweight, he beat Hagler and in my opinion would have beaten many of the other great Middleweights who regularly appear in top 10 lists, therefore I've included him.

Posted: **27 Oct 2003, 10:04**

I would have Hagler in there. He never got stopped, was knocked down only once (a slip against Roldan), fought the Philly warriors to prove himself, then beat all-comers in his seven year reign.
Hagler HAS to be in there surely.

Posted: **27 Oct 2003, 10:42**

terap wrote:After all, he beat 167-pound Donny LaLonde, didn't he?

Posted: **27 Oct 2003, 11:46**

terap wrote:What's your problem, Wouter ?

I agree with the poster above

And I would rate Leonard as one of the great lightheavyweigfhts of all time.

After all, he beat 167-pound Donny LaLonde, didn't he?

Based on that---Bob Fitzsimmons, Kid McCoy, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Jack Dillon, Battling Levinsky, George Carpentier, Battling Siki, Mike McTique, Jack Delaney, Paul Berlenbach, Tommy Loughran, John Henry Louis

would not have had a chance against him.

Not to mention Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, and Harold Johnson.

And if Leonard would have taken even more steroids, he would have beaten any heavyweight champion---

with the exception of Ali, of course.

That Leonard was quite a fighter.

Ask the news media and ABC TV.

Looks like you missed your calling in life! You ever considered standup?

Posted: **27 Oct 2003, 11:54**

terap wrote:What's your problem, Wouter ?

I agree with the poster above

And I would rate Leonard as one of the great lightheavyweigfhts of all time.

After all, he beat 167-pound Donny LaLonde, didn't he?

Based on that---Bob Fitzsimmons, Kid McCoy, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Jack Dillon, Battling Levinsky, George Carpentier, Battling Siki, Mike McTique, Jack Delaney, Paul Berlenbach, Tommy Loughran, John Henry Louis

would not have had a chance against him.

Not to mention Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, and Harold Johnson.

And if Leonard would have taken even more steroids, he would have beaten any heavyweight champion---

with the exception of Ali, of course.

That Leonard was quite a fighter.

Ask the news media and ABC TV.

Terap,

When are you going to learn to spell fighters names correctly.

John Henry Lewis NOT Louis

Posted: **01 Nov 2003, 07:23**

Dick Tiger is too often overlooked by some people, he just missed my top ten but thats not to say that I don't think he'd have had a chance with those in the top 10. He had great strength and stamina and a chin of iron (only cracked against Foster and you can't hold that against him) was an exciting fighter to watch too. He'd have given Hagler hell.

Posted: **09 Feb 2004, 16:51**

1. ray robinson
2. marvin hagler
3. stanley ketchel
4. bob fitzsimmons
5. harry greb
6. mickey walker
7. tommy ryan
8. jake lamotta
9. tony zale
10. jack dempsey.

Posted: **09 Feb 2004, 17:54**

Interesting list Headhunter... the middles are tough to rate as they had so many great champinons and fighters like Langford and Mike gibbons who didn't win the title, ....Carlos Monzon must be in top ten though I feel... I think he would have beaten Hagler, Zale and Lamotta and give Robinson hell... he was very strong and skilled and very tactically astute, some people say he was just awkward and he certainly wasn't as good to watch as Robinson, but he always fought within himself and did what he needed to do to win... his record at a time when the Middles was full of talent is phenominal... unbeaten in his last 80 odd fights!....

Posted: **10 Feb 2004, 02:39**

what the? i could have swore i put monzon in. sorry about that, he definatley comes in at three, i think robinson and hagler faced better opposition, but the magnificent argie should be in the top five of anyones list. didn`t he beat benvenuti who had a unbeaten run that spanned the am`s and pro ranks of something like 190 fights. again sorry about that all carlos fans.

Posted: **10 Feb 2004, 16:02**

Robinson
Hagler
Monzon
Greb
Walker
Jones Jr
Cerdan
Stanley Ketchell
Valdez
Briscoe

Posted: **10 Feb 2004, 19:48**

Harry Greb was without doubt the Greatest middleweight ever.
Number two could have been Sam Langford if he could have made the weight, which for his 5`8" frame would have been quite close. But William Ward gets the vote at for me, being slightly smaller I think he may have made the weight better. Though these two chose to fight at and above lightheavy.
Ray Robinson was great at welterweight not middle..read his record.
And any of the fighters mentioned could have fought it out for the other positions and there would be no real surprises.
Monzon,Hagler,Ketchel,Walker,Toney,Jones Jr.,McCallum,Nunn and the underrated Reggie Johnson.

Posted: **11 Feb 2004, 07:20**

I rate Greb at number one also... a phenominal fighter, even Dempsey ducked him!...

Posted: **11 Feb 2004, 12:12**

silkov wrote:I rate Greb at number one also... a phenominal fighter, even Dempsey ducked him!...

Dempsey ducked Greb?

A myth from the popular press perpetuated by the Greb shills like Silkov.

Posted: **11 Feb 2004, 17:51**

Greb was employed to spar with Dempsey this has been written by Jack Kearns who was in a position to know.And as the story goes truth or myth, Greb roughed Dempsey up.Either way Dempsey did not fight him yet fought many men that Greb fought,Greb fought anybody,he fought William Ward when most top fighters ran a mile(white fighters anyway).This was a natural fight to make yet was not made.We can only guess, but I would go along with the Dempsey ducking him.