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i know that 140lbs is a young division but the top 20 Super Lightweights who and why?

Hard to rate them since some of them only stop there for a few fights.


For me

1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Wilfredo Benitez
3. Aaron Pryor
4. Antonio Cervantes
5. Kostya Tszyu
6. Dulio Loi
7. Nicolino Locche

p4p1 wrote:i know that 140lbs is a young division but the top 20 Super Lightweights who and why?

Not so young, it dates back to 1925

Borinken25 wrote:Hard to rate them since some of them only stop there for a few fights.


For me

1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Wilfredo Benitez
3. Aaron Pryor
4. Antonio Cervantes
5. Kostya Tszyu
6. Dulio Loi
7. Nicolino Locche

Cervantes, Tszyu and Loi before Nicolino Locche?

1. Chavez
2. Pryor
3. Benitez
4. Cervantes
5. Loi
6. Tyszu

Please, remember this World Champions (and any others who weren't Champions)

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jrwelt.htm

1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Aaron Pryor
3. Nicolino Locche
4. Wilfredo Benitez
5. Antonio Cervantes
6. Kostya Tszyu
7. Dulio Loi
8. Eddie Perkins
9. Frankie Randall
10. Juan Martin Coggi
11. Saensak Muangsurin
12. Bruno Arcari
13. Harold Brazier
14. Roger Mayweather
15. Meldrick Taylor
16. Saoul Mamby
17. Ublando Sacco
18. Carlos Hernandez
19. Jack Berg
20.Ricky Hatton

Jimmy McLarnin and Joe Gans are two fighters who would have fit naturally into this (synthetic) division.

granberry wrote:Jimmy McLarnin and Joe Gans are two fighters who would have fit naturally into this (synthetic) division.

True. Armstrong and Duran could have won and held titles here for a while too considering their success at higher weights

You could throw a few more old timers in there also as they did some good work in the 140 range
Billy Petrolle
Jackie Fields
Lew Tendler
Mushy Callahan
Ace Hudkins

giacomino wrote:1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Aaron Pryor
3. Nicolino Locche
4. Wilfredo Benitez
5. Antonio Cervantes
6. Kostya Tszyu
7. Dulio Loi
8. Eddie Perkins
9. Frankie Randall
10. Juan Martin Coggi
11. Saensak Muangsurin
12. Bruno Arcari
13. Harold Brazier
14. Roger Mayweather
15. Meldrick Taylor
16. Saoul Mamby
17. Ublando Sacco
18. Carlos Hernandez
19. Jack Berg
20.Ricky Hatton

Roger Maweather above Meldrick Taylor?

IKSRTFO = I Knocked Sugar Ray The Fock Out?

Don't forget Barney Ross he held a jr welterweight title.

What do people prefer to use as the name? Super-light, Junior-Welter or Light-Welter?

MatthewS wrote:What do people prefer to use as the name? Super-light, Junior-Welter or Light-Welter?

I tend to find British people say Light Welter and Americans say Jnr Welter, I only hear super lightweight occasionally. Although I guess, in a way super, lightweight makes more sense as 140 is closer to 135 than 147.

MatthewS wrote:What do people prefer to use as the name? Super-light, Junior-Welter or Light-Welter?

Its Jr. Welter for this old timer.

Duran is missing....at the top of the list.

ringsider wrote:Duran is missing....at the top of the list.

You could be right

Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya should be on the list too

Collins2000 wrote:

ringsider wrote:Duran is missing....at the top of the list.

You could be right

duran didnt wina 140lb title he went from lightweight to welterweight