Top 10 WW EVER

[The Surgeon]

The 147 weight class has always been one of boxings Glamour divisions and has been home to many great fighters over the years which is why this is such a hard pick! List ur top 10 Welter weight fighters of All Time

Heres mine

1. Easy Pick Sugar Ray Robinson

2. Homicide Hank, Henry Armstrong

3. Sugar Ray Leonard

4. Charlie Burley

5. Tommy Hearns

6. Jose Napoles

7. Kid Gavilan

8. Emile Griffith

9. Felix Trinidad

10. Carmen Basilio / Mickey Walker

Damn man that was tougher than i thought it would be when i came up with the thread! Cheated in my own thread and put Walker and Basilio tied at 10th. Basilio probably deserves it more thinking about it..... **** it


Fire Away then lads lets see ur top 10 WW EVER!

[NChristo]

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Ray Leonard
4. Joe Walcott
5. Kid Gavilan
6. Emile Griffith
7. Jose Napoles
8. Jimmy McClarnin
9. Barney Ross
10. Luis Rodriguez

Pass 3 it's interchangeable, can't ever decide on a fixed list if you ask me in an hour most would have changed.

Honorable mention: Ted Kid Lewis, Jack Britton, Mickey Walker, Carmen Basilio and Tommy Ryan.

[RubenSonny]

Not a bad list by any means, but I'm not sure you considered guys like Mclarnin, Ross, and I'd say Walcott is a top 5 WW but thats just my opinion, I'm gonna make mine in a minute, don't think I'd have Whitaker in it and I definately think hes greater than Trinidad.

[RubenSonny]

1. Ray Robinson
2. Joe Walcott
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Ray Leonard
5. Kid Gavilan
6. Emile Griffith
7. Jose Napoles
8. Barney Ross
9. Jimmy Mclarnin
10. Thomas Hearns

[katsidis]

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Ray Leonard
4. Joe Walcott
5. Kid Gavilan
6. Emile Griffith
7. Jose Napoles
8. Jimmy McClarnin
9. Barney Ross
10. Luis Rodriguez

Pass 3 it's interchangeable, can't ever decide on a fixed list if you ask me in an hour most would have changed.

Honorable mention: Ted Kid Lewis, Jack Britton, Mickey Walker, Carmen Basilio and Tommy Ryan.

No Tommy Hearns? Would have thought he would have got atleast a mention

[Barn]

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Joe Wallcott
4. Sugar Ray Leonard
5. Jose Napoles
6. Kid Gavilan
7. Griffith
8. McLarlin
9. Ross
10. Britton

[Barn]

No Tommy Hearns? Would have thought he would have got atleast a mention

Hearns only made 3 defences of his Welterweight title. He has wins against a few good contendors but, arguably lost his biggest fight in Ray Leonard.
It was more the devastation than the actual wins Hearns is rated for and most of his best work came above Welter with wins against: Benitez, Duran, Sugar Ray Leoanrd(mhm), Virgil Hill, Roldan etc.

[Barn]

Hearns only made 3 defences of his Welterweight title. He has wins against a few good contendors but, arguably lost his biggest fight in Ray Leonard.
It was more the devastation than the actual wins Hearns is rated for and most of his best work came above Welter with wins against: Benitez, Duran, Sugar Ray Leoanrd(mhm), Virgil Hill, Roldan etc.

Charley Burley was a lot better at Middleweight and I'm unsure as to how you can rate him Top 5 at Welterweight.

[The Surgeon]

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Ray Leonard
4. Joe Walcott
5. Kid Gavilan
6. Emile Griffith
7. Jose Napoles
8. Jimmy McClarnin
9. Barney Ross
10. Luis Rodriguez

Pass 3 it's interchangeable, can't ever decide on a fixed list if you ask me in an hour most would have changed.

Honorable mention: Ted Kid Lewis, Jack Britton, Mickey Walker, Carmen Basilio and Tommy Ryan.

Me too dude the only one's im 100% happy with are the top 3

Good call on Joe Walcott ide actually forgoten about him, Nat Fletcher believed he was the #1 WW ever i believe


I thought about Lewis and Britton but if u put 1 in u kinda have to put both in, those boys had what 20 fights!? They a package deal!

[The Surgeon]

1. Ray Robinson
2. Joe Walcott
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Ray Leonard
5. Kid Gavilan
6. Emile Griffith
7. Jose Napoles
8. Barney Ross
9. Jimmy Mclarnin
10. Thomas Hearns

Good list man, thought long and hard about mine but as always lists are brutal and some of ur guys like Ross, Walcott and Mclarnin didnt make mine tho Walcott should have, i forgot about the little stump!

I knew id catch some sort of heat for Tito but he had a good reign beat some top names and just watching him i felt there wasnt many who could handle what he brought to the table and i think his WW accomplishments outweigh Sweet Peas