Best 154-pounders of all-time

[Mr2urbo]

De La Hoya wouldve smashed Winky at 154

Is that why Oscar avoided at all costs a fight with Winky?

 

[Seano]

Really? How?

He would have outworked him, won on aggression.

Oscar was a damn good boxer.

I like Wright, but Oscar really had all the tools a fighter needs at his very best.

 

[AznCezi187]

He would have outworked him, won on aggression.

Oscar was a damn good boxer.

I like Wright, but Oscar really had all the tools a fighter needs at his very best.

I agree Oscar was one hell of a boxer but his prime wasn't at 154 and I just don't see Oscar DESTROYING Winky. It would have been close and in Winky's favor imo.

 

[Seano]

Yeah tough to lay a beating on Wright.

 

[badstoppage]

When I think of 154 I think Jackson and than Terry.

 

[XThe GreatestX]

Hearns didn't really beat any great 154 pounders though. He beat Benitez and Duran at the weight but both of those guys had seen better days. I guess Benitez was a good win at the weight.

As weird as it sounds, at 154 Wright >Hearns or at least, pretty even.

He was at the weight longer and defended his title multiple times.

i would go one step further and say benetiz was a GREAT win at that weight.

 

[Seano]

i would go one step further and say benetiz was a GREAT win at that weight.

Meh. It was a GOOD win. Benitez did all his best work at 147. The only guy who Benitez beat at the weight that was worth a damn was Duran and Duran wasn't anything special at 154.

 

[ironfist05]

Meh. It was a GOOD win. Benitez did all his best work at 147. The only guy who Benitez beat at the weight that was worth a damn was Duran and Duran wasn't anything special at 154.

maurice hope was pretty highly thought of in his day, no?

 

[Oxycodone]

maurice hope was pretty highly thought of in his day, no?

Yes he was.

 

[Seano]

maurice hope was pretty highly thought of in his day, no?

Yes he was.

huh?

Maurice Hope? Maurice Hope was nothing more than a titlist in a weak division.

The only people who thought Hope was anything at all were Brits who get on the jock of any other Brit who fights.

 

[Wanderlei4Life]

Best 154 fighters in history? Hearns and Tito IMO

 

[JayElectra]

Best 154 fighters in history? Hearns and Tito IMO

McCallum definitely belong in the conversation, as well.

 

[Emanuele]

Among the boxers of the last 12 years I'd say Wright, Vargas and de la Hoya.

 

[Oxycodone]

huh?

Maurice Hope? Maurice Hope was nothing more than a titlist in a weak division.

The only people who thought Hope was anything at all were Brits who get on the jock of any other Brit who fights.

Eh, that's a little dramatic. He beat Antuofermo, Wissenbach (who also beat Vito Antuofermo), Mattioli twice, Larry Paul twice, etc. He beat some of the best fighters at the time

 

[Seano]

Eh, that's a little dramatic. He beat Antuofermo, Wissenbach (who also beat Vito Antuofermo), Mattioli twice, Larry Paul twice, etc. He beat some of the best fighters at the time

Vito Antufermo is a somebody for getting his ass kicke dby Hagler.
Maurice Hope was a non factor in boxing history.

He was about what Andre Berto is.

No one says, "wow, what a great era. You had Hagler, Duran, Hearns, Leonard, Hope...."

 

[Oxycodone]

Vito Antufermo is a somebody for getting his ass kicke dby Hagler.

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[Seano]

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Whats the point of this?

 

[Oxycodone]

Whats the point of this?

Hugo Corro was one of the best in the world at the time.

 

[Seano]

Hugo Corro was one of the best in the world at the time.

He never was.

Corro fought in the era of Hagler and Monzon.

He only got a shot because Hagler was being cut out of the title picture over promotional issues.

 

[Oxycodone]

He never was.

Corro fought in the era of Hagler and Monzon.

He only got a shot because Hagler was being cut out of the title picture over promotional issues.

He had just beaten Ronnie Harris and Rodrigo Valdes!