Who are the top 5 welterweights of all time ?

Question

sugar ray robinson ??? sugar ray lenord??? floyd mayweather??? roberto duran??/ chavez??? duran??? herns??? what do u guys think of all time who was the top 5 i was just trowing names out possibillities thats not my top 5

Answer 1

I picture Robinson more as a middleweight and Duran more as a lightweight though he moved up even to supermiddleweight. Anyhow out of the true welterweights my list is as follows in no particular order:

Ted "the Kid" Lewis

Henry Armstrong

Thomas Hearns

Sugar Ray Leonard

Don Curry

Answer 2

1.  Sugar Ray Robinson without a doubt is the best ever.at welterweight.  He was champ fro, 1946-1950.  Fighting primarily as a welterweight from 1940-1950, his record was an unbelievable 120-1-2 with 76 kayo's.

2.  Henry Armstrong is my choice for #2 on the all time list.  Henry of course is famous for holding 3 title simultaneously in 1938.  He won the welterweight title 1938 and defended his title 19 times.

3.  Sugar Ray Leonard.  Leonard was one of the fastest men ever to step inside of a ring.  He is well known for his great fights with Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran.  His only career loss out of 27 fights at this weight was 26-1.

4.  Thomas Hearns.  The Hitman is well known for his great punching power and boxing ability.  Who could ever forget his tremendous knockout of Pipino Cuevas for the title?

5.  Jose Napoles.  Won welter title in 1969, lost it in 1970 to Backus, regained it in 1971 until 1975 with a total of 13 successful defenses.  Smooth as butter as his nickname "Mantequilla" says was he.

Answer 3

1, Sugar Ray Robinson

2, Henry Armstrong

3, Sugar Ray Leonard

4, Emile Griffith

5,= Tommy Hearns

5,= Jose Napoles

I would class Duran as a Lightweight for ranking puposes and Chavez as a Light Welter, thats why i havent put them on my list.

Answer 4

1.  Ray Robinson

2.  Henry Armstrong

3.  Roberto Duran

4.  Ray Leonard

5.  Tommy Hearns

Honorable Mention:  Wilfred Benitez

Answer 5

#1Sugar Ray Robinson     #2Sugar Ray Leonard  #3Roberto Duran  #4J.C Chavez #5Wilfredo Benitez

Answer 6

1. sugar ray robinson, 2. henry armstrong, 3. sugar ray leonard, 4. pernell whitaker, 5. floyd mayweather jr.

Answer 7

Blogbaba's list reads like this:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson

2. Henry Armstrong

3. Charley Burley

4. Sugar Ray Leonard

5. Thomas Hearns

Answer 8

1) ray robinson

2) kid gavilan

3) henry armstrong

4) ray leonard

5) tommy hearns

Answer 9

My partner who loves boxing says sugar ray leondard, herns, robinson, marsciano then floyd, hes not sure what category rocky marsciano fought in, but theres an aussie too, jeff fenick, he won 3 titles at different weights but cant remember what they are, still looks great today though, hope this helps, goodluck!

Answer 10

ray robinson

henry armstrong

ray leonard

kid gavalan

tommy hearns.

ring magazines top 20 in a recent article

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1~ ray robinson

2~ henry armstrong

3~ kid gavalan

4~ charlie burley

5~ ray leonard

6~ carmen basilio

7~ jose napoles

8~ tommy ryan

9~ joe walcott (barbados demon)

10~ emile griffith

11~ tommy hearns

12~ mickey walker

13~ jack britton

14~ ted "kid" lewis

15~ barney ross

16~ jimmy mc larnin

17~ luis rodriguez

18~ billy graham

19~ pernell whitaker

20~ roberto duran

future candidates ~ mayweather & de la hoya

Answer 11

sugar ray robinson,sugar ray leonard,roberto duran, felix trinidad,wilfred benitez