The Greatest Light Heavyweights of All Time (Documentary)

Documentary from ESPN about the greatest Light Heavyweights of all Time.________________________________________________________________________________________________
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[@motormasters7485]

Here's hoping someone one day finds some footage of any Maxie Rosenbloom fight. To date none have surfaced or known to exist with one exception. Cus D'Amato was said to have shown Mike Tyson films of Maxie, who they emulated in developing Tyson's "Peek-a-Boo" Style.

[@drhaithamakaash7906]

I need slapsie maxie rosenbloom boxing videos... If anyone can help me. Obliged

[@motormasters7485]

​@@drhaithamakaash7906 Unicorn. Everyone is looking but none seen to date. Cus D"amato had some film of him. Mike Tyson may have some Cus left to him. If they are the old style nitrate film they don't age well

[@WJKPhD]

298 pro fights and no films -- f**k!

[@awaaahe]

Same.

[@motormasters7485]

There "was" film of him but it was on old Nitrate Film which is ages poorly and is hazardous. The question is, has any survived, somewhere?

[@dr.doolittle4763]

What is glaringly obvious is that in the older days the fighters entered the ring within the limits of the respective division. In the past 20 or so years fighters always enter the ring 10-20 pounds heavier than the division limit. A real disparity in comparing eras.

[@colinhiggins4779]

what a great video, all kinds of terrific footage and commentary

[@Chief2Moon]

Sweet video, thanks for posting

[@mikerubin22]

I love this type of history, I think it is fascinating; thanks so much for posting this

[@afranks8566]

I agree, definitely a gem!!👍👍

[@thx1974eb]

Ezzard Charles is the greatest Light Heavyweight of all time. He beat Joey Maxim three times Lloy Marshall, Jimmy Bivins Also he went 3-0 including one stoppage over a prime Archie Moore. gave away his best years to the military in wwII went 30-1 against world class opposition from 46 thru 49 when he won the heavy weight crown. Was a master boxer and lost much of his killer instinct for finishing opponents after a bout in 48 Sam Baroudi died from head injuries. Added only 5 to 10 pds going hvt

[@scotttyson8661]

Tanks for the info man, my dad told me he was a great fighter.

[@cheetoyeeto1232]

@@H.K.5 lol good one.

[@mikelipmandaedesdaweewered]

Archie Moore is my absolute favorite boxer of all time but there’s no doubt Ezzard Charles was a master tactician got to be either Ezzard Charles or Roy Jones Jr.

[@jamesfranko1568]

@@mikelipmandaedesdaweewered Roy Jones Jr for sure and it's not even close

[@constantine7382]

Most underrated fighter in history.

[@jerrylanglois7892]

Michael spinks never lost to a fellow LH and defended his title 10 times and was the only LH to ever win the HW crown.

[@tloustrats]

False Holyfiled and Moorer were LW too

[@jerrylanglois7892]

@@tloustrats Holyfield was a cruiserweight champion and never boxed pro at the LH division. Moore was a divisional LH champion whereas spinks was a world LH champion.

[@horvinn1]

thanks mate

[@OldWorldNY]

This is absolute gold to boxing fans like myself! Thanks for the upload fam 🙏👏🔥 If it weren’t for channels like yours I’d have no clue about most of the very best boxers of the early days. They just aren’t mentioned by most people. You OG’s leave no blade of grass uncut tho, and y’all got me covered!

[@joehemmerling1602]

Though his record isn't good as this listed fighters,Marvin Johnson should be at least an honorable mention. 3 titles is quite a feat!

[@constantine7382]

And entertaining as Hell!

[@MorayEel]

CONN was awesome! Watch him take the fight to the bigger Louis in a fight he was winning against the ATG Joe Louis at time he was knocked out. No way Jones or Spinks or Foster could hang with Joe Louis, theyd all be outgunned and devastated.

[@joemorgan636]

Lovely looking at this classic footage can’t beat these not like crap today

[@wukillah92]

great channel iBhof2

[@kcatleticos]

Cool vid--nice listening to the great Don Dunphy..

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

Bob Foster was definitely cutting water weight. I'm an inch taller, and he looks like I did, when I was walking around at over 190, and weighing in at under 170.

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Wow. Needed to know that

[@fusions777]

Any chance there's footage of the lightweight and welterweight documentaries available?

[@TheDarleyarabian]

archie moore, ezzard charles and gene tunney for me are the best 3 but its hard to say which was the best they were all fantastic. thanks for the upload

[@mgtowlifeseasyifyoutry1274]

Moore and Charles are miles ahead of Tunney ,but the only man that beat Tunney is the real Goat of Boxing

[@mightymomerica7544]

Don't forget bob foster

[@darrenstopper1806]

@@mgtowlifeseasyifyoutry1274 Harry greb?would love if some footage of his showed up

[@user-ox1be6qc6n]

I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Foster in Vegas in the early 90s? Maybe 92 during an Evening of celebrating some of the great fighters of the past. Looked slim and trim very nice. Gave me an autograph & was a true Class act gentleman And how soft spoken he was. I know he lost to Frazier When he moved up to challenge heavyweight. There were many others Going back to the 50s. That I cannot recall. But I remember also meeting Carmen Basilio And talking to a friend of his telling me he was one tough son of a bitch. He had to be to beat Robinson. I couldn't wait to get home and tell my father who got me interested in the fighters of his time.

[@gkj1992]

Delaney only defended the title once before relinquishing it 1927 that was against Jamaica Kid(it wasn't filmed). There are films of the first two fights between himself and Paul Berlenbach, as well as Tom Heeney.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

12:04 On the original commentary, Don Dunphy said 'How do you miss a punch over the top of Foster's head?' when Tiger threw that right hand. That always amused me!

[@thx1974eb]

top Light heavys alltime 1. Ezzard Charles 2. Archie Moore 3. Bob Foster 4. Gene Tunney 5. Tommy Loughran

[@walter1893]

@Gas Pack video Those guys have way better resumes than roy has.

[@H.K.5]

Bernard Hopkins?

[@GottliebGoltz]

And Roger Rouse from Anaconda, Mt. in the 1960s.

[@MrNickazoid]

Archie 1 no contest. 141 kayos fought at least 3 decades won title in his forties after being number 1 contender for over a decade

[@gkj1992]

Not sure of the exact year, but probably around the early 80's.

[@zeusstrong9446]

Stuffy old farts didnt even mention Ezzard Charles

[@gkj1992]

Probably because there's little to no footage of him at LHW, same with Greb, Tunney, and others.

[@KekoZeskende]

Archie Moore decade champ

[@Chuckernut5]

At 42:16 why did Battling Siki turn his head like that? Was he showboating? Very strange

[@paysonfox88]

Here's your list 1. Archie Moore 2. Archie Moore 3. Archie Moore 4. Billy Conn 5. Bob Foster The fighters listed spent all their fighting careers in the light heavy weight class. Moore and Conn occasionally challenged the Heavyweight title, but they never really fought an entire year of their careers at 180+ Moore fought over 90% of his career at 160-180. Conn's heaviest weight was 175 for the Joe Louis fight. He was the closest to winning the title of any lighter fighter. He had it for 12 rounds, then got stupid. Damn Irish blood. He could have held on pts by running away for 3 rounds, Louis would not have caught him.

[@H.K.5]

Ezzard Charles beat Archie Moore three times at light heavyweight. Bob Foster spent half of his career at heavyweight. Bernard Hopkins should be in there. Oldest light heavyweight champion of all time and beaten many good fighters at that weight class.

[@ReemusBoxing]

i do fighter breakdowns, watch if you like the old school fighters

[@thepunisher9991]

Love your channel!

[@ruthhansen3837]

Reemus Boxing o

[@mgtowlifeseasyifyoutry1274]

Look at reemus promoting aww

[@justonyambi8711]

We all know you man much love

[@drhaithamakaash7906]

Do you hv any footage of Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom?????

[@seerauberjohnny]

It could also be argued that Moore had nothing further to prove by fighting Johnson again since he had beaten him in 4 out of 5 meetings...

[@FirstLast-vl1uy]

This is a great series. As I kid this was my intro to boxing classics and past champions. I had this whole series on VHS. It actually all started for me with video games. First was Mike Tysons's punchout. After that I became somewhat interested in watching boxing. Then came the games Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing and then its sequel "Greatest Heavyweights" and that was really the game that did it. It had 8 of the greatest heavyweights of the past all wonderfully rendered and the game play was awesome. It also had short bios of each fighter. After that I was hooked. It was only a few months after that when I discovered this series at my local library and I burned them all onto vhs. This was the era of hbo and showtime boxing and USA Tuesday night fights and then ESPN Friday night fights. It was one of the best eras for boxing. Now compared to then is total garbage. Its sad actually. The fact that someone as awfully skilled as Deontay Wilder can be at the top of the divison shows how muchs its devolved. Plus some guys from the 90s and early 2000s are still around fighting competitively. This is the worst heavyweight division in the past 100 years and quite possibly of all time.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Bob Foster was a fantastic champ !

[@xGhostRidah]

I still can't believe how they have footages of these old fighters but none of Sugar Ray Robinson in his prime 😫. It's like someone destroyed all of his films.

[@joephil9]

I am curious to know why Michael Spinks isn't mentioned here. He was an undisputed light heavy weight champion and was the first light heavyweight champion to defeat a reigning heavyweight champion. Just goes to show how underrated Michael Spinks is. He's definitely one of the most underrated light heavyweights in history. Maybe this is because he was successful at winning the IBF world heavyweight title from Reigning Champion Larry Holmes and it would be out of respect for these really great light heavyweight champions that he isnt mentioned as he did stay at heavyweight for the rest of his career after winning the title from Larry Holmes. I don't blame him for not returning to light heavyweight. It was a smart business move on his part as there was more money to be made as a heavywight.

[@andrewwilliams8413]

Not 100 % but this was probably made before Spinks beat Holmes, otherwise he should be in for sure

[@joephil9]

@@andrewwilliams8413 That sounds right. Good point made.

[@andrewwilliams8413]

@@joephil9 Wins over Qawi, Muhammad, Johnson, probably qualify him anyway, love that era of light heavies, Mat Sadd, , Vic Galindez , john Conteh, etc

[@joephil9]

@@andrewwilliams8413 Oh yes. Those fights for Spinks definitely put him right there in the mix amongst the best Light heavies for sure.

[@tloustrats]

Spinks deservedly won the first fight but robbed the second one. And it was against a declining Larry 36 & 37 yo

[@williammeissner8316]

Bob Foster one of the greatest lightheavy champions of all time. He had speed great combinations height and reach and came to fight hard. Not to mention a great chin only heavyweights can stop him..

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Wow. Your opinion is priceless

[@charlesdahlin6502]

I expected Foster to knockout Ernie Terrell but Terrell dominated and, I think Koed Foster.

[@FirstLast-vl1uy]

Im not sure why they list Delany as champion from 26-32. He won the title in 26 and relinquished it the same year and moved up to heavyweight. His first fight at heavy was a ko win against Bud Gorman which was mentioned here and then he lost to Jim Meloney also a heavyweight.

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Unless your name was Ali or Frazier, Bob Foster was truly frightening. What he did to Mike Quarry (Jerry’s little brother)...omg.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

I actually thought Quarry was the victim of a quick count by the referee.

[@stevesmith2171]

​@@ppuh6tfrz646Mike just thought he was a victim 😂.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

12:35 That ring looks really small. Maybe it's the camera angle.

[@drhaithamakaash7906]

Anybody having boxing footage of Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom???????

[@ibhof2]

@mrcjrowe he didnt die of an eye infection as far as I know. he died during surgery which he had to do because of scar tissue in his face

[@marcxopoco]

WHY do they show Jack Delaney fighting heavyweight Jimmy Maloney when thereare films of Delaney defending his light heavyweight title?

[@GottliebGoltz]

Roger Rouse # 1 contender behind Dick Tiger and was well-liked in Anaconda, Mt.

[@seerauberjohnny]

Nice to see Harold Johnson getting some love here.A.J Liebling once of Archie Moore that it was a measure of how formidable he was that the second best man in his class (Johnson) was not considered to be in his class at all.

[@marcxopoco]

Harold Johnson was way ahead on points and had knocked Archie Moore flat on his face in the 10th round of their title fight. At that point stooge referee Ruby Goldstein made sure Johnson didn't get another punch off at Moore before the bell rang by giving Moore a standing count (not done in title fights in NY then) once he got up. Moore came back to knock Johnson down in the 14th round and Goldstein immediately stopped the fight. Moor refused to fight Johnson again.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

11:19 So most hard-hitting world champions only get recognised for their punching power after they've lost the title? What absolute nonsense.

[@MrValeska05]

Roberto Duran stone hand it's one of the greatest lightweight of whole time..

[@jhlman1927]

Ezzard Charles hands down

[@joephil9]

For me it's a toss up between Bob Foster and Archie Moore. Bob Foster made 14 world title defences and Archie made 9 but neither lost their world titles in the ring. For me their records will speak for themselves. The other light heavyweights can have number 2, 3, 4 and 5 spots respectively. After these 2 greats for me there's only Michael Spinks, Ezzard Charles and Roy Jones but these 3 went on to become world heavyweight champions.

[@RobD-jq7ry]

Id throw my name in there as well. Although I've never competed pretty sure I wouldve dominated in all eras and all weight classes.

[@awaaahe]

Cus D'amato's favorite fighter of all time.

[@TheWeasleMMA]

How could Archie Moore be the Greatest when Ezzard Charles destroyed him 3 times. No question or debate, Ezzard Charles is the greatest Light Heavyweight of all time.

[@SickBoy666100]

+TheWeasle17 Agreed. Maybe they mean light heavyweight champions witch Charles never was.

[@johnwaddingham8213]

TheWeasle Ezzard Charles was a Heavyweight!

[@frankfordification]

Charles fought at middleweight, lightheavyweight and heavyweight.The majority of his fights were at lightheavyweight. Some consider him the greatest lightheavyweight ever.

[@porkfrog2785]

a fighter's career isn't summed up by how they did against one guy

[@geoffJG1]

Gene Tunney.

[@thx1974eb]

The reason I didn't have Harry Greb was he fought at Middleweight. He would be at middleweight and fight light heavys then fight at middle he did beat a bunch of light heavys Tunney, Loughran, Rosenbloom.

[@constantine7382]

Had Carpentier not ducked him, he would have won that title too.

[@mrcjrowe]

@ibhof2 True !

[@PhilWood82]

Curt: Watch this one film we have on the great Jack Delaney! Film: *non-title, loses by UD* Curt: The great Jack Delaney!

[@constantine7382]

He was a great fighter. But some of these guys, you just have to use the footage you have. And there isn't much.

[@plofus]

What the hell is this?I was expecting cool doc qbout the careers of these guys that led them to this fight I don't get it

[@underyourskins]

Good choice... Archie was great.

[@jookingstudio5292]

1. Harry Greb, 2. Archie Moore, 3. Bob Foster.

[@seerauberjohnny]

Nope sorry, the film of the title fight doesn't reveal that Moore was 'terrified of Johnson' either. Have you got any other evidence by any chance?

[@seerauberjohnny]

Your contention does not appear to be borne out by Moore's record. However, if you have evidence to the contrary I would be greatly interested in hearing it.

[@Airbender24B]

What about ezzard Charles?

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

31:37 Did he not hear what Dunphy just said??

[@marcxopoco]

Moore was terrified of number one contender Harold Johnson and was stripped off his title for refusing to fight him.

[@hammad9091]

Lol Moore already beat him 4 times.

[@anUntouchable]

This is before Calzaghe, Jones and Hopkins all of who would be right up there

[@constantine7382]

No.

[@MrLukedanger]

@anUntouchable when they were all over 35 years old. i would say hopkins is a middle and calzaghe and jones are super middles. joe and roy jr probly had 90% of there fights at supermiddle and middle, and hopkins probly 80% middle. 15% super and 5 at LHW.

[@jordanfrederick8059]

Roy Jones Jr and Ezzard Charles are the greatest light heavys ever.

[@MeatBallBoy23]

Black Panther I think Archie Moore was the best. He wasn’t the fastest but he had every trick in the book to figure you out. It’s the reason why he holds so many knockouts

[@mgtowlifeseasyifyoutry1274]

Lmaoooooo Roy Jones no where near fucking ezzard charles

[@Feverishkiller]

BE QUIET.

[@GottliebGoltz]

Roger Rouse from (Opportunity) -- Anaconda, Mt was # 1 contender in the late '60s. He fought Dick Tiger in Los Vegas for the championship but suffered a deep gash above the mouth and the referee stopped the fight going a loss to Rouse by TKO. Roger protested but the stoppage couldn't be changed, He was ahead on points. Yup.!!

[@KnightTimePoetry]

Where's my Uncle Joe Washington Knight he took Maxxie in the ring and took the title belt from John Godwin

[@KnightTimePoetry]

My uncle only lost 21 times out of 152 fights

[@johnr8309]

I think Roy Jones Jr. would have beat any of them. The guy won championships in 8 different weight classes including heavyweight. Michael Spinks should definitely be included in this mix. He had to fight heavyweights Holmes then Tyson to find real completion. Bob Foster didn't have much success with heavyweights but the light heavyweights all backed away for 15 rounds. I would say in order of greatness Jones, Spinks, Foster, all too big for Archie Moore.

[@constantine7382]

Can you tell me ONE truly great fighter Jones ever beat in their prime? I was a Jones guy but I don't think he stays with most of these guys. I'll give you a slightly passed his prime Mike McCallum and I guess James Toney ( though I think he's overrated) Antonio Tarver knocked him cold. And he was no where near the puncher Foster was.

[@anUntouchable]

@MrLukedanger Joe Calzaghe faught Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins at Light Heavyweight Bernard Hopkins has fought numerous times at this weight since 2006 and is the current light heavyweight champ!

[@constantine7382]

And none of them deserve to be on the list.

[@terryshaw9471]

Harry Greb although a middleweight beat Tunney and many great LH

[@marcxopoco]

A.J Liebling never had a fight with his own sister..

[@seerauberjohnny]

Damn! 'Chegui' was a beast, if he had come to the title earlier who knows how much greater he might have become?

[@MrLukedanger]

@anUntouchable super middles.

[@seerauberjohnny]

You may be right, but the fact remains Moore was Johnson's master, and Liebling was a great writer. However you seem to be a person of taste and discernment (I notice that are an admirer of Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc) so I am happy to agree to disagree with you!

[@thx1974eb]

Ezzard Charles beat beat Archie Moore 3 times including one stoppage.

[@geoffJG1]

Moore was as much as 9 years older than officially stated apparently.

[@keithcampbell6806]

Age does not change the fact that Ezzard beat Moore three times at lightheavy.

[@thx1974eb]

sorry it is spelled Lloyd

[@mrcjrowe]

HARRY GREB ! 300 fights, died aged 32 from an eye infection

[@husain4718]

He's more of a middleweight.

[@Nickcat5]

I also liked Holyfield & Spinks.

[@justonyambi8711]

I'm surprised not to see Holyfield must have been a cruiserweight

[@keithcampbell6806]

If you don't know dont post Evander was cruiserweight not lightheavyweight.

[@marcxopoco]

Halfwitted seeauberjohnny isn't bright enough to watch the film of the Moore-Johnson title fight.

[@TheBatugan77]

Archie Moore. And 9 others.

[@thx1974eb]

Harry Greb died from complications due to overdose of either during a nose operation.

[@Noodles37UK]

All of us 5 11s are destined to always look slim no matter how much we work out ffs.

[@pfitzger2e1]

WTF no Sam Langford ? Sure Langford beat heavyweights Flynn, Mcvea , Jeannette , Wills , had Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey afraid to defend the heavyweight title against him . Langford beat Jack O'Brien who beat Bob Fitzimmons , Langford would beat all these light heavys .

[@ruebendejesus7039]

Bob Foster will ko them all!

[@RobD-jq7ry]

Dick Tiger is a great name...no disputing that.

[@ramon-qx8nt]

Hajime no ippo season 1 episode 18

[@CombatChroniclesPodcast]

@anUntouchable You don't have a clue what you're talking about. Jones is probably a top 10 175lber, B-Hop isn't (though undoubtedly a gret fighter) and Calzaghe isn't a top 30 LHW even if you allow him his Super Middleweight resume for bargaining power.

[@nishantthakur826]

so from here peak a boo born

[@aronlatham3439]

Harry greb badest man to ever get in the ring

[@marcxopoco]

Curt Gowdy jabbers and shows he doesn't know shit about boxing. How obnoxious. And of course he gets in the obligatory sales pitch for Ali.

[@smallies7154]

henry cejudo

[@SledgehammerEditing]

Bob Foster - greatest lightheavyweight of all time

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

29:41 Hahahahahahaha!!!

[@whitefly2]

Mike Spinks was pretty good as well as Evander Hollyfield both moved up to heavyweight for the money.

[@cainepittman2]

Billy conn is the greatest of all times

[@purvalama6540]

Archie Moore the greatest ever hands down no question😍

[@constantine7382]

Ezzard Charles beat him three times at lightheavy including a knockout. He's not above Charles.

[@kristiannaisraeli5699]

ץ?==

[@KekoZeskende]

1.Archie Moore 2.Billy Conn 3. Tommy Loughran 4.Bob Foster 5.Michael Spinks 6.Ezzard Charles 7.Roy Jones Jr 8.Harold Johnson 9.Maxie Rosenbloom 10.John Henry Lewis

[@keithcampbell6806]

I watched this video in its entirety and no mention of Ezzard Charles who is widely considered by most to be the best lightheavy ever.These two so called experts are jokers .This post should be erased.