Top 10 Light Heavyweights by Decade

Top 10 Light Heavyweights by decade
Top 10 by Decade: Part 3 Light Heavyweights
A ranking experiment which attempts to objectively rank the best light heavyweight boxers across different decades starting from the 1930s.
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[@fredmctictac2272]

if archie moore's championship reign was 2 years earlier he would've scored that 100 point total in a decade.

[@Tell_It_Right]

Damn, A.Moore was a complete monster from 52-61: 10 straight years at #1.

[@lilpenny1982]

Bob Foster was good too

[@PorthtowanNate]

Roy Jones and the old mongoose!!! Always liked light heavy as a division and think it’s coming in to a mini golden era now. Great video as always look forward to super middleweights next.

[@Kijubei]

Funny how many boxers with the name "Muhammad" emerged in the 80's ...

[@sianakdukun9914]

My name too🤣

[@hassanx9423]

The nation

[@rhasherrhasher9381]

'96-'05 Roy Jones Jr. finishes w 93 total points. Not too many have 10 year consecutive run of sustained excellence.

[@tempestvideos9834]

Another great video from one of my favorite channels.

[@cattycats4]

I like these videos, many weight classes are relatively unknown compared to the most popular ones like Heavyweight and Welterweight. Videos like this one can educate people about great boxers they might not know much about. Keep up the good work.

[@PatkaBoy831]

I don't care what anyone says about him.. Dariusz Michaelzewski is one of my favorite fighters. He's underrated now imo.

[@ericvillano5729]

#1 Ezzard Charles #2 Gene Tunney #3 Archie Moore

[@marknorris1381]

Not bad. You know your boxing enough to the get the number 1 spot right.

[@Outerwebs]

Drink a shot every time Rummy says 'Old Mongoose'

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

Good stuff. I didn't realize Gus Lesnevich was so dominant. His fight with Freddie Mills is well-known in Britain though.

[@abuidrisap]

As always Great stuff Rummy

[@sarty23]

This is an awesome channel!

[@billybob9961]

Great video thank you!!

[@3.V.]

I love this series!!!

[@hasbulladaruler]

Love this series’s

[@anonym58063]

Will you make Top 10 P4P fighters by decade?

[@Rockstar-bq5fm]

Viktor Korsun he'll probably do that at the end of the series maybe

[@yujirogoggins4389]

YES PLEASE DO IT

[@AKhanboxing]

Viktor Korsun i think the term p4p was created after sugar ray, so we wont see most of the old p4p greats in the list :(

[@nadershugaa7557]

nice series !

[@KB4th]

Love your work mate.....

[@jonathanhart8570]

How av I missed this one.. Oooh a treat.. Brucie bonus cheers rummy

[@bjslugzbeatz2103]

i'll pick Michael "sphinx" spinks against any LHW in any time period. he moved up and got a better victory at hw with holmes(lost the 2nd one imo) and beat heavy hitter Gerry cooney. those are better victories than any other lhw that transitioned to hw in history and spinks was a skilled brawler. too bad he's only remember by getting koed by kid dynamite.

[@Crayon80]

My Favorite Boxing KZbin Channel ..❤

[@TheYazza1]

When you finished with the series, could you do top 10 most dominate boxers overall please

[@RevanLaughs]

Well I can’t go to sleep now, gotta watch the new video 😆

[@bigmike4337]

Rummys corner is absolutely the top for boxing content. Good work big man

[@jaymule7342]

Love these videos Rummy.

[@nolanbowen8800]

Somewhere I want to say Ezzard Charles would have been an outstanding cruiserweight boxer. Same for light heavyweight but the money was up with the big boys where he gave even the great Marciano 2 tough fights.

[@jimniexperience3591]

the Middleweight/Welterweight divisions gonna be stacked

[@derekstewart8175]

You could make a points list based on each fighters rankings during their years of their competition instead of just going by decade, that would show a more accurate picture of who the best fighters were/are imo

[@jnormile9924]

Can’t wait to see the middleweight version of this list I mean ray Robinson will most likely be no.1 but I’m curious who the number 2 spot would go to

[@eazypeazy33]

Nice video kid. That Archie Moore was a tough old man.. 😏

[@raaar1204]

Ezzard Charles is the best LHW ever.

[@subzthecheat7843]

Can you do a video on Prince Naseem Hamed please. I love your videos!

[@rickyellis6062]

Subz The Cheat I would also love that

[@garethgalloway268]

Roy Jones not only the best light- heavyweight of all time,I think in his prime the best boxer of all time!!!

[@lionsandtruth2483]

I’d say Spinks n RJJ are pretty even at 175 but overall RJJ is arguably one of the greatest ever

[@robertdecker4780]

It's really something with Roy Jones Jr. You could actually draw these dream fight scenarios with him against guys like Sugar Ray Leonard,Sugar Ray Robinson,Hearns,Hagler, and then upwards to Michael Spinks and Archie Moore,and upwards to even guys like Marciano,Holyfield, Jerry Quarry,Floyd Patterson,and Gene Tunney.

[@encyclopediaamericana7234]

Willie Pep, SRR, Ali, Hagler.

[@makdaodaawajdaidw9942]

I think Roy Jones was even more untouchable at MW/SMW

[@richardparker3421]

Archie Moore is the greatest light heavyweight champion of all time

[@lionsandtruth2483]

I’d say it’s a toss up btw Michael Spinks n RJJ.

[@user-jf8ts6kr7h]

Gotta agree

[@user-jf8ts6kr7h]

Jones is overated and spinks ain't better than archie

[@bigdan9671]

@@lionsandtruth2483 Archie Morre literally ruled for 17 years

[@marknorris1381]

Technically speaking you are probably correct when referring to Archie Moore as the greatest champion in the division, but Ezzard Charles dominated Moore at Light Heavyweight in 2 of their 3 fights with the other fight being competitive but Charles still coming out on top, before either was a champion. Charles was clearly a lot better than Moore at Light Heavy. If Charles would have had a fair go and got a shot at the title he would have hung onto the title for as long as he liked. If they'd had cruiser back at that time would have been the same.

[@SunnyIlha]

The 1980s was the greatest era of this weight division.

[@JeffPenaify]

the 40s imo

[@kingyoung3192]

@@JeffPenaify why isn’t Billy Conn listed?

[@franagustin3094]

Ezzard Charles would have beaten Roy. He was excellent and the beast and the true champion in 175

[@vantheman1238]

Franco Garcia absolutely right. The greatest Light Heavyweight of all time. Pure slick devastating power

[@marknorris1381]

Gotta go with what you say. Anyone who goes 3 - 0 including a KO against Archie Moore in 3 fights at Light Heavy gets my vote.

[@Edicater121]

nice!

[@supremercommonder]

Welter weight and middle weight please

[@danibogizmo5128]

A guy who couldve been a great light heavyweight but moved up was Michael Moorer. Didnt do too bad at HW tbf.

[@TC10Football]

personally i think it would be better to give the champion more than 10 points.. 12 or 15 maybe, because being champion is very prestigious and should be worth more than 1 point more than top contender

[@vantheman1238]

Agreed

[@thedudeabides503]

How much research do you do and how long does it take? Lol. I bet it's hours just for 10 min video

[@georgecrowcroft9260]

Robert Wilson oioi ad revenue

[@katesweet7407]

Your observation on the supremacy of Ezzard Charles over all other lightheavies, I'm afraid reveals the inherent weakness of this statistical approach, Rummy. Gus Lesnevich, far from being the best lightheavy of the nineteen-forties, would in truth be placed about fifth behind Charles, Moore, Maxim, and Marshall. He only comes out top on this questionable points ranking due to the longevity of his reign, where he made barely three successful title defences, and those, perhaps save for Mills, against the lesser opposition of Billy Fox. Not much to shout about. And when he did eventually tangle with Charles, Ezzard wiped him easily. Bit of fun your stats approach, but that's about all.

[@ruggerREL]

I def look at the RJ Vs montell and hill fights differently now

[@SuperRayrobinson]

Billy Conn.

[@PunchPerfectPlayer]

Roy beats em all

[@cattycats4]

except Tarver right?

[@robinsonray6766]

he aint beat tarver both statistically or in a fight.

[@lionsandtruth2483]

+cattycats4 RJJ was no longer in his prime when faced Tarver.

[@Bee-gv1zg]

Roy is the best! No doubt! He fought tarver in the 2000s when he wasn't I his prime

[@georgecrowcroft9260]

Brian Robichaux Roy wouldn't have beat Moore, Charles or Foster

[@SunnyIlha]

This weight division is an odd one.

[@jnewhouseillustration6075]

There is one fighter who is missing from this list, the only fighter who would give Roy Jones a tough fight hell may even beat Roy Jones and that is Billy Conn. The Pittsburgh Kid twice beat the #1 40's era Gus Lesnevich. Billy had Joe Louis in trouble but got brave against a heavyweight destroyer and it cost him the heavyweight title. Billy Conn beats Kovalev, Hopkins, Tarver, Ward, and would be challenged by Moore and Foster in close fights. I like Roy Jones who was talented above all others - but Conn would test the Great Roy Jones.

[@lionsandtruth2483]

Ain’t nobody beating Ward so u can get that shit out ur head.

[@davepoke]

Yeah ward nothing but a cheat, hugged and butted the shit out of kessler in their fight

[@jnewhouseillustration6075]

Justin Carreras, three total.

[@jnewhouseillustration6075]

lions and truth - Conn beats Ward. UD in 12 or 15. u get dat ?

[@jaymule7342]

From 1996 to 2005 Roy Jones Jr had 93pts and in my opinion is the greatest Light Heavyweight champion of all time.

[@Tell_It_Right]

DaaBoys2138 from 1951-62 A.Moore had 100pts. 10 yrs straight at the top.

[@timconn8773]

You have Gus Lesnevich ranked as the No. 1 Light Heavyweight in the 1940’s. Have you ever heard of Billy Conn ? He beat Gus Lesnevich twice ! Yet he is not even ranked in the top ten. This is absurd !

[@kingyoung3192]

Where is Billy Conn???

[@mgoogleuser8011]

wheres Michael Moorer in the 80's?

[@Rockstar-bq5fm]

Besides Ezzaard Charles not being on it no one can argue about Archie moores spot at the top considering how competitive and dominate he was for such a long time

[@marknorris1381]

Charles was too good for his own good. Probably cost him a title shot with the pathetic 'champion' Lesnevitch dodging both Charles and Moore. He's the greatest Light Heavyweight. 3 - 0 against Moore at Light Heavy attests to that.

[@maaslider]

I don’t think Archie Moore deserves the credit for holding the title for 10 years. It’s well known that he did not fight , I don’t have the time line at the moment, but he kept fighters like Harold Johnson, Ezzard Charles etc from the title. He was actually taken to court for this. I can’t consider him truly the longest light heavyweight champion.

[@kingyoung3192]

@@maaslider anyone know where Billy Conn was?

[@c-rad-87]

Why isn't Joe calzaghe on the best light heavyweight fighters of the 2010s

[@PaulsChannel1402]

Daruisz michalchewski was very very good! shame he is so less pointet out

[@martezberry3164]

Daruisz is future Hall of Fame, to me. No doubt

[@franagustin3094]

Harry Greb was the greatest.

[@georgecrowcroft9260]

Franco Garcia *middleweight

[@johnsharpe4054]

Archie Moore won the title in 1938 no ?

[@terrencedickens1987]

Bobby Foster would've chewed them all up and spit them out.

[@ricofulgoni2282]

How was calzahge not there he was 47-0

[@mgoogleuser8011]

fought all but 2 fights at super middle

[@In3inity]

calzaghe?

[@HR-jy1nb]

dadondutta he only had two light heavyweight fights. He'll be in the super middleweight top 10

[@tylerross9706]

Second, nice video

[@dcfromthev]

Yee

[@sugarray50]

Jones,charles,foster,moore,spinks were the best

[@ciarahall5402]

Charles was the best he had to move up to make some money

[@eangthaingov9923]

ok, i will not continue with this video. understand back in the the days of Pro Boxing... it was racial... slaves were involved... big egos.. boxers were paid to win, lose, or be hanged by the mob. truth or dare! ETN...

[@billysr9663]

Andre ward

[@calfskinbriefs0078]

Joe Calzaghe.

[@magacop5180]

No. He ducked everyone in their prime.

[@shadowsanddust2]

Hopkins is abeast

[@jayface]

First!