Top 10 Lightweights by Decade

Top 10 Lightweights by decade
Top 10 by Decade: Part 9 Lightweights
A ranking experiment which attempts to objectively rank the best lightweight boxers across different decades.
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[@toplobster740]

I learn about a lot of old boxers I've never heard of before from watching these. They're like old artists.

[@Borisam]

Great vid man! Duran is hands down the best!

[@billybob9961]

Yes please keep them coming very enjoyable great idea it's great to see some of the old boxes from the 30s 40s 50s and 60s

[@Iamthestrang]

Itching for more of these. You are fast becoming my all round fav youtuber

[@Rockstar-bq5fm]

Great series Rummy, you do great credit to boxing history with these videos

[@GanbaMagus]

This has been a great ride so far Rummy, keep it up. Can't wait for the next one :D

[@lawrencedeherrera5342]

Duran Duran Duran 🥊

[@tempestvideos9834]

Another impressive video. Many thanks, Rummy.

[@yungfelix17]

Another good one. Thanks rummy

[@OldWorldNY]

These are awesome!

[@ruggerREL]

Economics ruined this division pass the Duran era whole lotta lightweight ate extra to get money fights at welter n middle

[@MrChillidee]

Thanks Rummy keep em coming 👍👍👍

[@RevanLaughs]

1 minute crew checking in

[@danielfirth97]

Loving these Rummy!

[@mrgrandi]

Very thorough as usual

[@KB4th]

Again, good stuff mate.....

[@yujirogoggins4389]

04:55 Pernell Whiatker sorry I just had to

[@jimniexperience3591]

stayed up cuz I felt one on the way

[@JO_Artificial]

Rummy, you are the best

[@JonJonGTA]

I really should sleep lol

[@heavyrollers7stsp113]

My man Rummy 💯💯💯💪

[@lefez9015]

Does anyone know the music in the background?

[@fightersplus3125]

Can we get featherweight?

[@kvnrthr1589]

Did a double-take when I heard Jimmy Carter lol. Would be funny if it were the same guy as the president

[@michaelallport5816]

The greatest lightweight of all-time, and maybe the greatest boxer of all-time, was Joe Gans. A guy named Nat Fleischer also shared this opinion.

[@markriley5863]

I know you are just going by Ring magazine top ten lists but how can you have a top ten lightweight list of all time without Benny Leonard on it?

[@JeffPenaify]

ring rankings didnt start til 1924, Leonard retired 1925

[@oscarrivera5363]

Carlos Ortiz number one

[@TC10Football]

5:24 pernell whiatker

[@christopherg7149]

Duran would of finish top if he stayed a lightweight these rankings for me don't add up cos the greats are moving up weight classis good videos tho keep it up

[@tueemsyhu4846]

DEM Light Weights BABY!!😀😊

[@NTBak47]

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[@pizzulo81]

I respect you greatly, but I think one fault is there isn't a strength of schedule category. I really can't imagine any one of the lightweights you mentioned beating Duran. Other than Duran himself, of course. Same with the welterweights of the 80's. I can't see Mayweather beating Duran, Leonard, or Hearns at welterweight much less Duran at lightweight.

[@darrellsmith8690]

pizzulo81 Floyd would beat duran r u forgetting Duran always lost to slick quick fighters like Leonard & Benitez the 1st Leonard fight don't count cuz we all kno Leonard fought the wrong fight, Floyd at lightweight was extremely fast & explosive where Duran is slow and can't cut off the ring how would he beat floyd?

[@TainoMantis]

Darrell Smith At Lightweight - Duran would run Floyd out of the ring. You forget that Floyd should have lost to Jose Luis Castillo in their first fight. And Castillo - skill wise - was not even on the same planet as the top 10 greatest Lightweights of all time...much less Duran. Floyd, above SuperFeatherweight, never had good power. And his punch volume was always low because of his hands. There's a reason he refused fights versus Casamayor at Lightweight or Kostya Tszyu at 140Lbs. "Duran is slow and can't cut off the ring". LMAO. Watch Duran versus Ken Buchanan or Watch Duran versus DeJesus II or III. In his prime, Duran beat faster, longer, more mobile fighters than himself. At Lightweight, Duran only lost to Esteban DeJesus - a more mobile version of a prime Juan Manuel Marquez & Hall of Famer. The fact that Duran was the ONLY fighter to beat a prime Leonard at 147 has gone over your head. Leonard stopped both Benitez and Hearns at 147Lbs, and is only ranked after Sugar Ray Robinson as the greatest Welterweight of all times. After "No Mas", Duran wanted to fight Leonard again within the year. Leonard refused and waited 9 years to fight Duran a 3rd time.

[@dinodeluca8842]

Roberto Duran greatest lightweight ever. Also one of the greatest welterweight champions.....

[@elnick1000]

You said you made some mistakes in the past. I just don't see why you did not include the 1920's, as that would have been 6 years for ring magazine. Jack Dempsey would have won the 20's with 38 points. You can find this list by the way on BOXREC. Just look up ring magazine ratings year by year.

[@Fonzleberry]

Where you do the final list, you need to collate boxers who've been in the top ten of more than one weight division, otherwise it's unfairly biased towards the boxers that don't make division changes, i.e. heavyweights.

[@JeffPenaify]

its a lightweight ranking lol

[@efrainrodarte6395]

Man i thought some fighters would score higher

[@georgegreig8054]

Billy petrolle

[@elmylopez7317]

En the Best all the time light is Roberto duran

[@christopherthompson1011]

Rummy is the greatest boxing champion

[@rachidlaouji3414]

Naseem hamed ???

[@joesoto690]

He was a featherweight 126 pounds.

[@y0urm0msfavb0y12598]

7:28 I hear a moan. Am I crazy? Lmk

[@JOBXR]

Maybe he hit something on his desk when he was recording this lol

[@mattjean2652]

Well, obviously this scoring system is faulty at best, as proven by all previous episodes as well as this one . . .Waaahhhwaaahhhh!

[@raymondespinoza9359]

U know y duran the best. He had 12defences but 37 non title fights in between...Rummy a casual in pure boxing lol