Stanley Ketchel: “The Michigan Assassin,” known for his astonishing power and general viciousness, had his career tragically cut short, but not before establishing himself as the terror of the middleweights with wins over Billy Papke, Joe Thomas and Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. Monzon battling fellow great Bennie Briscoe.ĥ. Carlos Monzon: The Argentine’s long championship reign and fourteen straight title defenses mark “Escopeta” as one of the very best. Freddie Steele: Solid wins over Fred Apostoli, Ceferino Garcia, Gus Lesnevich, Vince Dundee and Babe Risko. An autographed photo of the great Tiger Flowers.ħ. Racked up an incredible 118 wins in less than a decade. He gave Greb two tough battles and his loss to Walker was widely viewed as a robbery. Tiger Flowers: Competing with Mickey Walker and Harry Greb automatically puts Flowers among the elite. Mike Gibbons (right) putting on an exhibition with brother Tommy.Ĩ. His record shows wins over a long list of elite talent including Mike O’Dowd, Ted “Kid” Lewis, Al McCoy, Jeff Smith and Harry Greb. Mike Gibbons: He never won the world title, but Gibbons was widely regarded as one of the very best at 160, not to mention one of the sharpest and cleverest boxers around, regardless of weight.
Fritzie Zivic, Tommy Bell, Holman Williams, Marcel Cerdan, George Costner and Tony Janiro are among those LaMotta bested. Jake LaMotta: “The Bronx Bull” beat a long list of terrific fighters, including one of the greatest of all middleweights, Ray Robinson. Bernard Hopkins: While he presided over perhaps the weakest middleweight division in history, no one can dispute the skill, intelligence and longevity of “The Executioner.” Bernard Hopkinsġ0.
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