Which Was The Strongest Decade For The Light Heavyweights?

[Ivich]

Which decade had the deepest collection of 175 pound fighters?
Some candidates;

1920's

1930's

1940's

1970's

??????

[JAB5239]

Off the top of my head I'll say the '20's. The '70's should be pretty close though followed by the 40's and 30's. Jmo and didn't put any research behind this, just going on memory.

[Willow The Wisp]

I'm throwing my vote towards the 1920's


Gene Tunney, Harry Greb, Tommy Loughran, Jack Delaney, Young Stribling, Georges Carpentier, Jimmy Slattery, Paul Berlenbach, Kid Norfolk, Leo Lomski, Maxie Rosenbloom, Mike McTigue, Ad Stone, Battling Siki, Jimmy Braddock , Martin Burke, Battling Levinski, Lou Scozza, etc.

[kara]

I'm throwing my vote towards the 1920's


Gene Tunney, Harry Greb, Tommy Loughran, Jack Delaney, Young Stribling, Georges Carpentier, Jimmy Slattery, Paul Berlenbach, Kid Norfolk, Leo Lomski, Maxie Rosenbloom, Mike McTigue, Ad Stone, Battling Siki, Jimmy Braddock , Martin Burke, Battling Levinski, Lou Scozza, etc.

That is some lineup there.

[Ivich]

I'm throwing my vote towards the 1920's


Gene Tunney, Harry Greb, Tommy Loughran, Jack Delaney, Young Stribling, Georges Carpentier, Jimmy Slattery, Paul Berlenbach, Kid Norfolk, Leo Lomski, Maxie Rosenbloom, Mike McTigue, Ad Stone, Battling Siki, Jimmy Braddock , Martin Burke, Battling Levinski, Lou Scozza, etc.

30's Were pretty deep
Rosenbloom
Slattery
Olin
Gainer
Lewis
McAvoy
Conn
Lesnevich
Bettina
Fox

[Willow The Wisp]

The 1970's, seen as a full decade certainly deserves some mention. Bob Foster, Vicente Rondon, Jimmy Dupree, Pierre Fourie, Mike Quarry, Len Hutchins, Chris Finnigan, Jorge Ahumada, Victor Galindez, John Conteh, Yaqui Lopez, Ritchie Kates, Tom Boggs, Jesse Burnett, Bobby Cassidy, Marvin Johnson, Mate Parlov, James Scott, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Eddie Gregory, Mike Rossman, etc. Pretty darned deep.

[Ivich]

The 1970's, seen as a full decade certainly deserves some mention. Bob Foster, Vicente Rondon, Jimmy Dupree, Pierre Fourie, Mike Quarry, Len Hutchins, Chris Finnigan, Jorge Ahumada, Victor Galindez, John Conteh, Yaqui Lopez, Ritchie Kates, Tom Boggs, Jesse Burnett, Bobby Cassidy, Marvin Johnson, Mate Parlov, James Scott, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Eddie Gregory, Mike Rossman, etc. Pretty darned deep.

The 40's gave us;
Christoforidis
Bettina
Conn
Marshall
Overlin
Soose
Charles
Maxim
Mills
Bolden
Yarosz
Sands
Lesnevich
Moore
Smith

On balance I might go for the 70's

[BattlingNelson]

By decade we think of fights taking place from January 1 xxx0 to December 31 xxx9 and not a random 10 year period?

The implication being that some of the fighters mentioned belonging to a specific decade lineup actually had big fights in other decades.

Maybe I’m just being pedantic idk lol.

[Ivich]

By decade we think of fights taking place from January 1 xxx0 to December 31 xxx9 and not a random 10 year period?

The implication being that some of the fighters mentioned belonging to a specific decade lineup actually had big fights in other decades.

Maybe I’m just being pedantic idk lol.

Oh yes sure.for myself I'm going from Jan to Dec.

[markusmod]

The 1970's, seen as a full decade certainly deserves some mention. Bob Foster, Vicente Rondon, Jimmy Dupree, Pierre Fourie, Mike Quarry, Len Hutchins, Chris Finnigan, Jorge Ahumada, Victor Galindez, John Conteh, Yaqui Lopez, Ritchie Kates, Tom Boggs, Jesse Burnett, Bobby Cassidy, Marvin Johnson, Mate Parlov, James Scott, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Eddie Gregory, Mike Rossman, etc. Pretty darned deep.

Murderer's Row right here.