Who have been the High 10 pound for pound boxers within the Seventies?
Welcome to Half 9 of 13 from the latest Boxing Survey Collection, which can survey volunteers in an effort to find out the perfect pound for pound boxers from every decade. For this explicit survey which focuses consideration on boxers from the Seventies, a complete of 35 volunteers participated. Every volunteer supplied a chronological listing of between 10 and 25 names to forged their votes for the perfect boxers within the Seventies.
The Seventies was a beautiful time in boxing historical past when many terrific boxers competed, notably within the heavyweight division. Certainly, the Seventies is extensively seen because the Golden Period in heavyweight historical past, highlighted by the Large 3 – Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman. Ali and Frazier had an epic trilogy, Foreman and Frazier fought twice, and Muhammad Alie and George Foreman fought in one other traditional encounter in 1974.
However exterior of the heavyweight division, there have been many nice boxers as properly, together with Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, and Bob Foster. Within the Seventies, Duran was a protracted reigning light-weight champion within the 70s (the place he may go on to perform far more within the following decade), Arguello was a 2 division champion within the 70s (and he would additionally go on to grow to be a 3 division champion within the following decade), and Foster was a very long time champion within the gentle heavyweight division, the place he grew to become champion in 1968 and the majority of his reign occurred through the 70s.
So who have been the High 10 pound for pound boxers through the Seventies? And the place do Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, Bob Foster, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman all slot in?
This version of Rummy’s Nook will try and reply that query primarily based on the outcomes from half 9 on this Survey specializing in the Seventies, which included 35 volunteers. Please watch and benefit from the video. That is Rummy’s Nook (produced and narrated by Geoffrey Ciani).
