No divisions are easy to rank, but flyweight is one of the toughest.  Within this one weight class lies all the conundrums that face those trying to rank all-time greats.  One is forced to split hairs over what is more important-title reigns, quality of opposition, and comparing resumes that contain many different forms of what you would call “greatness.”  No easy task.

 

Every fight fan has his own idea of what greatness is, and more often than not the list will feature an inordinate number of his contemporaries because those are the fighters he knows best.  I've tried hard for that not to be the case regarding who is best within the classic 8 weight divisions.  So without further adieu, here is one man’s opinion of who occupies boxing’s Flyweight Mount Olympus.  Let the arguing begin.