The Alltime GREATEST
September 11, 2000
If featherweight world champion Richardo Juarez (right) and his teammates live up to their potential, the U.S. could have one of its best boxing teams ever. It will be hard-pressed, however, to match the 1976 squad, which won five golds and produced three of the 12 fighters on SI's alltime U.S. Olympic boxing team (adjusted for historical changes in weight classes):
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Light Flyweight (106 pounds)
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Paul Gonzales, 1984
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Flyweight (112)
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Leo Randolph, 1976
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Bantamweight (119)
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Kennedy McKinney, 1988
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Featherweight (126)
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Meldrick Taylor, 1984
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Lightweight (132)
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Howard Davis, 1976
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Light Welterweight (140)
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Ray Leonard, 1976
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Welterweight (148)
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Mark Breland, 1984
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Light Middleweight (156)
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Roy Jones Jr., 1988
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Middleweight (165)
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Floyd Patterson, 1952
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Light Heavyweight (179)
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Muhammad Ali, 1960
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Heavyweight (201)
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Joe Frazier, 1964
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Super Heavyweight (unlimited)
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George Foreman, 1968
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If featherweight world champion Richardo Juarez (right) and his teammates live up to their potential, the U.S. could have one of its best boxing teams ever. It will be hard-pressed, however, to match the 1976 squad, which won five golds and produced three of the 12 fighters on SI's alltime U.S. Olympic boxing team (adjusted for historical changes in weight classes):
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