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    Default Best boxers of all times?

    Just wondering what everyones list is.
    Mine goes like this:

    Ali
    Holyfield
    Sugar Ray Lennard
    Roy Jones
    Marciano

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    A list without SRR will imediately be disregarded in most discussions.

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    Default Re: Best boxers of all times?

    The terms "boxer" and "fighter" are distinctly different, IMO. Whereas "fighter" encompasses the whole package, "boxer" to me specifically addresses the technical side of the fighter. Thus, I can't see where Marciano and Holyfield should be anywhere near that list.

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    Keeping in mind he started as SFW its hard not to think Floyd may just be the best of the bunch.
    SRR was great , but does Floyds jumping through the weights outshine even Ray ?

    That is a question id like people to answer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Keeping in mind he started as SFW its hard not to think Floyd may just be the best of the bunch.
    SRR was great , but does Floyds jumping through the weights outshine even Ray ?

    That is a question id like people to answer.
    At this moment in time you would have to say Floyd,is up there with the best of them he's a hell of
    a fighter. To me the best era was the 80's in boxing great fighters and great match ups, if you could turn
    back time and put Floyd, in the mix it would have been very interesting we can't so we can only debait,
    the mater.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Keeping in mind he started as SFW its hard not to think Floyd may just be the best of the bunch.
    SRR was great , but does Floyds jumping through the weights outshine even Ray ?

    That is a question id like people to answer.
    There are certain things about SRR's resume Floyd will never be able to match. Not least among them, since you have brought up the issue of weight, is the fact that SRR went up to light heavyweight and completely outclassed and outworked a recognised champion for probably 12 of 13 rounds, before collapsing due to heat exhaustion. If SRR had had the foresight to coast the last few rounds (or even if the fight had been indoors imo) he would almost certainly have been a light heavyweight champion. In total, Ray fought at four different weights, in an era where there was more between the weight classes than there currently is. He started as a lightweight (5 pound difference to where Floyd started at super featherweight) and went up to a higher weight than Floyd is ever going to venture. For the record, Floyd would probably be somewhere around my top 5, but I don't think his going up in weight in any way outshines the achievements of SRR which, frankly, are unparalleled in the sport of boxing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SRR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Keeping in mind he started as SFW its hard not to think Floyd may just be the best of the bunch.
    SRR was great , but does Floyds jumping through the weights outshine even Ray ?

    That is a question id like people to answer.
    There are certain things about SRR's resume Floyd will never be able to match. Not least among them, since you have brought up the issue of weight, is the fact that SRR went up to light heavyweight and completely outclassed and outworked a recognised champion for probably 12 of 13 rounds, before collapsing due to heat exhaustion. If SRR had had the foresight to coast the last few rounds (or even if the fight had been indoors imo) he would almost certainly have been a light heavyweight champion. In total, Ray fought at four different weights, in an era where there was more between the weight classes than there currently is. He started as a lightweight (5 pound difference to where Floyd started at super featherweight) and went up to a higher weight than Floyd is ever going to venture. For the record, Floyd would probably be somewhere around my top 5, but I don't think his going up in weight in any way outshines the achievements of SRR which, frankly, are unparalleled in the sport of boxing.
    For the record Floyd was world champ at SFW and up to and including JM , SRR was champ at WW AND MW.
    Of course different era,s SRR had an amazing ammount of fights , he also had probably 1 thing that Floyd hasnt , BIG POWER to go with speed.
    Last edited by Dark Lord Al; 05-07-2012 at 01:55 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Keeping in mind he started as SFW its hard not to think Floyd may just be the best of the bunch.
    SRR was great , but does Floyds jumping through the weights outshine even Ray ?

    That is a question id like people to answer.
    no one would love to answer "yes" more than I would. But floyd never unified one division. He's been a fan of collecting the wbc strap mostly. Imo srr better resume, but pbf better boxer.

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    One of the main reason I put Holyfield on this list is his beautiful boxing. His head movement was some of the best of any heavy of all time. Not to mention he used the philly better than any heavy.


    Anyway I was gonna but Ray Robinson on my list but he just didnt move quit like Lennard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by SRR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Keeping in mind he started as SFW its hard not to think Floyd may just be the best of the bunch.
    SRR was great , but does Floyds jumping through the weights outshine even Ray ?

    That is a question id like people to answer.
    There are certain things about SRR's resume Floyd will never be able to match. Not least among them, since you have brought up the issue of weight, is the fact that SRR went up to light heavyweight and completely outclassed and outworked a recognised champion for probably 12 of 13 rounds, before collapsing due to heat exhaustion. If SRR had had the foresight to coast the last few rounds (or even if the fight had been indoors imo) he would almost certainly have been a light heavyweight champion. In total, Ray fought at four different weights, in an era where there was more between the weight classes than there currently is. He started as a lightweight (5 pound difference to where Floyd started at super featherweight) and went up to a higher weight than Floyd is ever going to venture. For the record, Floyd would probably be somewhere around my top 5, but I don't think his going up in weight in any way outshines the achievements of SRR which, frankly, are unparalleled in the sport of boxing.
    For the record Floyd was world champ at SFW and up to and including JM , SRR was champ at WW AND MW.
    Of course different era,s SRR had an amazing ammount of fights , he also had probably 1 thing that Floyd hasnt , BIG POWER to go with speed.
    True, but as I said there is less between weights nowadays, there are more belts to win, and don't forget that for a long time SRR couldn't even get a title fight because nobody wanted to fight him. And I think being so close to winning a title at light heavy weight where he was massively out of his comfort zone and against a much bigger guy is more impressive than winning a title at your starting weight as a youngster. But Floyd is an incredible fighter, he is easily the best of his generation and certainly an all time great. As a defensive fighter he is much more technically accomplished than SRR ever was, but then, SRR had a very different style and it worked pretty well for him - his offense was his defense in many ways, since not many people could withstand him for too long. The ones who did were some of the toughest fighters I've ever seen. A more interesting question would be: How does a fight between them go, prime for prime? I'd like to hear people's opinions on that actually. Would Floyd's defensive guile and technical ability be enough to keep Ray at bay? Not sure. And if SRR had Floyd hurt I'm sure he'd finish him off - he'd finish anyone off. Interesting to try and visualise the various ways that one could pan out though. I think the only way Floyd wins is by decision, but he is very good at doing just that, and SRR did have trouble with good boxers from time to time, but those guys also bled a lot, and there was always the chance that even when being outboxed he would suddenly produce one great punch and either KO the guy or turn the fight on its head.

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    Im am not saying Floyd is better than SRR , but it is between those 2 ,maybe the odd other name.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Im am not saying Floyd is better than SRR , but it is between those 2 ,maybe the odd other name.
    I'm honestly not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just curious to hear what people think about how they would match up in consideration of the great difference between their styles, both of which have been proven to be very effective. In my opinion it would be the best offensive fighter of all time vs one of the greatest defensive fighters of all time. I think that SRR was more instinctual in the ring than FMJ, who is a more accomplished ring general, and that's another factor that makes this something interesting to think about: would Floyd be able to out-think and outmaneuver SRR to get the points victory?

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    Harry Greb
    Niccolino Locche
    Willie Pepp
    Joe Gans
    George Benton
    Charlie Burley
    Ezzatd Charles
    Benny Leonard
    Ray Leonard
    Ray Robinson
    Eder Jofre

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by SRR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
    Keeping in mind he started as SFW its hard not to think Floyd may just be the best of the bunch.
    SRR was great , but does Floyds jumping through the weights outshine even Ray ?

    That is a question id like people to answer.
    There are certain things about SRR's resume Floyd will never be able to match. Not least among them, since you have brought up the issue of weight, is the fact that SRR went up to light heavyweight and completely outclassed and outworked a recognised champion for probably 12 of 13 rounds, before collapsing due to heat exhaustion. If SRR had had the foresight to coast the last few rounds (or even if the fight had been indoors imo) he would almost certainly have been a light heavyweight champion. In total, Ray fought at four different weights, in an era where there was more between the weight classes than there currently is. He started as a lightweight (5 pound difference to where Floyd started at super featherweight) and went up to a higher weight than Floyd is ever going to venture. For the record, Floyd would probably be somewhere around my top 5, but I don't think his going up in weight in any way outshines the achievements of SRR which, frankly, are unparalleled in the sport of boxing.
    For the record Floyd was world champ at SFW and up to and including JM , SRR was champ at WW AND MW.
    Of course different era,s SRR had an amazing ammount of fights , he also had probably 1 thing that Floyd hasnt , BIG POWER to go with speed.

    SRR had an iron chin too.
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