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In your opinion who do you guys think was or is the greatest boxing fighter of all time?I would have to say Oscar cause of all he has accomplished in the sport of boxing and i dont think there is another boxing fighter who could win six world titles in six weight classes.
jimmy Wilde.
All time it is Ray Robinson...The original Sugar....DLH could not wipe Rays ass.....Six titles in six weight classes...try defending your title 5 times in two weeks....
Then Hank Armstrong...Again six titles uin six weight classes....Try three titles in three weight classes at the same time....
ALI---No need to explain
heres a few
muhammad ali
willie pep
henry armstrong
jimmy wilde
sugar ray robinson
joe louis
honourable mentions
larry holmes
carlos monzon
roberto duran
julio cesar chavez
jack johnson
got to be Homicide Hank, he did three weight world champion simultanously when there was no light welter, light middle etc and he had a pop at the middleweight crown which ended in a draw.. :o
We talking about 'fighters' or just p4p greatest of all time, as in 'fighters' boxers etc?Quote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
i'll just say ali....but then again sugar ray is,...ok wait....cRAp see how hard this is.
Well 2 things..
1) Modern fighters are better then old fighters
2) great records indicate great fighters
3) undefeated records really set a fighter apart from the crowd
So really the answer is obvious isn't it?
or is 46-0 not Quite long enough? maybe we need 49-0 or 50?
1.Henry Armstorng
2.SRR
3.Willie Pep
4.Benny Leonard
5. Ali
6. Roberto Duran...
...i could go on but Homocide Hank was the best of all time imo
Willy Wise! No seriously Armstrong, Robinson, Ali, Leonard, Duran, Jofre, just to hard to do..
Oscar if he beats Mayweather is in the top 20.
Jofre is probably the most underrated fighter of all time. People often forget about him and his foe Fighting Harata who was also a great fighter. Man Jofre could fight and he was an all time top 10 great.Quote:
Originally Posted by glennf
Correct Boom Boom, Eder Jofre was a legend as a Bantam and his demolition of Saldivar at Feather is to often overlooked as are a lot of the smaller guys.
Ricardo Lopez is another one who will unfortunately have the same fate. I think the lower weights actually have the best fights, but for some reason the lackluster heavyweight division seems to mostly all the coverage...and yeah the Saldivar fight was a great win for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by glennf
When he was in shape and not groggy from binging then crash deiting to lose an insane amount of weight in little time, I think Roberto Duran was almost perfect. Insane stamina, good power, good handspeed, great head movement, a very smart fighter. I think the Roberto Duran who fought Buchanan and Leonard 1 was one of the best fighters I've ever seen.
srr / amstrong vecause of the number of fights is hard to look past them
but i feel roy jones cud have been up there if he took boxing 100% serious from the start