favourite old time boxer

[El Kabong]

Jack Johnson is definitely a good choice.

I like to think of the differences between Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali. What's funny is Al Sharpton is on the Ali documentary about how Ali was robbed of his three years in his prime, but he isn't anywhere to be seen on the Louis documentary. Haha. What a useless piece of trash.

AMEN! Joe Louis willingly sacrificed his prime years to help the war effort and what thanks did he get? A POS like Sharpton not knowing anything about him!

When you say "Old Time" I think of the fighters like John L. Sullivan, Harry Greb, Battling Siki, Young Griffo, Kid Chocolate, Jim Jeffries, James J. Corbett, Stanley Ketchel, Jack Johnson, Sam Langford, etc etc. Loads of great nicknames back then and loads of great tales like the Sullivan-Kilrain fight where it was scorching hot and the men went toe to toe The Great John L swigging whiskey between rounds.

[Slim the BoxingManiac]

Jack Johnson is definitely a good choice.

I like to think of the differences between Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali. What's funny is Al Sharpton is on the Ali documentary about how Ali was robbed of his three years in his prime, but he isn't anywhere to be seen on the Louis documentary. Haha. What a useless piece of trash.

AMEN! Joe Louis willingly sacrificed his prime years to help the war effort and what thanks did he get? A POS like Sharpton not knowing anything about him!

When you say "Old Time" I think of the fighters like John L. Sullivan, Harry Greb, Battling Siki, Young Griffo, Kid Chocolate, Jim Jeffries, James J. Corbett, Stanley Ketchel, Jack Johnson, Sam Langford, etc etc. Loads of great nicknames back then and loads of great tales like the Sullivan-Kilrain fight where it was scorching hot and the men went toe to toe The Great John L swigging whiskey between rounds.

Sullivan is the stuff legends are made of. He went 75 rounds with Kilraine when he could have easily finished him inside of ten. He did it to show everybody that he wasn't a short winded Nancy. Sullivan is a boss.

[Master]

Love Joe Louis for old time fighter as you can watch his fights and his moves looks modern.

Jack Dempsey raw punching power is also brutal and amazing to watch.

[roberto duran legend]

Sugar Ray Robinson, he laid down the blue print for the modern day boxer,
the man was a genius.

[DavilaJones]

Willie Pep is another favourite of mine though I was very dissapointed by his record padding. He fought very very good opposition then he went on fighting bums for...well to his credit he survived a plane crash and still kicked a lot of ass

[Sand Man]

The Great John L is my favorite, not only for his bluff and bravado in the ring, but his antics out of the ring. Can you imagine John L storming into a bar and scowling "I can lick any sonuvabitch in the house!" and waiting for a response that never came? Classic! (read up one one man who did push back on him - Quebec strongman Louis Cyr. Great story). Closely following John L is James Jeffries, cause I think he was the bravest man in the world to come out of his undefeated retirement, with no warm up fights, and face the best HW boxer in the world under the race relation conditions of those times. He had to know he would lose that fight, but took it anyway. And I'll argue with anyone that Jeffries in his prime could have beaten Johnson in his prime, 'cause I think he would have.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Billy Conn

[jon09]

Sugar Ray Robinson, he laid down the blue print for the modern day boxer,
the man was a genius.

Same for me; Ray was the ultimate entertainer in and out of the ring and never ducked anybody in 200 fights. A true legend.

[Dark Lord Al]

Rocky Marciano , you got to love a guy who says the following before every fight.

" Im going to throw as many punches as I can , as hard as I can , for as long as I can"

He may not have been a classic boxer but he was a top guy.