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If Ali were in Floyd's shoes..he would have fought Paul Williams at his top & Margarito....Ali didnt care much for Don King the way PBF dislikes Arum, but the greats fight whoever, and whenever...Floyd doesn't.
Yeah but Ali also sat on the ropes (in fights and in sparring) and let guys pound on him, and ended up in a sad state after boxing, so maybe he isn't the greatest example of a guy who made all the right moves...

When I hear people talk about Floyd like he ducked these guys, or like he was the only one in the history of boxing who never fought a couple of guys people would have liked to have seen him against... I have to wonder why those people are willing to form opinions without doing the research.

After all Floyd has done, do we really think that either Margarito or Paul Williams would have defined his career or given him more trouble than a Corrales, Hatton, De La Hoya, Alvarez, ect?
My defining of great can be considered subjective not objective, doesn't bother me.
But from my perspective a factor of greatness is defined by taking on all comers.

So with Ali..we HAVE NO QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, but with Floyd we have to speculate on why the long-tall-rangy fighters were left of his resume.

Wether Ali sat on the ropes in sparring or tightroped walked them has no bearing on this discussion.
IMO I am stricly talking boxing, from an athletic perspective.
Football or Basketball doesnt have athletes claiming no need to play this team or that teambecause of..insert selfish answer. Other sports are set up to match your skills against all.
Well Ali made that decision: He was too arrogant to let someone go by, wether he could beat them or not, he had to find out.

Floyd chose not to find out, and for that he is not my greatest fighter of all time.