Floyd picks his top 5 OF ALL TIME

[Beanflicker]

On another note - good to see that Floyd knows Duran would have beat the living shit out of him.

Maybe, providing he never got a tummy ache and quit.

[Fenster]

On another note - good to see that Floyd knows Duran would have beat the living shit out of him.

Maybe, providing he never got a tummy ache and quit.

The brilliant lunatic had 119 fights. Bit harsh to constantly pick on one moment of madness (I used to do it too when I was younger but realised I was wrong )

[Beanflicker]

Bit harsh to constantly pick on one moment of madness

How about getting cleanly outboxed by Dejesus, Benitez, Kirkland Laing, Robbie Sims. Or being unable to figure out Tommy Hearns and getting blown out like a bum in 2 rounds.

But yeah, he'd go out and destroy one of the greatest defensive boxers in history.

[IamInuit]

Its who was off the list to begin with that was telling ffs. The rest was a dog and pony show.

[TitoFan]

Is it fair to say Floyd should stick to boxing and leave the rankings to the people that know about rankings?

[Beanflicker]

Is it fair to say Floyd should stick to boxing and leave the rankings to the people that know about rankings?

I agree with Floyd that he is likely the #1 of all time, but I think the rest of his list was shit, yeah.

I didn't even agree with his reasoning for why he was the #1, even though I think he is the #1.

Beaten more world champs than anyone... that's because there are about 10 "champs" in each division now a days.

Floyd is a genius in the ring but borderline retarded outside of it I think.

[No Contest]

I don't TBE lists are appropriate anymore. Its really all about era's. Fight game has changed so much its near impossible to compare guys who fought 100+ fights a fight every 2 weeks, against guys who fight was less frequent and maybe get 50 fights. Add in 15+ round fighters. Also that pool of fighters was good but he only had 10 to choose from....and guess what he picked mostly the more recent options. My top five out of those would be:
1: SRR
2: Mohammed Ali
3: Mayweather
4: Armstrong
5: Duran/JCC
List leaves out guys like Monzon, Sanchez, Langford, Hopkins, Hagler...any of those could easily be 3-5.

[Sleepwalker]

Floyd never struck me as a ring historian anyway or someone who watched long hours of footage of ATGs during his rise. I take his list with a grain of salt....

[Fenster]

Bit harsh to constantly pick on one moment of madness

How about getting cleanly outboxed by Dejesus, Benitez, Kirkland Laing, Robbie Sims. Or being unable to figure out Tommy Hearns and getting blown out like a bum in 2 rounds.

But yeah, he'd go out and destroy one of the greatest defensive boxers in history.

There's a fine line between genius and madness.

[Beanflicker]

There's a fine line between genius and madness.

You certainly live up to that description under your name

[Fenster]

There's a fine line between genius and madness.

You certainly live up to that description under your name

You certainly don't live up to yours.

[IamInuit]

Floyd needs no choreographer in the ring but he needs Bob Fosse outside it. He actually belittled himself by his choices for the list who he picked off said list and who he left off it. He feeds the hysteria even if he wasn't serious.

Thee end.

[Beanflicker]

You certainly live up to that description under your name

You certainly don't live up to yours.

When a guy who's consistently wrong thinks you stink, what can you say?

[J_Undisputed]

Floyd also left Ray Robinson off the list as a deliberate slight. Its an attempt to distance himself from the fighter people have him in constant competition with for the best ever title. A tad petty, but look who we're talking about here. He based his number #1 selection is based off of earnings and beating more champions. Like I said before, some of the accolades hes boasting about are him being a beneficiary of the time hes fighting in.

[Primo Carnera]

Unless I've missed it, I'm really surprised there's virtually no mention anywhere of Sugar Ray Leonard, yet lots of Duran.