Imo Greb is but and sure Armstrong has a few notches staying active.
He won the triple crown however brief. He went 27 and 0 in a year with 27 ko’s grabbing the only featherweight title available. When he lost to Ambers in a rematch for the 135 title it broke a run of 46 and 0 with 39 knockouts. He went to welter and was 133 at the weigh in when he beat Ross. He defended his title 19 times which is still a record. People always cop to opponents and their records w/o considering the times. People fought everyone all the time unless you were unfortunate enough to be and individual caught up in the colour barrier. The numbers also outright lie at times. All kinds of people have 0’s today but you know as well as anyone what those represent in most cases. Some of these atg’s fought two or three times a month. Staying undefeated today and staying undefeated in past eras are two different things. There are more belts today then there are elites to carry them. And let’s face it, many of the people Floyd beat would be the same opponents you call bums from other eras had they fought in them. Fighting twice a year against no hopers or with little hope is what it is. Floyd struggled against Castillo, Maidana and Hatton until Cortez injected himself into the fight and Armstrong by all accounts fought that style but at a different level. Armstrong fought almost 200 times in 13 years, Floyd fought 49 times in 18 years. Armstrong beat 10 hall of famers, how many did Floyd beat.
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