What 'quality' do you consider most, when rating the Greats?

[Kev]

I think the most important quality is that they beat the best in their era.

I definitely agree that extra weight is given to a fighter who comes back from defeat.

Take Sugar Ray Robinson, 5 times middle weight world champ. He is more highly regarded than Carlos Monzon who reigned for as long as Robinson but never lost a defense. It's ironic that if he had lost and come back, like Ali or Robinson he would have been more highly regarded.

[click] superb manipulation of stats.

IMO, the Middleweights and Welterweights were boxings' strongest division. And IMO, SRR was easily boxing's finest 147lber and #2 at Middleweight, that is why in my ratings he is 11 places ahead of Monzon, who I consider Boxing's finest ever 160lber.

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