Quote Originally Posted by Mr140
CC Khan good point then were does SRL go if he can not be welterweight he was amazing. I mean he beat Benitez, Hearns and Duran and still can not make the list. But then there is Robinson i do not know list is hard that why i put who you think. I mean alot of people will critize me for putting Larry but man he was close to it i mean Louis and Ali i just see Holmes there but everyones different.

Truth is the WW division is a HARD!!!! one to pick because there have been so many greats at that weight...IMO the WW division may be the best div talent wise of all time...Leonard is among the top 3...again it depends on who's list though


Larry was without a top 5 HW...Him being better then a prime Ali is hard to swollow because Ali was a special kind of fighter he did not have one good thing in his prime he had everything about him that was good, speed, decent power, footwork etc...he did not need to rely on one certain thing as almost every other fighter...EG- one guy may have used his jab as his bread and butter ( Holmes who has te best jab of any HW ever)...another relied on speed and so on.....The only thing about Ali early on that could be questioned was his chin he went down a bit when he was young but also he was still growing into a full sized man....when he got older his chin was nothing short of granite,,,,

Larry came in a tough era,,,hard to follow up after the most loved HW of all time beat him then reign..no matter what you do it is never enough ....

IMO Larry would not have beaten a prime Ali, I would give it to him over Louis, Tyson prime for prime would have beaten him...Too fast to strong....Lennox would have outboxed him as well..