Our Ten Best

[Thread Stealer]

Trying to pick the ten best of all time is a difficult challenge. It all depends on the yardsticks used.

My ten best: Joe Louis, Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Robinson, Harry Greb,
Henry Armstrong, Roberto Duran, Tony Canzoneri, Willie Pep, Eder Jofre,
and Jimmy Wilde.

Muhammed Ali was great, but more flash and style than substance.

Come on now. He fought just about every contender around and performed well against them. When he lost a lot of his flash and style in the ring, in the mid 70s, he still got the job done.

The top ten list you have is not bad though. Ezzard Charles, Sam Langford, Muhammad Ali, and Benny Leonard all have solid claims though to being top 10. Not sure who I'd remove though.

[Zelley]

Trying to pick the ten best of all time is a difficult challenge. It all depends on the yardsticks used.

My ten best: Joe Louis, Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Robinson, Harry Greb,
Henry Armstrong, Roberto Duran, Tony Canzoneri, Willie Pep, Eder Jofre,
and Jimmy Wilde.

Muhammed Ali was great, but more flash and style than substance.

Come on now. He fought just about every contender around and performed well against them. When he lost a lot of his flash and style in the ring, in the mid 70s, he still got the job done.

The top ten list you have is not bad though. Ezzard Charles, Sam Langford, Muhammad Ali, and Benny Leonard all have solid claims though to being top 10. Not sure who I'd remove though.

Good points! And, of course Muhammed (Cassius Clay) Ali is one of the best.
In his own words before he beat Liston he told us he is the greatest.
"Some say the greatest is Sugar Ray, but they have yet to see Cassius Clay".

When he lost his flash and style, he sometimes got the job done,
but he payed a heavy price. In some cases, he even received gift decisions e.g. Jimmy Young.