Re: Top 100 All-Time Greats: Post your list here...
These all-time great lists are impossible.
When trying to justify one fighters great attributes over anothers, the Roy-Hopkins argument alone shows how it's impossible to avoid hypocritical inconsistencies. Even though Roy BEAT Hopkins, he is still not regarded a better fighter by many.
The problem with boxing, compared with other sports, is most fighters only meet ONCE. It's rare to have rematches let alone a number of fights to establish the dominant fighter (with older exceptions like Robinson-LaMotta). And because of this almost every match has an excuse attached to it.
Too old
Too young
Too small
Past his best
Weight drained
Robbed
Excuses, excuses, excuses, excuses.
Last edited by Fenster; 02-05-2009 at 09:56 AM.
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