When Ranking All Time Greats

[killersheep]

When ranking all time greats you must follow some specific criteria.

1. Is the fighter in question Greek?

2. Does the fighter's last name rhyme with Karnamoutis?

3. Has this fighters been ducked by the commercial "best"?

This reduces the list a bit and you can judge after that records and what not.

To get back to what you are saying though, you are right, the sport as a whole has gone through some really significant changes. I would actually add another time frame of when 15 round fights went away that was a hugely significant change.

[BIG H]

When ranking all time greats you must follow some specific criteria.

1. Is the fighter in question Greek?

2. Does the fighter's last name rhyme with Karnamoutis?

3. Has this fighters been ducked by the commercial "best"?

This reduces the list a bit and you can judge after that records and what not.

To get back to what you are saying though, you are right, the sport as a whole has gone through some really significant changes. I would actually add another time frame of when 15 round fights went away that was a hugely significant change.

LMAO

[ElTerribleMorales]

When ranking all time greats you must follow some specific criteria.

1. Is the fighter in question Greek?

2. Does the fighter's last name rhyme with Karnamoutis?

3. Has this fighters been ducked by the commercial "best"?

This reduces the list a bit and you can judge after that records and what not.

To get back to what you are saying though, you are right, the sport as a whole has gone through some really significant changes. I would actually add another time frame of when 15 round fights went away that was a hugely significant change.

LMAO

he's a hell of a nice guy also, faking TKO losses to help out the young guys that are coming up

[Spicoli]

Its the good ol Harry Grab dilemma.Written,reported and spoken of on the highest of plateaus throughout history...but hey,we have never seen him fight.Exactly whos opinion was that and wheres he buried.The old adage...'seeing is believing'.Honestly,alot of the intrigue may be the mystery and not seeing everything?I dont know.Ive always been a sucker for history and its refreshing to step outside of the now...our immediate era and delve into another that we can only read about or see through some patched together highlight reels.Whats interesting is that with todays technology we possess the ability to absorb and learn so much about the days gone by and other greats with the click of a button.Though its immportant to appreciate that reading,rewatching a certain era as opposed to actually following the fighters live are hugely different and not the same.Every generation thinks its the new best thing and places guys atop of the mount as far as greatness when they are still very much active.History has a way of being a long continuum and cannot be fully put into perspective for many years and generations,when the dust settles a bit.Its fully natural to live in the moment and focus in on whats in front of us,at this very moment in regards to the sport but it does not show the bigger picture.