Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
Quote Originally Posted by Britkid
I have RJJ all time #35, Hpokins #38:

39 Azumah Nelson
38 Bernard Hopkins
37 Jack Johnson
36 Ricardo Lopez
35 Roy Jones
34 George Foreman
33 Joe Gans

RJJ is IMO a Great fighter, but Hopkins is merely superb. I think there are only 35 Great fighters of the Queensberry Rules era, and RJJ is 35th of 35. In due course I think Hopkins will be considered Great by myself... but not for the moment
The difference between great and superb for you is 3 spaces?
No it is one space; when I did my 2004 all time 100 list, I had 34 great fighters stopping at Foreman. In March 2006 I re-did list and decided that IMO RJJ derserved the title Great.

In due course, I suspect I will consider the likes of Lopez, Johnson, Hopkins and Nelson Great... but for the minute, IMO, they are merely superb