Mount Rushmore of Boxing

[SlimTrae]

Sullivan
Louis
Robinson
Clay-Ali

Yours?

[SlimTrae]

I really struggle to list Sullivan, Jeffries.

Jeffries beat almost everybody worth fighting! Jackson, Fitzsimmons, Corbett, Sharkey. But Sullivan made the transition from bareknuckle to gloves under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules.

[Master]

Jack Johnson who was way ahead of his time and stuck 2 fingers up to white racist society.

[SlimTrae]

Jack Johnson who was way ahead of his time and stuck 2 fingers up to white racist society.

True, his level of skill as rugged as it looks to us, was pretty fancy stuff back then!

I think I rate Sullivan on him being there before the others, but as u stated in the other thread, Jeffries is probably the man who deserves to be called a pioneer for beating everyone, only for an ill advised comeback he'd be undefeated with a stacked resume, not padded.

I rate Jack Johnson as a better heavyweight in his prime, or on the mythical P4P list but not so much as a pioneer since he himself had problems with other black fighters. Hard to say if he gave those others of his brothers a chance...he may not have had the title for any length of time.

[Mark TKO]

Ali
Robinson
Marciano (need a white guy up there)
Khan

[SlimTrae]

Ali
Robinson
Marciano (need a white guy up there)
Khan

Affirmative Action huh?

[TitoFan]

Ali
Robinson
Marciano (need a white guy up there)
Khan

Happy to see this list. Now the pressure's off.

[ykdadamaja]

Sullivan
Louis
Robinson
Clay-Ali

Yours?

Louis
Ali
Robinson
Mayweather

[Master]

Sullivan
Louis
Robinson
Clay-Ali

Yours?

Louis
Ali
Robinson
Mayweather

Your last pick let you down.

[Beanz]

Deffo Lee Haskins

[SlimTrae]

Deffo Lee Haskins

The same head carved 4 times, or different poses?

[Master]

Ranking boxers is quite a difficult task, but it’s a list that is purely down to opinion.

Some rankings hold more weight than others, but in the end, it’s still a matter of opinion.

Whenever someone names a top four in a certain sport, it’s normally dubbed their Mount Rushmore, of course, down to the famous American memorial which sees four of the United States of America’s former presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson carved out onto a mountain located in the region of South Dakota.

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn’s Mount Rushmore included Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and Pernell Whitaker, when asked to choose boxer’s from the last 50 years.

So he didn’t choose a certain Floyd Mayweather, nor did he choose Manny Pacquiao.

Discussing it back in October of 2020, Hearn said, as per Boxing News 24/7: “Legends evolve over time. When you look at the weight divisions Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in, you have to say Pacquiao should be on a list like that.

“But for me, I don’t look at Floyd Mayweather as a historic boxer. One day we’ll look back on Mayweather as a great, but he’s got to be careful. To retire with dignity is a wonderful thing. To retire undefeated is amazing, but to do it with dignity and class is special. But he loves a pound note.”

Hearn clearly isn’t wrong, hence the nickname “Money” Mayweather, as well as the self proclaimed “TBE.”

However, not ranking Mayweather up there with the elites is a brave call from Hearn, but again, it is a game of opinions.

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