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    Default Mount Rushmore of Boxing

    Sullivan
    Louis
    Robinson
    Clay-Ali

    Yours?
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    Default Re: Mount Rushmore of Boxing

    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.
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    Jack Johnson who was way ahead of his time and stuck 2 fingers up to white racist society.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    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.
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    Default Re: Mount Rushmore of Boxing

    Ali
    Robinson
    Marciano (need a white guy up there)
    Khan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO View Post
    Ali
    Robinson
    Marciano (need a white guy up there)
    Khan
    Affirmative Action huh?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SlimTrae View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO View Post
    Ali
    Robinson
    Marciano (need a white guy up there)
    Khan
    Affirmative Action huh?
    From that list Khan is the affirmative action with his weak chin of his.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO View Post
    Ali
    Robinson
    Marciano (need a white guy up there)
    Khan

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

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    For the whole of boxing just 4 guys? That is insanely difficult to do.


    Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pep, Rocky Marciano


    That's mine anyway. I was about to put Archie Moore or Hank Armstrong up there as well...really difficult to whittle it down to just 4. I guess a more modern one would be Tyson, Floyd, Duran, RJJ. Though shouts could be made for Lennox, Evander, Ray Leonard, Hopkins, and Calzaghe.

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    Default Re: Mount Rushmore of Boxing

    Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali

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    Default Re: Mount Rushmore of Boxing

    Quote Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell View Post
    Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali
    Wait I forgot Joe Louis..... Take out Jack Johnson

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    Default Re: Mount Rushmore of Boxing

    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Muhammad Ali
    Roberto Duran

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    Default Re: Mount Rushmore of Boxing

    SRR
    SRL
    Ali
    RJJ
    Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.

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    Seeing as it is Mount Rushmore ....

    Roberto Duran - Hands of STONE
    ROCKy Marciano
    Sonny Liston - Old STONEFACE
    Primo Carnera - the Ambling ALP
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    Default Re: Mount Rushmore of Boxing

    When I think of the Mount Rushmore of a sport, I don’t necessarily look at who was the best but who created the biggest impact. Although being the best can go hand in hand with impact. Looking at it that way, this would be my list.

    Dempsey, Louis, Ali, Tyson

    Although it seems blasphemous to keep SRR off the list, I think that Mount Rushmore has to be filled with more known fighters that last through generations. And despite you liking it or not, the heavyweight division is where the biggest ratings come from.

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