Post YOUR 20 Greatest fighters of all time!

I'd say the Classic Forum has about as big a hard-on for him as is possible, really. Pretty much every forum I go to, actually. But then when you're that good, it kinda goes with the territory.

 

1. Ray Robinson
2. Sam Langford
3. Harry Greb
4. Ezzard Charles
5. Henry Armstrong
6. Bob Fitzsimmons
7. Roberto Duran
8. Muhammad Ali
9. Joe Gans
10. Benny Leonard
11. Willie Pep
12. Archie Moore
13. Mickey Walker
14. Barney Ross
15. Ray Leonard
16. Tony Canzoneri
17. Joe Walcott
18. Charley Burley
19. Packey McFarland
20. Pernell Whitaker

21. Jimmy McLarnin
22. Joe Louis
23. Carlos Monzon
24. Kid Gavilan
25. Gene Tunney

 

Post in an intelligible manner and then I'll respond.

 

I try to pop over and try to read the threads on Classic everyday but as I don't post there I sometimes forget. That being said everytime I come across Whitakers name he's treated with the respect and appreciation a man of his ability deserves to be.

Your choice of placing him one spot behind Leonard is quite interesting as I made a thread about the Ring's choice of placing him one place behind Leonard in their Greatest Fighters of the last 80 years. With Whitaker being only place behind Leonard do you think if you revised your list you could in fact have him in front of Leonard? Or is that the absolute maximum credit you could ever see yourself giving Whitaker.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=286422

 

Neither does the thread starter

 

I feel like a total dick for leaving out hagler,monzon,napoles,hearns,wilde,chavez etc. top 20 is a ***** to do since there are so many good boxers.
I need to study a lot more of the oldtimers to make a real list, but sinc e you asked for it, top 20::smoke

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Sam Langford
5. Willie Pep
6. Ezzard Charles
7. Harry Greb
8. Benny leonard
9. Joe Gans
10. Roberto Duran
11. Ray leonard
12. Barney Ross
13. Charlie Burley
14. Pernell Whitaker
15. Joe Louis
16. Manny Pacquiao
17. Eder Jofre
18. Archie Moore
19. Bernard Hopkins
20. Roy Jones jr.

 

1 Sugar Ray Robinson -- #1 Welterweight; #2 Middleweight
2 Henry Armstrong -- #2 Welterweight; #3 Featherweight; #4 Lightweight
3 Harry Greb -- #1 Middleweight; #7 Light Heavyweight
4 Muhammad Ali -- #1 Heavyweight
5 Ezzard Charles --#1 Light Heavyweight
6 Roberto Duran -- #1 Lightweight
7 Willie Pep -- #1 Featherweight
8 Joe Louis -- #2 Heavyweight
9 Benny Leonard -- #2 Lightweight
10 Archie Moore --#2-3 Light Heavyweight
11 Sam Langford -- #2-4 Light Heavyweight
12 Carlos Monzon -- #1-3 Middleweight
13 Sugar Ray Leonard -- #2-3 Welterweight
14 Joe Gans -- #3 Lightweight
15 Jimmy Wilde -- #1 Flyweight
16 Eder Jofre --#1 Bantamweight
17 Gene Tunney -- #3-4 Light Heavyweight
18 Marvin Hagler --#3-4 Middleweight
19 Rocky Marciano -- #3-5 Heavyweight
20 Manny Pacquiao -- Flyweight-Welterweight champion

 

If we were to say make a list from the best 20 boxers from about 1950 till now, I think people are capable of making very good lists, but with all the fighters before that included its much more difficult since you really need to know the sport in and out to be capable of doing that. It takes a lot of time as well.

 

:rofl

 

Honorable mention: Mickey Walker (top 10 Middleweight and Welterweight), Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Kid Gavilan, Barney Ross, Ike Williams, Pernell Whitaker, Tony Canzoneri, Sandy Saddler, JC Chavez, Bob Fitzsimmons

 

The ones in bold I don't know too much about.

Could you do a quick summary of why they deserve to be in the top 20?