Who do you consider the greatest fighter of all time?

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  1. Abdullah

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    Nice list! :good
     
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    mike tyson in his prime, nobody better
     
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    Well for me, Greb, Robbo and Armstrong are all interchangeable, but I always have Greb number 1. Like you said, his resume cannot be matched (although Ezzard Charles' resume is somewhat close IMO).

    Great fighter, but he will go unnoticed for the most part.

    The good thing, however, is that a year ago, the vote would be 75 % for Robbo and 25% for Ali (he is 8th on my list, but most people have him higher). But now, more and more people are starting to take notice which is a good thing
     
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    Manny Pacquiao deserves to be on the list IM just saying
     
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    The only people that 'deserve' to be on the list are

    Greb
    Robinson
    Armstrong
    Langford
    Duran
    Charles
    Fitzsimmons
    And maybe Ali.

    IMO these are the only fighters that can lay claim to being the GOAT
     
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    The Pacman.
     
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    Don't forget Mayweather.....just kidding! Haha. I don't disagree with your list of potential greatest fighters, but I would add Joe Gans and Willie Pep to it. Gans was a special, scientific fighter and there is existing footage on him. Pep was the greatest defensive fighter of all time, bar none!
     
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    no mention of joe louis, jack dempsey, rocky marciano?
     
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    And for good reason ....well except maybe Louis.
     
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    :lol: go on to the first page of this thread, and you'll see that Pep and Gans complete my top 10 All Time :lol:
     
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    i can reason with not having dempsey because he fought so long ago and his exact record is unknown, just said him because he was one of the first big name brawlers in boxing, i still think louis and marciano deserve mention though
     
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    Louis yes, Marciano no way!

    Louis is very very close behind Ali on the HW list, but Rocky was nowhere near that level, despite his unbeaten record (which to me doesn't mean much at all). I have Jack Johnson, Foreman and Lewis above Rocky in my HW rankings
     
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    False.
     
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    Bull****! Then who??? It's funny how you didn't post the supposed "correct answer". I am a boxing historian. Please enlighten me.
     
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