Who do you consider the greatest fighter of all time?

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  1. Pacman2011

    Pacman2011 New Member Full Member

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    Duran lost to all the legends he fought!!!! overrated!!!:deal
     
  2. RustBelt

    RustBelt The Pride Of Youngstown Full Member

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    PBF if he beats Pac, Khan, Bradley!
     
  3. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes. There's footage of Tommy Loughran, Kid Norfolk, Mike Gibbons, Tommy Gibbons, Bill Brennan, Mike O'Dowd, George Chip, and I think there's footage of Battling Levinsky as well, though I haven't seen it. Not sure about Jack Dillon. All of these men's records speak for themselves. Brennan wouldn't be on the level of the others, but he would be a large Heavyweight by the era's standards that the Middleweight Greb was handling.
     
  4. bandido

    bandido The Black Bandit Full Member

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    Why is Floyd Mayweather Sr. on the list?
     
  5. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    Floyd Mayweather in his list?
     
  6. Chrystophilax

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    brando18b4h Active Member Full Member

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  8. Abdullah

    Abdullah Boxing Junkie banned

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    Wow, more personal attacks. Scary stuff, Big Al. :lol: I don't have to see Greb's fights to know that he beat more Hall of Famers than anyone in history. I have seen just about all the existing footage of the great men he beat and in a lot of cases, beat easily. Greb was a one of a kind, no one would argue that. Of course I would LOVE to see his fights, but since I can't, I have to go to the MANY newspaper reports from different newspapers and different writers. They all revered him. They had no agenda to build this man up. His incredible resume built him up. His style has been described by so many different people and they all seem to concur that he was a fast, tough, perpetual motion machine that beat all of the great middleweights, light heavyweights & heavyweights of his time, the ones that would fight him, that is. He beat men so much bigger than him and for about 5 years, did it while blind in one eye.

    Look at your avatar? Yeah, that's the great Roberto Duran. I love the guy. So, I assume your point is that because Duran is on your avatar that you can't have a passion for Ali. I love him too. Ali was also a one of a kind. I didn't in any way say that Ali was the ONLY fighter that you like. Come on, guy, you are reaching here. It'll be ok.

    And yes, Greb's resume is HEAD AND SHOULDERS above EVERYONE who EVER competed in the sport of boxing. I believe you had another historian tell you the same thing, well, actually she said "head, shoulders, torso, ****, etc" Hahaha. That was funny, but so true. You can say I am arrogant all you want. I have never allowed myself to be brought down by other people's negative opinions of me, so I won't make an exception this time. I am, in no way forcing my opinion on anyone. The consensus is the consensus and you don't seem to like it.
     
  9. Baldwin

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  10. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ALL OF THE LEGENDS THAT DURAN LOST TO WERE BIGGER THAN HE WAS.Cheers.genius.
     
  11. The_President

    The_President Boxing Addict banned

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    When you speak of GOAT, it entails many different aspects of the sport, to include;

    1) Talent
    2) Ring generalship
    3) Competition
    4) Entertainment value
    5) Adversity
    6) BIG fights
    7) Out Of The Ring persona
    8) Record

    Looking at each fighter and scoring based on the above, I have these fighters listed as the greatest;

    1) Ali
    2) Sugra Ray Robinson
    3) Jack Johnson
    4) Sugar ray Leonard
     
  12. sandy mac

    sandy mac Active Member Full Member

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    Greb, Langford , Robinson , Duran , Jimmy Wilde , Joe Louis, Archie Moore, Ali, Ricardo Lopez, Juan Manuel Marquez
     
  13. bRoNeR**a**G

    bRoNeR**a**G Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I love Lopez and Marquez, but they aren't on the level of the other cats you mentioned.
     
  14. JMP

    JMP Champion Full Member

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    +1. Neither is Jimmy Wilde.
     
  15. klion22

    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    LOL. 15 *****s actually voted for him.