Ring Magazine Rates Roberto Duran the 5th Best Boxer of the Last 80 Years

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  1. acb

    acb De Camaguey... Gavilan Full Member

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    Discuss.
     
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  2. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Who else is in the top 10?

    EDIT: found the full list.

    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Henry Armstrong
    3. Muhammad Ali
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Roberto Duran
    6. Willie Pep
    7. Harry Greb
    8. Benny Leonard
    9. Sugar Ray Leonard
    10. Pernell Whitaker
    11. Carlos Monzon
    12. Rocky Marciano
    13. Ezzard Charles
    14. Archie Moore
    15. Sandy Saddler
    16. Jack Dempsey
    17. Marvin Hagler
    18. Julio Cesar Chavez
    19. Eder Jofre
    20. Alexis Arguello
    21. Barney Ross
    22. Evander Holyfield
    23. Ike Williams
    24. Salvador Sanchez
    25. George Foreman
    26. Kid Gavilian
    27. Larry Holmes
    28. Mickey Walker
    29. Ruben Olivares
    30. Gene Tunney
    31. Dick Tiger
    32. Fighting Harada
    33. Emile Griffith
    34. Tony Canzoneri
    35. Aaron Pryor
    36. Pascual Perez
    37. Miguel Canto
    38. Manuel Ortiz
    39. Charley Burley
    40. Carmen Basilio
    41. Michael Spinks
    42. Joe Frazier
    43. Khaosai Galaxy
    44. Roy Jones Jr.
    45. Tiger Flowers
    46. Panama Al Brown
    47. Kid Chocolate
    48. Joe Brown
    49. Tommy Loughran
    50. Bernard Hopkins
    51. Felix Trinidad
    52. Jake LaMotta
    53. Lennox Lewis
    54. Wilfredo Gomez
    55. Bob Foster
    56. Jose Napoles
    57. Billy Conn
    58. Jimmy McLarnin
    59. Pancho Villa
    60. Carlos Ortiz
    61. Bob Montgomery
    62. Freddie Miller
    63. Benny Lynch
    64. Beau Jack
    65. Azumah Nelson
    66. Eusebio Pedroza
    67. Thomas Hearns
    68. Wilfred Benitez
    69. Antonio Cervantes
    70. Ricardo Lopez
    71. Sonny Liston
    72.
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    73. Vicente Saldivar
    74. Gene Fullmer
    75. Oscar De La Hoya
    76. Carlos Zarate
    77. Marcel Cerdan
    78. Flash Elorde
    79. Mike McCallum
    80. Harold Johnson

    Source: Ring Magazine (2002)
     
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  3. El Matador

    El Matador Your Boxing Authority Full Member

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    Duran deserves that - he was a master of both offense and defense.
     
    El Matador, Jun 21, 2008
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  4. rydersonthestorm

    rydersonthestorm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    george foreman is far to high, good placing of duran though.
     
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  5. acb

    acb De Camaguey... Gavilan Full Member

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    Agreed, but I know many here don't.
     
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  6. Joe Jeanette

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    I would have rated him higher. Higher than both heavyweights in the top five.
     
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  7. Joe Jeanette

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    Dempsey at number 16 is ridiculous.
     
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  8. El Matador

    El Matador Your Boxing Authority Full Member

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    I think Jack Dempsey is a little high ...

    I mean, I like him, but I don't really think of him when I think of "The Best Boxers of the Last 80 Years". He was ferocious, and one of the great punchers of all time, but I would rank him a little lower as far as overall boxing greatness.
     
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    Tito ahead of DLH ?
     
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  10. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    Is this p4p? Anyone know what criteria they've used?
     
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  11. acb

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    P4P.
     
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  12. 196osh

    196osh Mendes Bros. Full Member

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    It is not a bad list.

    Jones should be much higher.
    Foreman too high. Dick Tiger too high. Trinidad too high.

    Just skimmed it over...
     
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  13. PacDbest

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    So Pac can't be lower than to 32. Pac is already recognized as the Greatest Asian fighter ever.
     
    PacDbest, Jun 21, 2008
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  14. acb

    acb De Camaguey... Gavilan Full Member

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    Right, and how many of Harada's fights have you ever seen?
     
    acb, Jun 21, 2008
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  15. TommyV

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    By you?
     
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