I would say Joe Calzaghe. Everybody respects him. No harsh stuff about him. Perfect record, no asterisk a attached. Floyd? No, he will catch hate. Manny? He too will catch hate. JCC Sr - he had too many losses on his record Oscar- didn't have a flawless record. Rjj- messed up his legacy after the Ruiz fight. Lennox Lewis- had a few losses. Muhammad ali- stuck around the game too long. Ricky Marciano? He retired undefeated but post humously there is judgment whether or not he would come back if not the plane crash Salvador Sanchez? Left us too soon... Edwin valero- ... Criminal minded. So I think Enzo's son, who do y'all think?
Well I guess one can make a case for Lennox Lewis, LL. The Lion aka the emperor, pugilist specialist: Beat everybody he ever faced, Avenged two defeats by way of brutal kayo. Won a gold medal, Beat Riddick Bowe in the ams, Rated 3rd best hw by the ring magazine, Possibly even beat Rahman in their studio brawl lol. And matches up mythologically against every hw ever!
Calzaghe is very over rated. Hopkins beat him, he ducked Darius M well they ducked each other. Like Mayweather & Jones jr he was reluctant to fight abroad. Before you start George I dont hate any of them LOL
I'm close to agreeing, just a shame he was a bit unlikeable at the time. If he fought and beat Riddick Bowe in the pros then I would almost certainly say yes. For me, out of the superstar fighters (during my lifetime, because I think you have to be alive at the time to really get a grasp on how big each win was) it would be between SRL, Duran, LL. Pac and May just a notch below them for me. Calzaghe not even close, he had to go stateside much earlier.
I'm inclined to agree, Bowe had the skills but LL had the physical attributes and a champion mindset which Bowe definitely did not have. I preferred Bowe at the time and he had some great fights but his career could have been so much more
I dont agree zaggers has the best legacy. plenty of hate too. harold gee for one, spent all his mental and physical energy on here for over 5 years hating on Zaggers.