I'm thinking of putting together my own top 20 and i'd be interested to see other peoples all time top 20 fighters. Not just the names but the proportion of older and newer fighters in there is what i'm looking at and although i have a rough idea for my list i would like to see where other people have the names i have down already.
1 Suhar Ray Robinson 2 Henry Armstrong 3 Muhammed Ali 4 Harry Greb 5 Sam Langford 6 Joe Louis 7 Ray Learnard 8 Roberto Duran 9 Pernel Whitaker 10 Carlos Monzon 11 Benny Learnard 12 Willie Pep 13 Rocky Marciano 14 Jack Dempsey 15 Jack Johnson 16 Marvin Hagler 17 Stanley Ketchel 18 Julio ceasar Chavez 19 Alexis Arguello 20 Jake la Motta
I look at like this i regard robinson as the best ever la motta tuck his unbeaten record and had a 6 fight series with him, in which 3 of them could of went either way, i also rank marcel cerdan as one of europe's best ever fighters only behind jimmy wilde, la motta beat marcel for the title, also with wins over other all time greats such holman williams, loyd marshal and zivic. Plus la motta should of been champion years before he got the title, he was past his prime when he won the title just goes to show how good he was, back when there was only one title
The guy in your avator use to say la motta was the best, jake says it was the biggest complament he ever got when marciano said that
#1 Sam Langford #2 Harry Greb #3 Sugar Ray Robinson #4 Henry Armstrong #5 Ezzard Charles #6 Roberto Duran #7 Willie Pep #8 Benny Leonard #9 Mickey Walker #10 Bob Fitzsimmons #11 Muhammad Ali #12 Archie Moore #13 Joe Gans #14 Sugar Ray Leonard #15 Barney Ross #16 Joe Louis #17 Charley Burley #18 Pernell Whitaker #19 Gene Tunney #20 Barbados Joe I don't have one saved anywhere, so this is a rough idea.
1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Harry Greb 3. Henry Armstrong 4. Sam Langford 5. Joe Walcott 6. Bob Fitzsimmons 7. Ezzard Charles 8. Benny Leonard 9. Willie Pep 10. Mickey Walker 11. Archie Moore 12. Roberto Duran 13. Pernell Whitaker 14. Gene Tunney 15. Barney Ross 16. Joe Louis 17. Alexis Arguello 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Rocky Marciano 20. Sugar Ray Leonard
Hearns was weight drained (and undefeated at 147), Benitez didn't train (undefeated at 147), Duran didn't train (first time he had been stopped), and Hagler was shot (coming off knocking out undefeated john Mugabi and undefeated for 11 years)