Greatest Of All Time

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  1. Quik

    Quik Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who do you consider the GOAT in each weight classes we have today?
    Help complete my list or post your own....

    By the way i only put fighters i saw fight myself. I won't put one in on how other people says this fighter was great.

    Heavy Lewis
    Cruiser ???
    Light-Heavy RJJ
    Super-Middle
    Joe Calzaghe
    Middle Hagler
    Light-Middle SRL
    Welter
    Hearns
    Light Welter Julio Cesar Chavez
    Lightweight Duran
    Super Feather Mayweather
    Feather Salvador Sanchez
    Super Bantam
    Morales
    Bantam Wilfredo Gomez
    Super-Fly ???
    Fly ???
    Light-Fly ???
    Minimum Ricardo Lopez
     
  2. Smazz20

    Smazz20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You've never seen Jones fight?
     
  3. Quik

    Quik Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yea but i don't know at what weight class to put him.... He was better at Middle then at light heavy but yea ill put him at light heavy...
     
  4. Haye

    Haye Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cruiser has to be Holyfield.

    Also, was not Ricardo Lopez a flyweight? Either way, Jimmy Wilde is the greatest ever fly.
     
  5. Smazz20

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    Most would regard his absolute best as being at 168, but it's your poll.
     
  6. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    HW: Muhammad Ali
    CW: Evander Holyfield
    LHW: Ezzard Charles
    SMW: Joe Calzaghe
    MW: Harry Greb
    LMW: Thomas Hearns
    WW: Sugar Ray Robinson
    LWW: Aaron Pryor
    LW: Benny Leonard
    SFeW: Floyd Mayweather Jr
    FeW: Willie Pep
    SBW: Wilfredo Gomez
    BW: Eder Jofre
    SFlW: Gilberto Roman
    FlW: Jimmy Wilde
    LFlW: Michael Carbajal
    SW: Ricardo Lopez
     
  7. Outboxer

    Outboxer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :nono
     
  8. TFFP

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    Heavy - Muhammad Ali
    Cruiser - Evander Holyfield
    Light heavy - Roy Jones Jr
    Super middle - Joe Calzaghe
    Middle - Carlos Monzón
    Light middle - Mike McCallum
    Welter - Sugar Ray Robinson
    Light welter - Aaron Pryor
    Lightweight - Roberto Durán
    Super feather - Alexis Argüello
    Feather - Willie Pep
    Super bantam - Wilfredo Gómez
    Bantam - Manuel Ortiz
    Super fly - Johnny Tapia
    Fly - Jimmy Wilde
    Light fly - Jimmy Wilde
    Straw - Ricardo Lopez
     
  9. Fallow

    Fallow Active Member Full Member

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    That's a very good list. Maybe Pea in for Leonard.
     
  10. Farmboxer

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    Vlad can be the greatest heavyweight of all time if he keeps fighting regularly and does not retire until around 37 or so. He could do it if he is injury free and he takes care of his healh.
     
  11. TFFP

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    :rofl

    Really, no.
     
  12. Fallow

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    :rofl

    Put the crackpipe down son.

    :rofl
     
  13. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    Head to head, I have Whitaker number 1 at lightweight. Duran is my number 2, but it's a close call and he could easily be number 1. Since this list is based more on accomplishments than actual head to head, I feel Leonard beat the better overall opposition at lightweight, such as Lew Tendler, Johnny Dundee, Willie Ritchie, Johnny Kilbane, Jack Britton, Freddie Welsh, and Rocky Kansas.
     
  14. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Unlikely, but possible.
     
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    Iffy on Hearns