Who was the greatest?

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  1. tommythomas3

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    People will say SRR, but who is the greatest not naming Sugar Ray Robinson?
     
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    Let me guess, Roberto Duran?
     
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    Duran or Ali
     
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    Time will look kindly on Roy Jones and Lennox Lewis
     
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    Henry Armstrong or Greb.
     
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    I think Roberto Duran, but that's just me and that's IMHO. Who do YOU think was the greatest not naming Sugar Ray Robinson?
     
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    Langford?
     
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    Mohammed Ali is the greatest from 1970-1980
    Ray Leonard is the greatest from 1980-1990 (Duran honorable mention)
    Roy Jones Jr. is the greatest from 1990-2000 (Whitaker/Chavez honorable mention)
    Floyd Mayweather is the greatest from 2000-2010 (Pacquiao honorable mention)

    I find it's easier to place a guy in there respectiver eras than to say all time greatest as it is so hard to compare people who lived and fought in seperate timeframes.
     
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  10. Pimp C

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    ATG P4P
    1.SRR
    2.Armstrong
    3.Ali
     
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    If it's not SRR, it has to be Walker Smith.
     
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    There is no single "greatest" but many great boxers. Ten of the ATGs are:

    Sam Langford
    Henry Armstrong
    Harry Greb
    Benny Leonard
    Roberto Duran
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Rocky Marciano
    Joe Louis
    Muhammed Ali
    Willie Pep
     
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  13. Big Left

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    Ali, maybe the greatest sportsman of the last century.
     
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    Great post.

    It bemuses me how anyone can start a thread asking who was the greatest, but your not allowed to mention Walker Smith.
     
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    :deal

    :good Good post my man!
     
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