A first draft: My hundred greatest boxers of all time, p4p

D'oh, missed Dixon atsch

Okay, just to give you an idea of how I have them, going by their placements on my p4p list:

51. Azumah Nelson
52. Nicolino Locche
59. Billy Graham
63. Joey Giardello
67. Joey Giardello
74. Owen Moran
73. Antonio Cervantes
76.Vicente Saldivar
78. Jack Blackburn
79. Dave Holly
80. Lew Tendler
88. Pascual Perez
89. Felix Trinidad
90. Sammy Angott
91. Bob Mongomery
92. Young Griffo
97. Johnny Kilbane
96. Johnny Dundee
98. Mike Gibbons
99. Jackie Kid Berg

Notice most are pretty high up, so I can't really make too much of a fuss on some you've missed out. The ones most deserving though, I'd say are the ones highest up on my p4p list.

 

:good

Ahaha, he was THAT good!

Sorry about that, I meant Luis Rodriguez at 63,Giardello at 67.

 

Good list, to many old timers on there. IMO.

 

I would have rated the Rock over Lewis, pound for pound, and and of couse heavyweights.

 

I agree with Roy Jones being too high. Same with Ketchel.

Legendary puncher, Ketchel, and a nightmare H2H... But what did he ever accomplish?

Jones being above Whitaker is a crime, I think.

 

Jones was the greatest of all time. Jones accomplished more then Whitaker, so i dont see your beef. Accomplishments dont mean **** if somebody head to head from history would have handed them there ass.

 

Greatest of all time.

Conversations over, methinks.

 

Talent wise yes. In his prime, i wouldnt pick any one over him. Robinson would be a good choice to pull it off, but i wouldnt count on it.

 

By what criteria did Jones accomplish more?

 

How did you go about assembling this list? I've been thinking about doing one, but my method will be weird.

To try not to exclude anyone who's deserving, I'm going to do a Top 10 (or 20) for each weight class, with maybe an extra class or two for the "floater" type guys who aren't highly ranked in any one division but are P4P status based on accomplishments in several divisions.

I think that all of the P4P top 100 choices are top 10s in one weight class or another (with the few exceptions still being in the top 20 at a weight), so it seems to be a pretty easy way to at least get a gargantuan list of candidates going. From there, I can axe the names that I don't feel make the cut and order those that do.

 

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... WHA?! Duran --outside the top 10?? Who? Where?! I'm going beserk! I'm losing it! I'M LOSING IT!!
oh.
You got him at #9.
That's fair enough.

G'night.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

 

Good thing this isn't a top 100 of the most talented fighters of all time then, eh?

 

It always tricky to do a first top 100, excellent effort.

You done better than me, the first time I tried, I miseed Mickey Walker!