1 - Roberto Duran 2 - Muhammad Ali 3 - Sugar Ray Leonard 4 - Pernell Whiaker 5 - Roy Jones Junior 6 - Calros Monzon 7 - Emile Griffith 8 - Julio Cesar Chavez 9 - Evander Hollyfield 10-Marvin Hagler I bet i've forgotten somebody.
Nope. Admittedly, I need to see more of Monzon, Ive seen plenty of Hagler & he would make my top 10 list but I dont view him as a better boxer/fighter than Ali, Duran, Whitaker, Chavez & especially not Leonard who as the smaller man beat Hagler 7-5 on my personal card. Hagler should not under any unbiased circumstances be ranked above SRL on a p4p basis & thats exactly what this list is.... p4p. Cheers.
wow, nobody has aaron pryor? my list 1.ali 2.monzon 3.hagler 4.pryor 5.tyson extended list 1.ali 2.monzon 3.hagler 4.pryor 5.tyson 6.arguello 7.hagler 8.hearns 9.leonard 10.holyfield 11.lewis 12.holmes 13.mspinks 14.dqawi 15.jones jr 16.duran 17.chavez 18.hopkins 19.dlh 20.whittaker.
Not taking career into account 1. Pernell Whitaker (most elusive fighter in history) 2. Sugar Ray Leonard (full package) 3. Roy Jones Jr (very elusive, extrodinarily fast hands) 4. Muhammad Ali (Full package, extrodinarily fast heavyweight) 5. Roberto Duran (underrated defensive ability, offensive force) Overall 1. Roberto Duran (greatest lightweight of all time, campaigned successfully at higher weight classes. Great defensively and offensively, has great wins in Barkley, De Jesusx2, Moore, and Leonard) 2. Muhammad Ali (Atg's all over the place in his resume, extrodinarily fast heavyweight, unorthdox style, beat the odds several times, avanged every loss before he became shot, 3 time heavyweight champ) 3. Sugar Ray Leonard (Greatest top 4 wins in history, had everything: chin, heart, speed, power, and was probably the greatest finisher in welterweight history. Not the longest career, but he dominated a ridicliously talented era) 4. Pernell Whitaker (one of the most talented boxers ever in my opinion, most elusive certainly, and has wins over Chavez (should have been), Mcgirt, Nelson, and Ramirez.) 5. Roy Jones Jr (underrated wins in Toney and Hopkins, his move up to heavyweight was an accomplishment. One of the most talented fighters in history.)
Selfkill, looks like we agree on 4/5.... not bad. I prefered Julio Cesar Chavez to Roy Jones myself but to each their own I guess.
Monzon above Jones? Jones looks more impressive on film, won belts all the way up at heavy and is favourite against Monzon post-Hopkins. So what's the thinking there?
Jones also lost in his last few years, whereas Monzon continued to beat everyone even past his prime. At 160 I consider Monzon the most dominant ever and aside from Ali probably the most dominant one-weight fighter. I may favor Monzon over Jones at MW, though not at SMW. Also I think you overrate Jones's win over Ruiz quite a bit. Still, I concede that the case can definitely be made for Jones, and the suggestion made me think a bit.