Boxing News ranks the 100 greatest fighters

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  1. bam bam

    bam bam Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boxing News is the longest-running boxing magazine still in publication, dating back to 1909. It is also the world’s only weekly running boxing mag.

    This is their 100 greatest boxers of all time list which came out today.



    1. Ray Robinson
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Henry Armstrong
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Ray Leonard
    6. Roberto Duran
    7. Harry Greb
    8. Jimmy Wilde
    9. Willie Pep
    10. Archie Moore
    11. Benny Leonard
    12. Jack Johnson
    13. Carlos Monzon
    14. Marvin Hagler
    15. Sam Langford
    16. Stanley Ketchel
    17. Tony Canzoneri
    18. Sandy Saddler
    19. Gene Tunney
    20. Jack Dempsey
    21. Rocky Marciano
    22. Joe Gans
    23. Julio Cesar Chavez
    23. Pernell Whitaker
    25. Larry Holmes
    26. Ezzard Charles
    27. Evander Holyfield
    28. Eder Jofre
    29. Mickey Walker
    30. Thomas Hearns
    31. Alexis Arguello
    32. Jose Napoles
    33. George Foreman
    34. Joe Frazier
    35. Lennox Lewis
    36. Roy Jones Jr.
    37. Kid Gavilan
    38. Michael Spinks
    39. Barney Ross
    40. Jimmy McLarnin
    41. Floyd Mayweather
    42. Manny Pacquiao
    43. George Dixon
    44. Benny Lynch
    45. Kid Chocolate
    46. Salvador Sanchez
    47. Wilfred Benitez
    48. Ricardo Lopez
    49. Azumah Nelson
    50. Aaron Pryor
    51. Wilfredo Gomez
    52. Ike Williams
    53. Ted Lewis
    54. Ruben Olivares
    55. Carlos Zarate
    56. Jake LaMotta
    57. Khaosai Galaxy
    58. Jack Britton
    59. Manuel Ortiz
    60. Billy Conn
    61. Bob Foster
    62. Dick Tiger
    63. Nino Benvenuti
    64. Charley Burley
    65. Tommy Loughran
    66. Antonio Cervantes
    67. Eusebio Pedroza
    68. Nicolino Locche
    69. Georges Carpentier
    70. Jack Berg
    71. Mike Tyson
    72. Carlos Ortiz
    73. Bob FitzSimmons
    74. Pascual Perez
    75. Harold Johnson
    76. Harry Wills
    77. Bernard Hopkins
    78. Juan Manuel Marquez
    79. Marco Antonio Barrera
    80. Erik Morales
    81. Freddie Welsh
    82. Joe Brown
    83. Panama Al Brown
    84. Myung – Woo Yun
    85. Beau Jack
    86. Oscar De La Hoya
    87. Miguel Canto
    88. Tiger Flowers
    89. Pancho Villa
    90. Carmen Basilio
    91. Marcel Cerdan
    92. Les Darcy
    93. Abe Attell
    94. Ad Wolgast
    95. Joe Calzaghe
    96. Shane Mosley
    97. Jung – Koo Chang
    98. Matthew Saad Muhammad
    99.Sonny Liston
    100. John Henry Lewis
     
    bam bam, Apr 26, 2012
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  2. Ted Spoon

    Ted Spoon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Of course, any list is liable to preference. Even still:

    73. Bob Fitzsimmons

    ...that is despicable.
     
    Ted Spoon, Apr 26, 2012
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  3. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    But Boxed m8, "Wacko" Jacko Johnson has some ATG wins over Middles And Supermiddles. :D

    And Jack "The Manassa Myth" Dempsey has some ATG shutout losses against Gene "Charlie Sheeny" Tunney. :yep


    Foreman Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook!:rasta
     
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  4. salsanchezfan

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    It seems like a composite list, where voters spanning a wide range of ages voted on it. As a stand-alone list it makes precious little sense.
     
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  5. Lester1583

    Lester1583 Can you hear this? Full Member

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    Calzaghe is in top 100 while McCallum is absent:admin
     
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  6. Foreman Hook

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  7. McGrain

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    Nobody is going to come up with a top 100 that satisfies, and I'd like to hear a little about the criteria, but Ricardo Lopez all those places above Charley Burley is a bit freaky.

    Calzaghe on the list and Holman Williams absent is pretty disgraceful (unless i'm missing him).

    Langford's ranking is absurb.

    But all the above is indicitive of a system that ranks champions and longevity in champions very very high. So maybe it's not as bad as it seems.

    It does appear to be generally illogical having said that, but i'd like to get a read of the paper first.
     
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  8. Lester1583

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    Borkhorsor!!!
     
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  9. sweet_scientist

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    Pretty embarrassing stuff.

    Like it popped out of a random great generator.
     
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  10. McGrain

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    Yeah, missed that. I have him at #5 these days. That is totally ridiculous unless your list is p4p h2h or some such nonsense.

    Terrible.
     
    McGrain, Apr 26, 2012
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  11. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No doubt would be ranked about 100 spots before Jim Driscoll, Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Emile Griffith, Vicente Saldivar, Billy Graham, Gene Fullmer, Duilio Loi and Ernesto Marcel on this guy's list.

    With someone like Ricky Hatton in between.
     
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  12. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Packey not on the list. What did I expect?
     
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  13. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Great for what Ray Leonard at # 5 Ali at number 2, I am fans of both but even I can say that is biased and ridiculous....Ali was a great Heavyweight but IMO Louis was the greatest ....Ray Leonard had 30 something fights? These boxing magazines can not afford to hire experts anymore
     
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  14. TBooze

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  15. Foreman Hook

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