Is Lomachenko this year's version of the GOAT? If one is called the Geatest Of All Time (which is an eternal term) then what happens to their status once the next one comes along?.. . . Muhammad Ali, then Sugar Ray Leonard, then Mike Tyson, then Oscar De la Hoya, then Floyd Mayweather and for a moment Manny Paquiao. Are they called "Former Greatest Of All Time" or "Greatest Of All Time Emeritus". . . . how does that work? Shouldn't the label be called The Greatest-Of-All-Time-Until-There- Is-The-Next-Greatest-Of-All-Time?
I was at the grocery store this week and heard workers having a conversation "Who is the greatest baseball player of all time" I cringed because they sounded so nerdy and pathetic. I know baseball is inferior to boxing but IMO there will never be a way to prove "The Best Ever" in any sport. IMO it's a dog chasing his tail
Its like the P4P debate. . . ."Would Lomachenko defeat Anthony Joshua if the are the same weight?. . . .Such a stupid argument. Its like saying would the U Conn women's basketball team defeat Villanova if they were all men.
Too many variables to crown any one fighter "the greatest." I think the better term would be "best of their era." And there are many fighters who fall into this category. Who created a buzz everytime they fought.
Boxing fans tend to be very much swayed by hype in these matters, and greatly overate whoever the latest "Greatest of All Time" is. Very few of them - Robinson and Ali come to mind - actually deserve this level of accolade.
its hard to say. especially because alot of us didnt live to see alot of these fighters. technology gives the oppurtunity to do some homework and educate us on these past time greats. if some one asks me who the greatest boxer of all time is i go with sugar ray robinson all day. and to be talking a sport like baseball with so many positions then thats a whole differ ball game its to hard to say. an the best players were also in the steroid era
