who is your fighter of each decade? if there are 2 or 3 outstanding candidates you can only choose one 20s- harry greb 30s- henry armstrong 40s- Joe Louis 50s- SRR 60s-Ali 70s- Duran 80s- SRL 90s- RJJ 2000s- floyd Maymeather
Rough list 20's-Harry Greb 30's-Henry Armstrong 40's-Ray Robinson 50's-Ray Robinson 60's-Emile Griffith 70's-Roberto Duran 80's-Ray Leonard 90's-Pernell Whitaker 2000's will in the end probably be Pacquiao, although Hopkins and Mayweather are close.
i had a tough time choosing between the brown bomber and willie pep for the 40s and ray leonard and larry holmes for the 80s and i tried not to choose one fighter for two decades like sugar ray for the 40s and 50s
I think Robinson is pretty secure for the 40's, one loss in the decade when he was outweighed by 16lbs to a fellow ATG in LaMotta, 4 wins over LaMotta, and wins over Kid Gavilan, Fritzie Zivic, Sammy Angott, Tommy Bell, Armstrong, Georgie Abrams, etc. Plus it's prime Ray Robinson. As great as Louis and Pep were in the decade, they can't touch that. 50's is probably the hardest decade to determine, I went with Robinson again, but if you aren't doing one fighter in 2 decades then I would guess Marciano.
yea. cos for me this was when he broke through and was all over the papers news ..this 20 year old kid and youngest champion . i do believe to this day in his prime i don believe he could be stopped
The 50's should probably be Archie Moore actually. I don't know why I forgot about him when I made that original list.
2000s: Hopkins (Glen Johnson - KO, Tito - KO, DLH - KO, Tarver - shutout, Winky - UD, Pavlik - Shutout, MW, LHW crowns, 21 titles defenses, all 4 sanctioning titles, P4P#1 status reached twice, ATG performances 40+, only close/debated losses, A++ overall skill level. What he did is so far ahead of Maywather and Pacquiao that these guys has to face each other then get wins vs. top elite fighters like Mosley, Williams, Cotto and do some unification.
