Heavyweight boxer as the greatest P4P boxer ever?

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  1. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    I have Ali at 4 all-time, Louis at 9 and Marciano at 20.

    So it's not out of the question that some future HW boxer comes to be thought of as number 1.

    A case could be made for Ali as things stand.
     
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  2. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Yea any fighter with legs like a young Ali had is gonna be hard to knockout. Probably hard to look good against. At Lightweight though Duran had the ability to close distance, speed of his own, a non stop Tazmanian Devil type of offense. Duran's defense moving in would leave Ali hitting air and looking to hold.
    It might look like the Viruet fight.
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  4. Fergy

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    It would be like Joe Frazier against Ali all over again.
     
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  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Maybe their first clash, however Duran was a lot more skilled than Frazier and would have landed far more right hands.
     
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