Joe Gans - how high do you rank him?

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  1. D.T

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    Could you find justification for him being considered the GOAT?

    I have often (but not always) seen him omitted from a list of the top 10 fighters of all time P4P - which is crazy IMO.



    How high do you rank him?
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    7-15 is ok.
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    About 5 foot 7.
     
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    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Top 10. He was a marvel IMO, and the best fighter we have on film before the 20's in my estimation. A complete fighter in every sense. If only he hadn't thrown a certain fight...
     
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    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Among the pioneers, pre-Walker Law, he's way, way up there.

    To pretend that the differences between boxing before ~1920 and after ~1920 aren't great enough to disallow ranking them all together is a bit misguided. I'd ask for an "amen" but the only return I'd expect is my echo.
     
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    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How can Greb be all the way down at # 4 when he's the greatest fighter of the modern era?
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    And Langford apparently at 11...
     
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  10. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Gans was an exceptional fighter. I rank him ahead of Leonard at lightweight ...
     
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    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    BTW he has one of the most dynamite right hands i've ever seen.
     
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    #9.
     
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  13. D.T

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    Nice call with Walker.

    Surprised Ali at 7. I seriously doubt there are 6 fighters in history that have a better record than him and did as much as he did for the sport. Not to mention his out-the-ring achievements.
     
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    Liechhardt Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I must admit i readjust my top 10 nearly every week. Here's my latest.Armstrong, Robinson, Ali, Greb, Duran, Louis, Johnson, Langford, Gans, Pep.
     
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    Surely most of the fighters fighting when the Walker law came in were the same ones fighting the week before.
    What do you think changed with the fighters in 1920 ?
     
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