A top 10 without Muhammad Ali is bull****. Ps. I know franks list was much worse, but to be fair... he`s clearly having a joke.
1.Ray Robinson 2.Henry Armstrong 3.Harry Greb 4.Joe Louis 5.Sam Langford(havent seen him fight all that much) 6.Roberto Duran 7.Willie Pep 8.Muhammed Ali 9.Ezzard Charles 10.Ray Leonard
Why? I could justify him going above McAuliffe without too much trouble, as they are very close but for this list i gave 1 division dominance a high rating, but i think he struggles to get any higher than this. He was an awesome welterweight champion, definitely one of the two or three best of all time and probably the best. I am not sure where he ranks as a middleweight but probably is top 10 of all time. I dont think this places him higher than any of the top 3, who each started off at a lighter weight than Ray Robinson and went on to be more succesful at higher weights. In fairness to Ray, i always fail to give him the benefit of the doubt in a lot of areas because there are so many that overate him and refuse to recognise the claims of other greats.
Neither Fitzsimmons nor Langford started off at a lower weight than Robinson, and Armstrong didn't go on to greater success at higher weights.
Fitzsimmons was a New Zealand Lightweight champion. Langford a lightweight also. Did Robinson start off lighter than lightweight? Armstrong was arguably a better middleweight (the higher weights) than Sugar Ray was.
Tier 1: Sam Langford Harry Greb Henry Armstrong Sugar Ray Robinson Tier 2: Bob Fitzsimmons Ezzard Charles Tier 3: Mickey Walker Willie Pep Tier 4: Benny Leonard Barney Ross Roberto Duran