My Top 20 of All-Time

But this becomes confusing. You have to specify exactly what your speaking about. Many people post their top 20 and its taken to mean their objective list of what they consider the top 20 fighters of all time.

If we go down the road of personal favorites, the lists are full of subjectivities and lose meaning, and personaly I wouldnt even read the them.

It also gives someone an out for a ridiculous list... making it easy for them to say its their personal list and lies outside of objectivity.

 

This is also stupid and this game can be played both ways. Lets try it.

Mayweathers best wins:

Corrales- weight drained
Judah- overhyped bum
Baldomir- paper champ (who beat the overhyped bum and the C level fighter)
Gatti- C level fighter (Floyds words)
De la Hoya- old has been

And about your reference about Roy not fighting Holyfield or Lewis after coming up in weight. Did PBF not just do the same thing? He fought Oscar at 154lbs and left the division to go back to 147lbs (because its his real weight genious).

 

Somehow I figured someone would point that out.....I can pick apart anyones resume if I am allowed to dismiss their ranking and championships. The whole point of having the rankings is to get some idea of how good the fighters are (though they are not perfect). We can dismiss them all we like,. but then so can everyone critiquing everyone, then no one has fought anyone unless they were elite level. Below elite level, we can make excuses left and right about how this fighter isn't as good as perceived.

BTW, As has been said a dozen times here when this question comes up, Lewis admitted to turning down a substantial offer from Jones after the Ruiz fight because he wasn't sure if he was going to retire. So Jones wanted to fight him....

Oddly enough, when Hopkins was talking about fight Maskaev, and Toney fought Ruiz, no one asked why they weren't fighting Wladimir Klitshco. Why Jones is held to such a lofty standard is beyond me.

 

I would not include PBF, Marciano, Frazier and Hopkins in top 20, although PBF and Hopkins both have good chances of landing within it when all is said and done.

 

Agreed.

 

How ridiculous is it that someone wouldn't have anyone who fought in the past 10 years in their top 100?

 

Omitting Floyd's best win (Castillo 2) and about 5 other wins that were better than Baldomir or Gatti just for fun?

 

Nah a bit different style:yep ...wait a few more years lets see what PAC can accomplish still:deal

 

You obviously dont get the point of my post.

 

How can people not put Roy Jones Jr in a top 100 list...it's arguable that he is in the top 20-25.

 

I did, but it was after I posted a response and was too lazy to delete.

 

Damn youre serious about leaving Wilde out.

 

Floyd needs more defining fights then maybe.....

 

Neither is top 100 but Tito is???:-( atsch

 

Marciano should be #1... where is Foreman?