My Top 3 All Time Pound for Pound

I get your point , i do, but its all subjective, i dont think Duran was still as good when he fought Hearns as what Robinson was when he took on Maxim. Robinson was still showing flashes of that old brilliance on a regular basis at that point. Maxim was not the LHW that as what Hearns was at 154 though, i think Hearns was number 1 or 2 at 154, and a tremendous puncher which Maxim wasnt. So it is subjective

 

1) Ali
2) SRR
3) Graeb

 

I'm a BIG Ali fan, but why him at nr. 1? Why do you rank him above SRR, who I think is pretty uncontested at nr. 1?

 

BIG DEE HERE= No.1 Harry Greb
No.2 Sam Langford
No.3 tie Henry Armstrong , Ray Robinson.

 

1) Robby. Who am I to disagree with Hank? Beyond that, I assume we have all finally had a chance to watch footage of Ray's dominant welterweight finale with Fusari (a 15 round virtual shutout over a 147 pound contender who was rugged enough at that weight to have secured a scorecard win over Graziano entering the tenth and final round).

2) Duran. LW Roberto has been my number two for a long time now, but I'm starting to waver a bit after reviewing the difficulties he had with the Viruet boys. However, I'm still standing by him pending further evaluation.

3) Gans. Langford rated The Old Master as the best he ever witnessed, a pretty good reference to boast about.

4) Greb. Harry was past his prime when he squared off with Walker, who hadn't yet reached the peak I believe he achieved when he beat up Tommy Milligan in 1927. (Walker/Milligan is currently on youtube by the way.) Nonetheless, the Windmill soundly outscored the Toy Bulldog, an outcome with crucial ramifications for an all time pound for pound listing.

5) Pep. Staggering pre plane crash record at 126.

6) Langford. Been studying footage of the peak version of Sammy against Fireman Flynn and Bill Lang today, so this feels pretty comfortable right now.

7) Burley. I reviewed the youtube footage of Charley a few times over the past week, and he was a remarkable performer at 28. Oakland Billy Smith retained his California LHW Title only because he took on Burley in a ten rounder, instead of over 12. Smith couldn't do a thing with him. Even from long range, Burley outjabbed and outboxed Smith badly.

 

1. Henry Armstrong
2. Harry Greb
3. Ray Robinson
4. Benny Leonard
5. Ezzard Charles
6. Willie Pep
7. Roberto Duran
8. Archie Moore
9. Joe Gans
10. Barney Ross

Sam? Sam?!

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Roy Jones Junior
Joe Calzaghe
Whitaker

 

I consider the other lists in this thread enraging. look at the pre 1960s bias. Just look at it. Such bias is inexcusable.

The should be no fighters who fought excluisively before the 1990s being named here.

 

So Hearns, Leonard, Duran, etc were not on par with guys like Tszyu?