Ring magazines 80 greatest fighters the last 80 years

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  1. brnxhands

    brnxhands Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    80 best fighters of the last 80 years. What do you guys think of this?? put out in 2002

    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Henry Armstrong
    3. Muhammad Ali
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Roberto Duran
    6. Willie Pep
    7. Harry Greb
    8. Benny Leonard
    9. Sugar Ray Leonard
    10. Pernell Whitaker
    11. Carlos Monzon
    12. Rocky Marciano
    13. Ezzard Charles
    14. Archie Moore
    15. Sandy Saddler
    16. Jack Dempsey
    17. Marvin Hagler
    18. Julio Cesar Chavez
    19. Eder Jofre
    20. Alexis Arguello
    21. Barney Ross
    22. Evander Holyfield
    23. Ike Williams
    24. Salvador Sanchez
    25. George Foreman
    26. Kid Gavilian
    27. Larry Holmes
    28. Mickey Walker
    29. Ruben Olivares
    30. Gene Tunney
    31. Dick Tiger
    32. Fighting Harada
    33. Emile Griffith
    34. Tony Canzoneri
    35. Aaron Pryor
    36. Pascual Perez
    37. Miguel Canto
    38. Manuel Ortiz
    39. Charley Burley
    40. Carmen Basilio
    41. Michael Spinks
    42. Joe Frazier
    43. Khaosai Galaxy
    44. Roy Jones Jr.
    45. Tiger Flowers
    46. Panama Al Brown
    47. Kid Chocolate
    48. Joe Brown
    49. Tommy Loughran
    50. Bernard Hopkins
    51. Felix Trinidad
    52. Jake LaMotta
    53. Lennox Lewis
    54. Wilfredo Gomez
    55. Bob Foster
    56. Jose Napoles
    57. Billy Conn
    58. Jimmy McLarnin
    59. Pancho Villa
    60. Carlos Ortiz
    61. Bob Montgomery
    62. Freddie Miller
    63. Benny Lynch
    64. Beau Jack
    65. Azumah Nelson
    66. Eusebio Pedroza
    67. Thomas Hearns
    68. Wilfred Benitez
    69. Antonio Cervantes
    70. Ricardo Lopez
    71. Sonny Liston
    72. Mike Tyson
    73. Vicente Saldivar
    74. Gene Fullmer
    75. Oscar De La Hoya
    76. Carlos Zarate
    77. Marcel Cerdan
    78. Flash Elorde
    79. Mike McCallum
    80. Harold Johnson
     
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  2. brnxhands

    brnxhands Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Has this magazine been a joke since the beginning or is this a recent thing?
     
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  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I thought the list sucked back then and it still sucks. In fact, most lists suck. If you don't agree with a list, you're just disagreeing with some other guy's opinion..and that's all lists are, just opinions. In this case, they're just bad opinions..but for sure, the Ring has been on a steady roll downhill for years..it's far worse today. It was a pretty good magup until the late 70's..certailmly more reliable with more, uh,...gravitas...than it has in recent years.
     
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  4. smitty78

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    That's a pretty good list. Although FCoreman is way too high and should never be above Frazier. Fenech should be top 50 and Les Darcy should be top 20. Also Billy Conn is way way too low.
     
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  5. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Les Darcy does not belong on this list. Fact.
     
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  6. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I agree that Conn is too low..so is Monzon and Napoles...and where the hell is Locche? The greatest ever defensive artist isn't even in the picture? I don't argue with SRR being at #1. but it's BS after that.
    Eder Jofre is rated too low...i guess it dosen't count if you never see a guy fight. Ignorance is bliss.
     
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  7. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Pryor being 32 spots ahead of Hearns is outrageous.
     
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  8. Body Head

    Body Head East Side Rape (CEO) Full Member

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    how the hell was Hopkins number 50 in 2002...****in atrocious.
     
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  9. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    'Gravitas' that gave us the US Boxing Championship. Oh yes, The Ring was pretty good in the mid 70s.

    But to be fair, as you suggest it was reliable; reliably corrupt, and proven as well, unlike some of the allegations against fellow alphabet crappers...
     
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  10. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Henry Armstrong at #2 is certainly not BS. Not even if it was a flat out All-Time List! :deal :yep
     
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  11. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    He beat him in the amateurs! How do you do your lists? I do mine based off of Mustache quality and amateur victories. :bart
     
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  12. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    :-(
     
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  13. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is there any other way to rank fighters?
     
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  14. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Very weird list to say the least.....lol
     
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  15. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    Yea, it sucked.
     
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