Ron Borges on Greatest Ever... boxers

threethirteen · Dec 16, 2009

Discussing the Greatest Ever Middleweight:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson 47% 2. Marvin Hagler 24% 3. Bernard Hopkins 12%.

I have to admit some bias here because of a long association with Hagler but to me again the vote should have been clear: Robinson, Hagler and Harry Greb.

Hopkins once said to me when I asked who he wished he could have fought out of all the all-time greats and he said “Hagler.’’ I asked who he thought would have won. Out of respect he replied, “I don’t know but it would have been a great fight. We would have both ended up in the emergency room.’’

When I later saw Hagler I related that conversation and his face turned stone cold before he said, “He’s right about one thing. We would have both been in the emergency room. I would have gone there to visit him.’’

That’s why I love Marvelous Marvin.

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Gotta love Marvin! Funny guy and hard as nails. You can read the rest on The Sweet Science.

Henke67 · Dec 16, 2009

Monzon should be on any list of the top Middleweights - he's actually my #1.

Hagler was fantastic though - him, SRR and Greb would be the next 3 on my list.

TommyV · Dec 16, 2009

Monzon not being the top 3 is tragic.

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