The 20 Greatest Fighters of All Time

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  1. Mteslamiller

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    This is my list of the greatest fighters since the year 1900—-

    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Henry Armstrong
    4. Sam Langford
    5. Harry Greb
    6. Benny Leonard
    7. Roberto Duran
    8. Sugar Ray Leonard
    9. Ezzard Charles
    10. Willie Pep
    11. Joe Louis
    12. Joe Gans
    13. Marvin Hagler
    14. Eder Jofre
    15. Jimmy Wilde
    16. Roy Jones jr
    17. Mickey Walker
    18. Pernell Whitaker
    19. Archie Moore
    20. Carlos Monzon
    ——————Mark
     
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  3. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ohhh boy
    1) Sugar Ray Robinson
    2) Muhammad Ali
    3) Ezzard Charles
    4) Harry Greb
    5) Sam Langford
    6) Henry Armstrong
    7) Willie Pep
    8) Joe Louis
    9) Floyd Mayweather jr
    10) Sugar Ray Leonard
    11) Benny Leonard
    12) Joe Gans
    13) Archie Moore
    14) Jimmy Wilde
    15) Rocky Marciano
    16) Gene Tunney
    17) Mickey Walker
    18) Roberto Duran
    19) Julio Cesar Chavez
    20) Roy Jones Jr
    Sorry Sandy Saddler
    Gosh I hate this list…so many names left off that could be added…Manny? Hopkins? Hagler?
    Edit Realized I left off Duran…that’s not right
     
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  4. Mteslamiller

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    Pretty good list Gazelle Punch. There have been so many great ones. Hard to leave some off—Mark
     
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    1. Harry Greb
    2. Sam Langford
    3. Sugar Ray Robinson
    4. Henry Armstrong
    5. Ezzard Charles
    6. Bob Fitzsimmons
    7. Roberto Duran
    8. Benny Leonard
    9. Joe Gans
    10. Willie Pep
    11. Mickey Walker
    12. Muhammad Ali
    13. Archie Moore
    14. Joe Louis
    15. Barney Ross
    16. Tony Canzoneri
    17. Terry McGovern
    18. Sugar Ray Leonard
    19. Packey McFarland
    20. Pernell Whitaker

    Pep-Walker, Duran-Benny, Moore-Louis, McGovern-Leonard are interchangeable, I think the rest are set in stone (the top 5 definitely is)
     
  6. Ted Spoon

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    Tony Canzoneri and Barney Ross have to be in any self-respecting top 20.
     
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  7. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not sure how Mayweather is being reasonably kept off these lists…
     
  8. Mteslamiller

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    I have Mayweather at no. 21, Julio Cesar Chavez at no. 22.—Mark
     
  9. Bulldog24

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    Duran
    The rest I don’t know.

    But Duran..
     
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  10. Mteslamiller

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    Next 20 greatest—-

    21. Floyd Mayweather
    22. Julio Cesar Chavez
    23. Tony Canzoneri
    24. Alexis Arguello
    25. Jack Johnson
    26. Rocky Marciano
    27. Manny Pacquiao
    28. Larry Holmes
    29. Barney Ross
    30. Gene Tunney
    31. Bob Fitzsimmons
    32. Jack Dempsey
    33. Ike Williams
    34. Jose Napoles
    35. Salvador Sanchez
    36. Sandy Saddler
    37. Emile Griffith
    38 Pascal Perez
    39. Joe Frazier
    40. Evander Holyfield

    Honorable mentions—Thomas Hearns, Kid Gavilan, Miguel Canto, Bob Foster, Carlos Ortiz, Barbados Joe Walcott, Jack Britton, Mike Tyson, Abe Atell, George Foreman, Lew Tendler, Dick Tiger, Jimmy McLarnin, and Tommy Loughran.
     
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  11. Mteslamiller

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    And Michael Spinks—Lightheavyweight
     
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    Although Foreman defeated Frazier twice, I rank Joe higher because he gave Ali his first loss and was a better fighter in the 1960s than the 70s when he lost the title. He held a part of the world heavyweight championship for about five years. —Mark
     
  13. scandcb

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    Because people aren't that stupid?

    I have no idea why you have Marciano at 15. He's not much higher than that in the Heavyweight all-time list.
     
  14. Mteslamiller

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    Nice list loakeim. Interesting to see Ali out of the top ten—Mark
     
  15. Mteslamiller

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    Being in the top 30 is pretty good—Mark