The greatest boxer of all time...

His defense was good in his prime years. In his later years he was very reachable.

 

Agreed.

I think his last true prime performance was the second Turpin fight. In that fight he was very elusive. In and out slippery and that would be more representative of what he was like in his prime years as a Welterweight.

 

Robbi alledgedly trained like a beast for Turpin II. :deal

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The SRR training vid is marred by that stupid rap...far better bould have been old style r&b or even jazz from the 50's..that aside,..Robinson was such a baddass..matchless.

 

The ko of Graziano..and the 2 seconds before the ko punch landed, is a thing of beauty, poetry..it ended so abruptly and decisively..I'm always impressed with this ko..as much as the Fullmer ko.

 

Pacquiao? incredible fighter speed and power.

 

It showed in his performance.

Turpin caught him with an elbow which brought the drama of the cut but SRR was masterful in that fight even before the KO. Randy Turpin couldnt catch up to him.

 

I love SRR.

Ali was the Greatest Boxer of All Time.

 

Yes ETM,Robinson was great in that fight which i saw at the old Polo Grounds, home of the NY Giants in 1951. My buddy and i had great seats
for that bout. So much drama in that fight which i can never ever forget...Robbie who lost the 1st bout in London, was cut badly around the eye in a late round and the referee was very concerned about it and was close to stopping that bout...Very concerned...But in the10th round Robinson went all out, and with a tremendous flurry of punches hurt and stopped Turpin in the 10th round...We in the crowd went crazy at that finish by the greatest ALL AROUND fighter ever Ray Robinson...What an end ! What a fighter !.
Two thoughts...
1-after the fight Robinson was virtually lifted off the ground as his entourage brought him to the dressing room passing 2or 3 feet away from me in my aisle seat at the end of the row...Looking at robinson I saw a man so drained that he would have fallen down from exhaustion from his do or die effort in the 10th round...
2- I happened to be seated about 8-10 rows behind General Douglas MacArthur and his aides...MacArthur was one of the most famous men of that time...Priceless memorie's of that wonderful event...

 

My number one greatest boxer of all time Imo is Sugar Ray Robinson
tough
iron chin
huge heart
great speed an power
masterful footwork
good defence
high ring IQ
he was the total package and always new how to deal with different situations

 

Sugar Ray Robinson stands alone.

Even with the limited footage we have of him, supposedly past-prime, his class is obvious. Nothing and nobody better exemplify the ferocious grace and violent artistry of this sport.

This is so cool. A shame this guy doesn't seem to post here anymore, would like to read more stuff like this. I'm jealous he got to witness the greatness of SRR live and on such a legendary occasion, I imagine most posters on this forum would give their left nut to go back in time to be there.

 

I would interpret your question as the best technical boxer as opposed to the greatest fighter.

B. Leonard
Pep
SRR
Duran
SRL
Johnson
Tunney
Ali

 

Sonny Liston was a machine in his prime

 

5 years later, I still say Sugar Ray Robinson. For all he did, as well as what he was capable of doing, it's still Sugar Ray Robinson.