The Ring Ranks The Greatest Living fighters In Nov 2016

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  1. mcvey

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    After Ali passed the Ring staff came up with a top ten of the greatest living legends of boxing.This is their list .Do you agree with it and their placings?
    1.Ray Leonard
    2.Roberto Duran
    3.Pernell Whitaker
    4.Evander Holyfield
    5.Marvin Hagler
    6.Julio Cesar Chavez
    7.Floyd Mayweather Jnr
    8.Jake Lamotta.[recently passed away]
    9.Manny Pacquiao
    10.Larry Holmes.
     
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  2. McGrain

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    01 - Roberto Duran
    02 - Ray Leonard
    03 - Pernell Whittaker
    04 - Floyd Mayweather
    05 - Manny Pacquiao
    06 - Marvin Hagler
    07 - Julio Cesar Chavez
    08 - Jose Napoles
    09 - Michael Spinks
    10 - Thomas Hearns
     
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  3. mcvey

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    Think I would try to make room for Holmes.
     
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  4. McGrain

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    Not sure he would make my top twenty, but he made their ten after all.
     
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  5. mcvey

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    He is my no5 at heavyweight.
     
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  6. Dubblechin

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    George Foreman would beat them all ... and Steven Seagal, too. So would Lennox Lewis and Vitalli and Wlad and Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder and Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield and ...
     
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  7. Gudetama

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    1. Duran
    2. Leonard
    3. Hagler
    4. Whitaker
    5. Jofre
    6. Chavez
    7. Hearns
    8. Jones jr
    9. Napoles
    10. Mayweather
    You're welcome:)
     
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  8. surfinghb

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    Duran
    Leonard
    Whitaker
    Jofre
    RJJ
    Chavez
    Napoles
    Hagler
    Hearns
    Foreman ( Go Big George !!)
     
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  9. McGrain

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    This is a list of the "greatest living legends of boxing".

    Wilder doesn't belong on there.
     
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  10. mcvey

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    Not even in his own house!
    Eder Jofre does though imo.
     
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