Top 5 Greatest Fighters

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  1. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Top 5 Greatest Fighters

    Give your Criteria (anything goes)
    State your top 5, with a brief explanation.
    No mocking please, this is could get ugly otherwise


    My criteria is Résumé, Achievements and extra points for moving up

    1. Sam Langford
    Unbelievable résumé with ATG wins across the board
    Wills, Ketchel, Gans, McVea, Jeanette, G. Smith, J. Smith, Jim Flynn, O'Brian, Clark, as well as robberies imo (for Johnson) from Johnson and Joe Walcott (which I haven't seen)
    Moved up from LW-HW and was vastly outweighed in most of his contests

    2. Harry Greb
    Imo the best résumé in boxing history, with ATG wins over Bartfield, Tunney, Walker, Rosenbloom, Loughran, Flowers, McTigue, Norfolk, Jackie Clark, Levinsky and Gibbons, and that's like half of it
    He also moved about his fair share as well, jumping between MW and LHW
    Also won of the longest win streaks in boxing history (Achievements)

    3. Muhammad Ali
    Greatest nuff said.
    But all jokes aside, he has an incredible résumé, Moore, Cooper, Liston, Patterson, Williams, Folley, Terrell, Quarry, Elis, Fraizer, Foreman, Norton, Foster, Lyle, Shavers, Spinks (lineal champ no matter how underwhelming)
    He has no extra points for weight movement but he is the only 3 time lineal champ (Achievements)

    4. Ezzard Charles
    One of the best résumés ever.
    Burley, Bivins, Moore, Marshall, Maxim, Lesnivich, Layne, Ray, Louis, Walcott, Smith and Valentino as well as loads of others
    He also gets extra points for moving up from MW to HW
    He also has the most wins of any HW champ and is the only man to go 15 with Marciano (Achievements)

    5. Sugar Ray Robinson
    Another excellent résumé, with wins over
    LaMotta, Basilio, Fulmer, Olson, Graziano, Turpin, Gavalin, Taylor, Doyle, Armstrong and Zivic, among loads of others
    Moved up to MW from WW
    Only 5 time MW champ
     
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    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Cheers, I'll refrain from insulting Ras again
     
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    1 SRR
    2 Greb
    3 Armstrong
    4 Langford
    5 Charles

    But I am still tweaking it, I do think these are my top 5 although the order could get shuffled
     
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  5. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Your criteria. I like SRR, Greb, Langford, Walker, Armstrong ...wb
     
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  6. Greb & Papke 707

    Greb & Papke 707 Active Member Full Member

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    I usually don’t include heavyweights on my Pound for pound lists, so here is mine. 1 Harry Greb
    2 Sugar Ray Robinson
    3 Henry Armstrong
    4 Willie Pep
    5 Sam Langford
     
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  7. The Malibu Mauler

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    SRR, Greb, Armstrong, Louis and maybe Fitzsimmons
     
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    Roy Jones Jr.
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Pernell Whitaker
    Floyd Mayweather Jr.
    Manny Pacquiao

    Eye test and level of competition are the only things that matter.
     
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    Lol! :hang
     
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    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Quick question... what robbery vs. Johnson?
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Harry Greb
    Resume speaks for itself

    Ray Robinson
    Arguably the greatest fighter along with Greb

    Roberto Duran
    Greatest fighter on film I ever saw

    Henry Armstrong
    If he wouldn't have gotten ripped off in his MW Championship bout he would have held most of the belts simultaneously.

    Ezzard Charles
    Beat everybody ..master boxer
    Note. I only edited my spelling mistakes nothing else.
     
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    And you thought this forum was going downhill! I hope this has restored your faith just a little lol
     
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    Hey you 2, behave!!

    I said No Mocking
     
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  14. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Welcome back George.

    Just a pointer buddy, but if that SeanK account is you then ask a moderator to delete it as having 2 accounts will get you booted.
     
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    Thanks, but this is my only account
     
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