Top 5 Greatest Fighters

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Nope, could never work it out

 

Ali
Pep
SRR
Louis
And don’t shoot me Mayweather...Mayweathers resume is weaker then the others but on ability alone. I don’t think I’ll ever see another fighter that good at hitting and not getting hit.

 

Are you referring to the Jack Johnson v Langford fight?

 

Johnson won it comfortably,he knocked Langford down twice for long 9 counts , cut his eye, and broke his nose.

 

Here is one report from Senya, who posts some good stuff here.
http://senya13.blogspot.com/search/label/Jack Johnson

Al Phillips, Nat Fleischer's Father in law saw the fight and said Johnson skated it!
There is a good write up of it in Clay Moyle's excellent biography of Langford too.
Here is a 1919 quote from Langford in which he mentions the Johnson fight.

"In a 1919 interview for the Register, an Ohio publication, when asked who the greatest fighter was,Langford said :Jack Johnson,reminded that he had picked Jeffries to beat Johnson,"didn't you say that Jeffries would beat Johnson?"Sam replied "Yes,yes I did say that, but I was sore at Johnson then.You know he gave me quite a lickin a long time ago in Boston,and when he got to be champion he would never fight me again.
I was sore at him but all the time, way down in my heart,I knew that he was a great man.
The day I saw him beat Jeffries made me surer.Jeffries was in good shape that day.he never could have taken the licking he did if he wasn't in good form.
You know he was just as fast as ever,but he was like a baby when he boxed Johnson.
I tell you that Johnson was so big ,so strong,so clever.He had everything,he was never hurt,never had a black eye , or a cut,never broke a hand,and he beat the best in the world.I call that considerable doing.
He was never even tired in a fight.He just fought his own way,went about it in a business-like way and made the other fellow look foolish.
Hit? Yes sir! I never hit the floor harder in my life than the night he hit me.I thought I'd go right through the floor of the ring".
Pretty solid testimonial from the great Langford!

 

Modern fighters only

1.Roy Jones
2.Muhammad Ali
3.Carlos Monzon
4.Ray Leonard

Then it falls off a bit

So many contenders for the 5 spot. Chavez Pacquiao Holyfield Duran Hopkins Harada

 

Had Roy Jones retired after the first Tarver fight he would have made my list

 

Here's a slight different approach, a Best from the Top boxing Nations

USA - SRR
UK - Len Harvey
Europe - Cerdan
Mexico - JCC
Aus - Dave Sands
SA - Mugabi (?)
Panama - Duran

I don't know for certain, but a good start.