What do you think your favorite boxer had to do to be considered the "BEST" ever?

Gomez: not lose to Salvador Sanchez, Azumah Nelson and Alfredo Layne.
Benitez: not lose to Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Mustapha Hamsho, Davey Moore, Matt Hilton, Carlos Herrera, Pat Lawlor and Scott Papsadora.

 

Chavez- stop Taylor a round earlier in the first fight and beat Pernel.

Foreman- rematch and beat Ali and have a similar career path in his 40s.

Toney- beat RJJ

 

If they’d rematched any time when Toney was right and himself I think he’d get Roy probably… imagine if they brought at 190lbs? That’s the real FOTC.

 

Ezzard Charles: be filmed more than an only fans model.

 

Rocky Marciano: miraculously heal his back, regain his passion for boxing and turn into a complete sociopath who doesn't care about his family at all and continue reigning at heavyweight for a few more years.

Beat Tommy Jackson in 56', Patterson in 57', Ingemar in 58', Tom McNeeley in 59', with a couple random wins sprinkled in there, and then finally beat Sonny Liston in 60'. Would've made him the heavyweight goat indisputably and debatably the P4P goat, at the very least he'd be a lock at my top 5. If it isnt enough, throw in a win against Cleveland Williams or Zora Folley. By then he'd bare minimum be knocking on the door of Greb, for me.

Honestly had his back injury not occurred and had he still had a passion for boxing, I think everything up to Liston is basically guaranteed, Liston is by far the biggest threat here. Even if Marciano is miraculously injury free despite his training and fighting style, a 37 year old Marciano against Liston is questionable. Maybe we can do something if we get him on early rounds of Dianabol? Since 60s is around when boxers started experimenting with anabolic steroids.

 

Sugar Ray Robinson.
Wake up in the morning and walk outside.

 

Frazier: Beat Ali in rematches, wins against some combination of Norton, Lyle, Shavers, Young. Beat Foreman in a rematch through attrition. Beat a rising Holmes then retire for 10 years, come back and defeat Tyson.

 

Roberto Duran:train more consistently to perform better,so he's not that vulnerable to upset losses,then steal more rounds from Hagler to beat him,and not quit vs Leonard.

 

Larry Holmes: beat Mike Tyson in 1988.

 

SRR - survive the elements against Maxim, win and retire.

There would not be any questions about whether Greb is his equal or greater.

If Ali beats Norton by KO twice, decisively stops Frazier, rematches and stops Foreman again and decisively beats Young - could never question him at HW.

Sweet Pea - get the rightful decision over JCC, beat ODLH and if he can beat Tito when he was higher than Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior in the 80s and I don't think anyone says Floyd is better, at all!

 

Wlad: Not lose to Brewster and Sanders. Beat Fury, Joshua, Wilder and maybe Usyk as well
Usyk: Beat Dubois, Parker, Kabayel and maybe move down and beat Opetaia as well
Floyd: Fight and beat prime Pacquiao and maybe Williams and Margarito as well
Bivol: Fight and beat a younger Beterbiev, Benavidez, Smith, and move up to Cruiserweight and beat Opetaia and Ramirez again
Lennox Lewis: Not lose to Rahman. Beat prime Tyson, Holyfield. Beat Bowe. Rematch Vitali and beat Wlad.

 

Gavilan - find a genie who will grant your wish to become a puncher.

 

Donald Curry: Not get involved in
' partying' at 25 after the Mcrory win and ruin his career. To avoid ' partying' recreations which robbed him of his dedication,reflexes and focus...and remain active . Hire Eddie Futch as his trainer post Mcrory . Avoid talking to the mendacious Ray Leonard and accepted he wasn't getting the Hagler gig.
To have fought Mccallum in summer 1986 to win the 154 lbs title and to have defended than moved up to 160 lbs in the post April 1987 shake up.

I beleive a prime Curry at 160 lbs couldve beat Nunn ,Kalambay and a fading 1988 Hearns. He would've shut out Duran than retired after beating Ray Leonard in late 1989 undefeated.

 

Lomachenko should have moved back down to super featherweight after picking up a lightweight title realising he was too small for lightweight.

And beat every possible threat/ mandatory challenger/ name possible like Gervonta Davis, Valdez, Santa Cruz, Berchelt, Farmer, Cordina, Rakhimov and so on.

And retire undefeated putting himself in the GOAT conversation.

He looked unbeatable at 130, there was no need for him to be undersized at 135. He'd barely have lost a round.