What Does Your Top 10 List Of Greatest Boxers Of All Time Look Like?

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  1. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    1. Robinson
    2. Ali
    3. Duran
    4. Louis
    5. Greb
    6. S. R. Leonard
    7. Whitaker
    8. Chavez
    9. Tunney
    10. Sanchez
     
    elchivito, Sep 22, 2016
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  3. qwertyblahblah

    qwertyblahblah Boxing Addict Full Member

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    'Best' is ability or who beats who if they were the same weight. 'Greatness' is resume and dominance, possibly even historical significance. So you can have someone like Charlie Burley on a p4p best list, but not an atg list. Some people like to try to show off by putting less accomplished fighters on atg lists, but they don't belong. We need to make this distinction and make two lists!
     
    qwertyblahblah, Sep 22, 2016
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  4. Unforgiven

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    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Sugar Ray Leonard
    3. Sugar Ray Seales
    4. Tony Canzoneri
    5. Willie Pep
    6. Tony Pep
    7. Henry Armstrong
    8. Henry Hank
    9. Muhammad Ali
    10. Roberto Duran
     
    Unforgiven, Sep 22, 2016
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  5. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Cool, hopefully you don't think Mayweather is one of the Greatest 15 boxers ever anymore, unless you're new to boxing and haven't learned about boxers of the past.
     
    Gannicus, Sep 22, 2016
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  6. Moanamchara

    Moanamchara Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You meed to take into account all the belts amd weight divisions nowadays that did not exist earlier.
     
    Moanamchara, Sep 22, 2016
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    1- Sugar Ray Robinson
    2- Muhammad Ali
    3- Willie Pep
    4- Henry Armstrong
    5- Ezzard Charles
    6- Benny Leonard
    7- Jimmy Wilde
    8- Roberto Duran
    9- Sugar Ray Leonard
    10- Joe Louis
     
    bcr, Sep 22, 2016
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  8. Moanamchara

    Moanamchara Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Henry Armstrong
    Willie Pep
    Harry Greb
    Muhammed Ali
    Joe Louis
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Benny Leonard
    Roberto Duran
    Jack Johnson or Gene Tunney

    Its like splitting hairs. You could include so many great boxers it really is such an amazing sport. You could pluck names out and replace them with Monzon, Whitaker, Dempsey, Joe Gans, Sam Langford, JCC, Jimmy Wilde, Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, and more mostly because it is subjective but also because there were many great fighters.
     
    Moanamchara, Sep 22, 2016
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    Ray Robinson
    Henry Armstrong
    Sam Langford
    Harry Greb
    Ezzard Charles
    Joe Gans
    Benny Leonard
    Muhammad Ali
    Roberto Duran
    Bob Fitzsimmons

    This would be different though if you asked who the best ever are from a h2h perspective.
     
    SquaredCircle, Sep 22, 2016
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    1. Marlon Starling
    2. Tomasz Adamek
    3. Andrew Golota
    4.Dariusz Micheleshewski
    5. Willey Pep
    6. Marvin Hagler
    7. Vitali Klitschko
    8. Teofelo Stevenson
    9. Iceman Scully
    10. Gerry Cooney
     
    PolishNavy, Sep 22, 2016
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  11. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson
    Chavez
    Hearns
    Hagler
    Foreman
    GGG
    Holmes
    Holyfield
    Marciano
    Camacho
     
    heerko koois, Sep 22, 2016
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  12. hotspur77

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    :risas3: I like it
     
    hotspur77, Sep 22, 2016
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    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    good list. something different, but not ridiculous
     
    slash, Sep 22, 2016
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  14. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    That makes sense. I mean, if you look at footage of Eder Jofre he sure looks as good as Floyd Mayweather, even though he doesn't have as good a resume. So I guess you could have them even on a p4p list but rank Floyd higher on a greatness list.
     
    OvidsExile, Sep 22, 2016
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  15. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This changes all the time but here you go:

    1. Harry Greb: Don't need to see film. Seen plenty of film on HOF guys he beat back-to-back-to-back. Beat 16 HOF guys or some crazy thing like that. 52-0 in a year or something.

    2. Sam Langford

    3. Ray Robinson

    4. Bob Fitzsimmons

    5. Henry Armstrong

    6. Roberto Duran

    7. Ezzard Charles

    8. Julio Cesar Chavez

    9. Willie Pep

    10. Archie Moore

    Honorable Mention: Jimmy Wilde, Benny Leonard, Joe Louis, Ali, Jersey Joe, Barney Ross, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Stanley Ketchel, Salvador Sanchez
     
    KillSomething, Sep 22, 2016
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