Who should be ranked highest in the ATG list out of these fighters?

The greatest human beeing to ever walk the planet. :happy

 

Mixing in heavyweights is a bit unfair as Lewis and Holyfield would rate higher on a pure heavyweight ATG list.

As for overall ATG status - Sugar Ray Leonard has established himself as the best of his generation and one of the greatest of all time - followed closely by Roberto Duran.

 

Leonard easily. And Duran never knocked out a great and he is rated high. Talk about overrated Duran and underrated Ray.

 

I always flip flop between SRL and Duran. SRL at this moment in time.

 

1.Sugar Ray Leonard
2.Floyd Mayweather Jr
3.Roy Jones Jr
4.Manny Pacquiao
5.Roberto Duran
6.Julio Cesar Chavez
7. Lennox Lewis
8.Evander Holyfield
9.Eric Morales
10.Vitali Klitschko

 

Sugar Ray Leonard with Roy Jones Jr. Second

 

Roberto Duran is not higher than SRL, no ****in' way, no mas.................

 

I don't like Leonard... However, I recognize his place as an ATG.

 

Duran
Leonard
Pac

For now...Only three because only those three are considered legends. Maybe JCC too but hes 4th.

 

Choosing between Lewis and Mayweather was difficult for 7th and 8th, as was choosing between Chavez and Holyfield for 5th and 6th, but the rest was pretty clear-cut as I see it, although I think I rank Roy Jones a bit higher than most.

I think you could argue any order 1-3 for Jones, Chavez and Holyfield. I rank them very closely. What do others think on this?

 

I'd probably have Lewis at or near the top 50 considering he's to me about 3-4 ATG heavyweight, and I'd likely have Holyfield a little higher too, but other than that, this is a pretty good list.

 

Duran and Leonard are interchangeable. I picked Leonard with Duran not far behind.

 

For what it's worth, here is the Internation Boxing Research Organizations list of P4P fighters as of 2006. I would think based on this that Duran should rate higher than Leonard, since they review their records inside and out backwards and forwards before each member gets to vote. But that's just my opinion. I also think Duran going 71-1 prior to the Leonard fight cemented his legacy at lightweight. To me the biggest difference between the two, which is admittedly small, is that Leonard on had 40 fights in total, while Duran had over 100. And although SRL beat both Hearns and Hagler, he was a welterweight, so while beating another ATG welterweight, and a ATG middleweight was extremely impressive, I don't think it ranks up there with Duran beating him, (the 2nd greatest Welterweight of all time, in his prime) and Duran, a lightweight almost beating Hagler, who is ranked 6th ATG middleweight. But personally I think Duran's greatest win was against Barkley, who at 6' 1" and with two wins over Hearns, who destroyed Duran, is to me his greatest victory. Posters marvel about the size difference between Manny and Margo, but this isn't even close to the size difference between Duran and Barkley.

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Updated September 2006


1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Harry Greb
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Muhammad Ali (Tie)
4. Joe Louis (Tie)
6. Sam Langford
7. Roberto Duran
8. Benny Leonard
9. Willie Pep
10. Bob Fitzsimmons
11. Joe Gans
12. Ezzard Charles (Tie)
12. Sugar Ray Leonard (Tie)
14. Jimmy Wilde
15. Eder Jofre
16. Mickey Walker
17. Archie Moore
18. Jack Dempsey
19. Jack Johnson
20. Gene Tunney

Just missing the cut: Stanley Ketchel, Barbados Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Tony Canzoneri, Barney Ross, Ike Williams, George Dixon, Sandy Saddler, Roy Jones Jr., and Larry Holmes.

 

For what it's worth, I'd definitely have put Whitaker on the list. Of the guys you have, I rate only Duran and Leonard above him.