Who'd end up the greatest of these fighters?

Ward's got the lead now, but his activity (or lack thereof) the last couple of years makes it almost seem like his career has plateaued. If his shoulder heals up properly and he fights and beats the top guys like he did in the Super Six, he'll maintain that spot.

The top 3 threats to that are Golovkin, Rigo, and Lomachenko (Kovalev's a wild card). Time might run out on Guillermo and Gennady, but they've got the ability to surpass Ward IF they get the opportunities. Lomachenko, that's taking someone with a legendary amateur pedigree and a fast track while still square in his physical prime. Of course, the drawback is that we don't know if he'll be able to keep pace with the historic expectations yet.

The rest are fine fighters, but I'm confident that those 3 are the most likely to surpass Ward, who is currently in the lead.

 

I do think if Andre was more active, sticking around and dominating at 168 would enhance his legacy as well, but only if he's racking defenses up. The Rodriguez fight is a good one in that regard, but if it's 8 months until the next fight, it'll defeat the purpose.

Hopefully his shoulder is sound and he can fight 3 times a year to get back in the spotlight. He just doesn't have the name value, and as of now, still doesn't have the legacy to take a ton of time off between fights. If he's going to be an inactive champion, he will have to move up sooner rather than later.