Why is floyd the greatest pfp fighter of all time? TBE, #1, GOAT etc...

-is it the fact he beat the best fighters of 5 divisions over two generations of boxing (nearly 20 years) and still retired undefeated after 49 fights?
- his ring genius, technical proficiency and untouchable defense?
- his ability to compete at higher than natural weight classes and dominate their fighters eve when they come 25 to 30 lbs heavier than him on fight night?
- his supreme confidence, charismatic personality and movie star good-looks?
- his unshakeable confidence and deep belief in his superiority?
- his championship pedigree?
- his ability to generate tremendous interest and ppv numbers due to his understanding of the media and ability to exploit the racist emotions of many in the public?

what is it fellas? a combination of them? or all of the above?

 

I took some ibuprofen this morning for my headache...how did you know?

 

I give you robinson...he'd be tough for floyd. I don't know what he looked like as a ww, but if his ability as a past-his-prime 30-something mw is any indication, he musta been one hell of a ww.

duran...no...friggin...way...duran MAYBE belongs in the top 30 of a pfp all time ranking. he lost to every top fighter he faced. his win over leonard was controversial against a very diminished sugar ray.....for the life of me i can't figure out wtf people keep talking about duran like he was such great shakes.

pep lost 3 of 4 against sadler....sadler deserves to be ranked higher.

armstrong was great....i rank him top 15 all time... but certainly not on floyd's level...wasn't he losing to guys like fritzie zivic?

ali is ali...so, i'm not even gonna try... rational arguments simply don't cut it when people are so emotionally involved. ali was a great man and a great icon. floyd was greater as a fighter from a purely technical standpoint.

benny leonard? for chrissakes fella!...sam langford?...i don't think any film even exists of him...same for greb. I don't see how you could even rank a fighter you never seen...kinda like me saying helen of troy was the most beautiful woman in history.

look, I understand how OGs think: it's kinda like when you hear people say stuff like "man, the music today sucks...now, in my day THAT was great music!" ...then they pull out their ethel merman collection...so we'll just have to agree to disagree.

But lemme just say this: i'm not just using the "time machine" argument here. I look at many different factors. The fact is, floyd has consistently DOMINATED the top fighters from numerous weight classes. who else can say that? pep? armstrong? duran?...even SRR in his mid-thirties was struggling with guys like basilio and fullmer....guys not even in floyd's class. floyd in his mid-thirties was dominating guys that were JUST AS GOOD OR BETTER than fullmer and basilio....guys like cotto, canelo, etc...floyd dominated similar or BETTER opposition that srr struggled with at the same stages of their careers. now, i understand srr had a lot more pro fights than floyd, but if you look at floyd's amateur career, does srr really have that many more fights?...and floyd could have been knocking off one bum after the next like srr did for long stretches, but instead, he was facing one champ after the next and MAKING them look like bums.

 

by "taken to school by a one-armed man" i assume you mean pacquiao, right?

 

look at the history of boxing....all the greatest fighters have broken box office records...ali, srl, dempsey, tyson. High ppv numbers is an indication that fans recognize one's greatness.

 

:deal