Writing a book: 100 greatest boxers of all time - need to discuss boxers

OK so I'm writing a book about the 100 greatest boxers of all time (always debatable but fun) so before I make my picks I'm going to debate on here who should be included.

Obviously their are a certain selection who are untouchables so we might as well get them out of the way first and then get down to selecting the rest.

I haven't yet decided if I'm going to order them but I can come back to that later if needed. Just need the 100 s[pots taken for now so I can get to work on researching the boxers and writing the articles.

It will start from when the bareknuckle era ended and go from there. I may write a preface about some of the bareknuckle era boxers but ill get to that later.

Heres the initial list, once Ive got about 120-130 then ill look at cutting them down to the final 100:

Ray Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Roberto Duran
Harry Greb
Ray Leonard
Willie Pep
Sam Langford
Joe Louis
Henry Armstrong
Benny Leonard
Barney Ross
Jack Dempsey
Archie Moore
Ezzard Charles
Bob Fitzsimmons
Packy McFarland
Carlos Monzon
Marvin Hagler
Jimmy Wilde
Pernell Whitaker
Joe Gans
JCC
George Dixon
Gene Tunney
Charlie Burley
Kid Gavilan
Jose Napoles
Fighting Harada
Alexis Arguello
Terry McGovern
Jimmy McLarnin
Toni Canzoneri
Young Corbett III
Mickey Walker
Barbados Joe Walcott
Tommy Loughran
Tommy Ryan
Young Griffo
Mike Gibbons
Jeff Clarke
Thomas Hearns
Wilfred Benitez
Larry Holmes
Emile Griffith
Roy Jones Jnr
Freddie Steele
"Smokin" Joe Frazier
Ike Williams
Benny Lynch
Salvador Sanchez
Jack "Kid" Berg
Azumah Nelson
Billy Conn
Al McCoy
Saensak Muangsurin
Jersey Joe Walcott
Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales
Carmen Basilio
Sandy Saddler
Jake LaMotta
Rocky Marciano
George Foreman
Evander Holyfield
Vincente Saldivar
Floyd Mayweather Jnr
Manny Pacquaio
JMM
Bernard Hopkins
Felix trinidad
Lennox Lewis
James Toney
Mike Tyson
Michael Spinks
Oscar De La Hoya
Pernell Whitaker
Cocoa Kid
Lloyd Marshall
Holman Kid
Jimmy Bivins
Dick Tiger
Tiger Flowers
Bert Lytell
Luis Rodriguez
Marcel Cerdan
Fritzie Zivic
Aaron Pryor
Carlos Ortiz
Beau Jack
Kid Chocolate
Wilfredo Gomez
Eder Jofre
Mike McCallum
Randolph Turpin
Jack Johnson
Ruben Olivares
Sonny Liston
Jim Driscoll
Abe Attell
Panama Al Brown

 

F'n Hell, I'll get back to you later.

 

I would say that all of these fighters should be in your top 100.

I would suggest that you rank them chronogicaly in your book. If you rank them in order, some people (stupid) won't read simply because their favorite fighter is too low.

 

Dempsey is not in my top 100.

 

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Great idea... Rank chronologically and your book can be more about how the theme of boxing changed from past glory to modern glory.

An absolute lock should be jones jr and whittaker. The modern era hasn't seen anyone as talented as them two in about 30 years.

 

No packey?

 

Ray Robinson - ducked the best slick black fighters had hard controversial fights against the best slick blk fighters he faced
Muhammad Ali - Was a slick blk fighter, so was the greatest
Roberto Duran - got owned by slick black fighters
Harry Greb - got his eye poked out by a slick black fighter and lost 3 times to another slick black fighters, probably ducked the best slick black fighters
Ray Leonard - ducked the best slick black fighters, nearly to a slick black fighter, when he finally faced a real slick black fighter he lost
Willie Pep - ducked the best slick black fighters, got owned by a black ******
Sam Langford - came before the best slick black fighters, so won a few, but lost to the best slick black fighters of his era
Joe Louis - ducked the best slick black fighters but still got owned by 2 slick black fighters
Henry Armstrong - ducked the best slick black fighters, when he finally faced one he got owned (Robinson)
Benny Leonard - ducked the best slick black fighters
Barney Ross - ducked the best slick black fighters, fought a blk ****** got his ass beat and retired from boxing
Jack Dempsey - ducked the best slick black fighters, NO ****ING DOUBT
Archie Moore - fought the best slick black fighters but lost to them all, he gets props for beating up white guys
Ezzard Charles - OK you got me here
Bob Fitzsimmons - ducked the best slick black fighters

Racist

 

LOL, it could be worse, I did not list Lucky Sambo either...

 

Ehm..........I hate to break this to you, but Bert Sugar is gonna sue your ass. It's been done; he wrote this very book, under that very name, by the way, "The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time."

 

Troll day?

 

Yep, don't make the same mistake as Sugar and have Dempsey in there.

 

Booze, where the **** is Masahiko mate?!?!?

 

I think he insanely had Dempsey at #4. P4P. All-time. :-(

 

Yipes atsch