your criteria for ranking ATG's, in order of importance

1. Depth of resume
2. Best wins
3. Longevity
4. Excitement in the ring
5. Boxing skill
6. Losses

 

This but skill and excitement switched.

 

1.Depth of resume - is their resume packed with good contenders / champions
2.Longevity - loads of title defences or being a top level fighter for a long time
3.Boxing skill - the level of technical skill and boxing ability they posses
4.Best wins - how good are their best 2/3 wins
5.Losses - how bad/significant are their losses
6.Excitement in the ring - high ko% or having a crowd pleasing style

 

you have boxing skill way too low.

 

Boxing skill

Depth of resume

Best wins

Losses

 

1.Boxing Skill
2.Longevity
3.Depth of Resume
4.Best Wins
5.Losses
6.Excitement in the Ring

 

Depth of Resume, which comes with boxing skill. And thats it.

 

people almost disregard this

 

Longevity/Dominance.
WHO they fought and WHEN they fought them.
Skillset.
How they would do in other eras.

That's my criteria in ranking ATG's.

 

I basically only look at who you beat, and that entails the advantages/disadvantages you had at the time. That's it. Excitement doesn't translate into quality, and skills aren't truly measured until they're tested against the very best (gatekeepers can look like highly skilled potential ATG's when matched up right). I also look at losses differently than some; failing to do something doesn't take away from what you actually achieved. I take into account the sum of the accomplishments.

 

1. Resume


2. Longevity
3. Skill





4. the rest

 

Lol at ¨boxing skill¨ as the most determining factor

Marquez, Ward or James Toney should be ahead of people like Lamotta, Jack Johnson or Marciano in that case

 

1. Best wins
2. Depth of resume
3. Losses


They're the only things which always matter for me. Other criteria, such as longevity, can be important but too many great fighters were around for too short of a time for it to be essential. Aside from that, dominating a weak division or beating bums for 10 years is not impressive or the sign of greatness.