Big appreciator of McGovern myself, not enough to say he's top 12 but I do like him and think he's underrated.
Why? All he is an eccentric super fan with a lack of social awareness. He happens to rub people up the wrong way with his threads. Nothing ban worthy there at all.
No order 1.Tommy hitman Hearns 2.Bernard Hopkins(even tho he can be delusional at times lol) 3.Archie Moore .... 4.Sugar Ray Leonard 5. Roy Jones jr. 6.Marvin Hagler 7. Jack Dempsey 8.Bob Foster 9. Rocky Marciano 10. Jack Johnson. 11. Evander Holyfield . 12.Andre ( SOG ) Ward
#1 Ali, personally it's much more important whom you fought and when you fought them (prime/past prime) factor in obvious talent and he changed and he changed the world. I didn't see his prime live. #2 R.Leonard. I saw all his fights live, one of the best in history as far as talent,athleticism, toughness, and WHO he defeated and When he defeated them. #3, R.Duran, only saw the last few fights of his career at lightweight. But the rest, including his defeat of Leonard I saw live. If their is one singular victory in a fighters career that shows how great he is, its his win over Leonard. Leonard is The 2nd best welter in history in his prime. #4, A.Arguello One of the very few fighters that can arguably be placed top 1-10 fighters in 3 different weight classes(and when it actually meant something) ,possibly 4th at jr.welterwight. saw a large portion of his fights live, all his lightweight fights.... The epitome of classy behavior. #5 T.Hearns The most devastating and dangerous fighter in my lifetime. # 6W.Benitez an amazing talent, that took 2 of the top 2-5 welters in history to their limits, an underrated talent. # 7 A,Pryor , was he ever in a boring fight, another amazing talent that's gets underrated because of his ties to a cheat. But theirs no proof Pryor benefited because of Lewis. #8 R.Robinson , I never saw him fight other than on film, past his best at Middleweight But theirs plenty of film at his best at Middle, and if he was that good at that weight he must have been on a different planet at his best weight. 2 of the Greatest fighters say he was the greatest, (Ali,Louis, factor and in the greatest corner men like Futch,Arcel) That's good enough for me. #9H.Hagler, would've been champ in any era, the Greatest Middle in history. #10 P.Whitaker Should've been undefeated until Deloyhoya, possible Trinidad, made some of the best fighters in history look in slow motion. #11 E.Pedroza He was fun to watch just to see what he got away with a super talent. #12 E.Holyfield The ultimate warrior
