BOXING LEGENDS

Florida$t · Oct 12, 2015

List the 3 greatest boxers ever. No weight class restrictions.

Florida$t · Oct 12, 2015

#1 MIKE TYSON
#2 LENNOX LEWIS
#3 SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
#4 ALI
#5 ROY JONES JR

Robotech · Oct 13, 2015

Greatest:

#1 Ray Robinson
#2 Henry Armstrong
#3 Duran

Just for fun, here are my favorites:

#1 Tyson
#2 Hagler
#3 Pacquiao

Florida$t · Oct 13, 2015

Robotech said:
Greatest:

#1 Ray Robinson
#2 Henry Armstrong
#3 Duran

Just for fun, here are my favorites:

#1 Tyson
#2 Hagler
#3 Pacquiao

Nice list.

ChicagoIrish · Oct 13, 2015

Mike Tyson (in his prime, unbeatable)
Rocky Marciano
Muhammad Ali

Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis
Sugar Ray Robinson

Favorite: Micky Ward

Florida$t · Oct 13, 2015

ChicagoIrish said:
Mike Tyson (in his prime, unbeatable)
Rocky Marciano
Muhammad Ali

Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis
Sugar Ray Robinson

Favorite: Micky Ward

You are so right. In his prime no one could touch him.

OutlawImmortal · Oct 14, 2015

#1 Julio Cesar Chavez (Most title fights, 2nd most title defenses by knockout, most title fight victories, most successful title defenses and didn't suffer a loss until his 91st fight. Mayweather would need to win around 41 more times to match him and Chavez fought in a more competitive era.)
#2 Muhammed Ali
#3 Mike Tyson

snookdad · Oct 16, 2015

#1 Ali
#2 Ray Robinson
#3 Tyson
#4 Mayweather
#5 Holyfield
Honorable mention : Hagler , Roy Jones, Duran, and De la Hoya

My favorites
#1a Ray Leonard and #1b Whitaker
#2 Tyson
#3 Hagler
#4 Foreman
#5 Holyfield
#6 Hopkins
#7 Mayweather
#8 Matthysse

OutlawImmortal · Oct 17, 2015

You got De La Hoya on there but not Chavez? That's a joke, bro.

Florida$t · Oct 19, 2015

OutlawImmortal said:
You got De La Hoya on there but not Chavez? That's a joke, bro.

Chavez is a warrior.

OutlawImmortal · Oct 19, 2015

Florida$t said:
Chavez is a warrior.

Right, and I don't mind people's opinion, but I just can't understand in which universe De La Hoya has a better career than Chavez. De La Hoya gave up after he was getting whooped by a fighter smaller and lighter than he was and never got back into the ring again.

Wamu · Oct 19, 2015

Joe Louis?

Wamu · Oct 19, 2015

Rocky Marciano?

Florida$t · Oct 19, 2015

OutlawImmortal said:
Right, and I don't mind people's opinion, but I just can't understand in which universe De La Hoya has a better career than Chavez. De La Hoya gave up after he was getting whooped by a fighter smaller and lighter than he was and never got back into the ring again.

Lol not quite boxing material.

Cyder · Oct 19, 2015

Sugar Ray Robinson

Ali. Much better level of comp than Tyson or Marciano & lost 3 years of his prime. Should have had another fight or 2 before Frazier the first time. Hung on too long as well but needed the money.

Roberto Duran - Unbeatable at lightweight and beat a prime Sugar Ray Leonard at welterweight. I probably should deduct points for losing fights he had no interest (I.E. when he didn't need the money). But at 135 he was completely unbeatable.

As far as favorites I loved Hearns. At 6'2" he was a freak at welterweight and even when he lost the battles were epic! He beat Pipino Cuevas for his first title and Cuevas had just reeled off 10 defenses, 9 by KO and Hearns destroyed him in short order.

Hagler boxed early in his career and then it occurred to him no one could hurt him and he just walked through guys.

Julio Ceasar Chavez - The guys left to the body did more damage to your liver than scotch. Never out of a fight and an iron chin.

Florida$t · Oct 19, 2015

Cyder said:
Sugar Ray Robinson

Ali. Much better level of comp than Tyson or Marciano & lost 3 years of his prime. Should have had another fight or 2 before Frazier the first time. Hung on too long as well but needed the money.

Roberto Duran - Unbeatable at lightweight and beat a prime Sugar Ray Leonard at welterweight. I probably should deduct points for losing fights he had no interest (I.E. when he didn't need the money). But at 135 he was completely unbeatable.

As far as favorites I loved Hearns. At 6'2" he was a freak at welterweight and even when he lost the battles were epic! He beat Pipino Cuevas for his first title and Cuevas had just reeled off 10 defenses, 9 by KO and Hearns destroyed him in short order.

Hagler boxed early in his career and then it occurred to him no one could hurt him and he just walked through guys.

Julio Ceasar Chavez - The guys left to the body did more damage to your liver than scotch. Never out of a fight and an iron chin.

Cmon man. Tyson in his prime was unstoppable. Pure power and brains. He would intimidate you before the fight started. The only mistakes he made was putting Don king over his money and marrying that gold digger.

Robotech · Oct 19, 2015

Florida$t said:
Cmon man. Tyson in his prime was unstoppable. Pure power and brains. He would intimidate you before the fight started. The only mistakes he made was putting Don king over his money and marrying that gold digger.

Maybe Tyson wins* if both fighters are in their prime, but career-wise, Ali had the much better career.

*It's a big maybe because Ali was so great; however, Tyson's career was in the '80s and '90s, while Ali's career was in the '60s and '70s. In pretty much every sport, we have seen that the athletes get better from one generation to the next. The most basic example is track and field. There's no reason to think it's any different in boxing. Maybe Tyson would win because of this, but Ali had the much greater career.

By the same token, I think that either Klitschko beats any fighter from the '80s or '90s.

Florida$t · Oct 20, 2015

Robotech said:
Maybe Tyson wins* if both fighters are in their prime, but career-wise, Ali had the much better career.

*It's a big maybe because Ali was so great; however, Tyson's career was in the '80s and '90s, while Ali's career was in the '60s and '70s. In pretty much every sport, we have seen that the athletes get better from one generation to the next. The most basic example is track and field. There's no reason to think it's any different in boxing. Maybe Tyson would win because of this, but Ali had the much greater career.

By the same token, I think that either Klitschko beats any fighter from the '80s or '90s.

Klitschko was too tall too much arm reach once Tyson got inside wasn't nothing klits could do. Ali had a great career don't get me wrong. He wasn't nessarily a great power puncher but he would get inside your head and make you get off your game plan and he had wind which not many others had. So once you were tired he would finish you.

Florida$t · Oct 20, 2015

Tyson the youngest ever to hold ibf ,wba, and wbc heavyweight titles ever at just 20 years old.

R.J. MacReady · Oct 20, 2015

Jack Johnson
Joe Lewis
Julio Cesar Chavez

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