50 greatest fighters of all time poll for radio show

[1SILVA]

Originally Posted by UrDazed

This.

What about guys like Beau Jack, Gene Tunney, Hopkins, Jofre, etc? No doubt I bet there would be GLARING ommissions.

They won't be omitted. Everyone's top 10 will be different. As you can see from those who already submitted their lists. Already, there are 22 fighters and it's the first day of the thread.

[UrDazed]

Originally Posted by 1SILVA

They won't be omitted. Everyone's top 10 will be different. As you can see from those who already submitted their lists. Already, there are 22 fighters and it's the first day of the thread.

I appreciate your optimism

[Panamaniac]

Originally Posted by 1SILVA

You are correct. Thats is why I'm keeping the voting to just 10 fighters. When the voting is compiles, I should have a consensus 50.

I applaud your ambitious undertaking, but you might be hard-pressed to obtain a consensus of 50, based solely on the top ten posted by each individual on this thread, when hardly more than 20 different fighters could be mentioned. You'll most likely have to go outside "the box" to compile your 50.

That said, here's my top 10:

1. Robinson
2. Armstrong
3. Louis
4. Greb
5. Ali
6. Duran
7. Leonard, B.
8. Pep
9. Holmes
10. Gans

[Capaedia]

Originally Posted by UrDazed

Top 50 is so hard.

1. Ray Robinson
2. Hank Armstrong
3. Harry Greb
4. Sam Langford
5. Ezzard Charles
6. Muhammad Ali
7. Ben Leonard
8. Roberto Duran
9. Archie Moore
10. Ray Leonard
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11. Willie Pep
12. Mickey Walker
13. Bob Fitzimmons
14. Joe Gans
15. Barney Ross
16. Pernell Whitaker
17. Joe Louis
18. Jimmy McClarnin
19. Roy Jones
20. Jimmy Wilde
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21. Julio Cesar Chavez
22. Bernard Hopkins
23. Marvin Hagler
24. Eder Jofre
25. Tommy Hearns
26. Carlos Monzon
27. Charley Burley
28. Barbados JW
29. Ike Williams
30. Alexis Arguello
31. Wilfredo Gomez

You got all the way to 32 without making my jaw drop out of shock.

I didn't realise that was possible.

[Barnburner]

Originally Posted by UrDazed

Top 50 is so hard.

1. Ray Robinson
2. Hank Armstrong
3. Harry Greb
4. Sam Langford
5. Ezzard Charles
6. Muhammad Ali
7. Ben Leonard
8. Roberto Duran
9. Archie Moore
10. Ray Leonard
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11. Willie Pep
12. Mickey Walker
13. Bob Fitzimmons
14. Joe Gans
15. Barney Ross
16. Pernell Whitaker
17. Joe Louis
18. Jimmy McClarnin
19. Roy Jones
20. Jimmy Wilde
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21. Julio Cesar Chavez
22. Bernard Hopkins
23. Marvin Hagler
24. Eder Jofre
25. Tommy Hearns
26. Carlos Monzon
27. Charley Burley
28. Barbados JW
29. Ike Williams
30. Alexis Arguello
31. Wilfredo Gomez

Good list.

Put Marvin Hagler at #1 and I'll give you 1 billion points.

[1SILVA]

Originally Posted by urdazed

i appreciate your optimism

btw, i love your list. It is a tough task to rank the 50 greatest of all time.

[UrDazed]

Originally Posted by Capaedia

You got all the way to 32 without making my jaw drop out of shock.

I didn't realise that was possible.

is that good or bad?

[Capaedia]

Originally Posted by UrDazed

is that good or bad?

That's good. Unprecedented actually.

Sometime after 20 most people start wheeling out Morales, Barrera e.t.c. and it starts to look like more of a memory exercise than ranking

Great fighters, but they don't belong quite that high.

[Prince_Pugilist]

Originally Posted by Capaedia

That's good. Unprecedented actually.

Sometime after 20 most people start wheeling out Morales, Barrera e.t.c. and it starts to look like more of a memory exercise than ranking

Great fighters, but they don't belong quite that high.

I'd put Barrera in the top 30 possibly. Never made a list that goes that far but in terms of other fighters I'd have in my top 20, a top 30 seems ok for MAB.

[UrDazed]

Originally Posted by Prince_Pugilist

I'd put Barrera in the top 30 possibly. Never made a list that goes that far but in terms of other fighters I'd have in my top 20, a top 30 seems ok for MAB.

Barrera is bottom top 10 as far as even mexican fighters go.

Olivares, Saldivar, Ortiz, Chavez, Morales, etc. rank higher IMO