World's Greatest Boxer Results Are In: Who's Number One?

obie16y ago

WORLD'S GREATEST EVER BOXER ANNOUNCED Sugar Ray Robinson is the Greatest Boxer the World has ever seen, according to fight fans worldwide. Muhammad Ali was voted as the Greatest Ever Heavyweight of all time, just beating Mike Tyson. Manny Pacquiao gathered the second highest number of votes in winning the Featherweight category, polling more than 50% of the vote. "The selection of Ray Robinson as the Greatest Ever Boxer shows that fans of all ages understand the legend he created. In the individual weight categories the winners represented several eras. Robinson carried the banner of the 40's and 50's with his wins at middleweight and welterweight, and then the fans went up through the years with Roberto Duran, Muhammad Ali, Wilfredo Gomez, Ricardo Lopez, Roy Jones Jr and Manny Pacquiao as their selections," said Al Bernstein, a member of the nominations jury. Fellow jury member Ron Borges said: "Well, now that the votes have been counted boxing fans have something new to argue about. Manny Pacquiao greater than Muhammad Ali? There's a generational battle for the ages. Yet one constant remains. For 60 years now one name has been listed above the rest - Sugar Ray Robinson - and so it remains today, after the finally tally of The Greatest Ever's worldwide balloting. Glad to see you can count on something is this world.'' Fans worldwide have been voting for their Greatest Ever fighters in the eight traditional weight categories of Flyweight, Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight. The nominated fighters were selected by a jury of boxing analysts - Al Bernstein, Tom Hauser, Ron Borges, Jean-Philippe Lustyk and Colin Hart. Over 500,000 votes have been cast since June at www.greatestever.com. Sugar Ray Robinson was the only fighter nominated in two categories - welterweight and middleweight - and he won them both. In terms of total votes cast, Manny Pacquaio came second with Muhammed Ali coming third. Listed below are the top three fighters in the global vote. Winners World's Greatest Ever Boxer - overall 1.Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Manny Pacquiao 3. Muhammad Ali World's Greatest Ever Heavyweight 1. Muhammad Ali 48% 2. Mike Tyson 16% 3. Rocky Marciano 11% World's Greatest Ever Light heavyweight 1. Roy Jones Jnr 37% 2. Archie Moore 17% 3. Joe Calzaghe 14% World's Greatest Ever Middleweight 1. Sugar Ray Robinson 47% 2.Marvin Hagler 24% 3. Bernard Hopkins 12% World's Greatest Ever Welterweight 1. Sugar Ray Robinson 39% 2. Sugar Ray Leonard 36% 3. Oscar de la Hoya 10% World's Greatest Ever Lightweight 1. Roberto Duran 33% 2. Henry Armstrong 22% 3. Floyd Mayweather 14% World's Greatest Ever Featherweight 1. Manny Pacquaio 56% 2. Willie Pep 15% 3. Salvador Sanchez 8% World's Greatest Ever Bantamweight 1. Wilfredo Gomez 32% 2. Ruben Olivaresv 12% 3. Carlos Zarate 10% World's Greatest Ever Flyweight 1. Ricardo Lopez 27% 2. Jimmy Wilde 20% 3. Michael Carbajal 12% http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/7533/world-greatest-boxer-results-are-number-one/

Comments (20)

jrosales13

We are very lucky that pacquiao was in our era and we are witnessing his greatness. You an alt and just trolling now... GTFOH...

16y ago

pasawayako

We are very lucky that pacquiao was in our era and we are witnessing his greatness.

16y ago

JAB5239

This a very credible list. Its good to know that people around the world recognize pacquiao greatness. Wrong. People around the world are just oblivious to the facts and history of the sport. Kinda sad. Since you seem to be so in tune though, how about posting you 10 greatest fighters of all time list?

16y ago

CubanGuyNYC

And, you know what bro. I am a huge Pac fan. I defend him as much as I can on here. But, when you say dumbass shit like Pac is top 3 ATG. It makes every Pac fan look like an idiot. Just stop it bro. Do your homework of the history of boxing. Before making such a statement. It's like being the parent of an ugly kid. Its your kid, so you love him/her and think they're beautiful. But you'll look like a fool if you go around telling everyone how cute your kid is! :lol1: There's nothing wrong with having a favorite fighter, whoever that might be. Unfortunately, some people become too biased when their favorite boxer's greatness is appraised.

16y ago

jrosales13

This a very credible list. Its good to know that people around the world recognize pacquiao greatness. Who's alt are you?

16y ago

jrosales13

You gotta laugh at all this. I wouldn't take none of this serious. And, yet you have 2 or 3 in here defending this list. Like WTF?

16y ago

pasawayako

This a very credible list. Its good to know that people around the world recognize pacquiao greatness.

16y ago

jrosales13

Very true my friend. And i honestly believe he will done it. Really you agree with Pacdbest? Top 3 ATG seriously? How long have you been watching boxing?

16y ago

Doctor_Tenma4618

You gotta laugh at all this. I wouldn't take none of this serious.

16y ago

pasawayako

Wow!!! Pac is already #2 after SRR, and Pac in not done yet!!! This just how I rate Pac right now. I rated Pac at #3 ATG behind SRR & Armstrong. They thought i was crazy in ESB when I projected Pac to be the top 3 ATG once he retires. Look what we have now??? And Pac has yet to KO Floyd!!! Pac soon to be the GOAT!!! Very true my friend. And i honestly believe he will done it.

16y ago

jrosales13

:bottle::bottle::bottle::nana: You can't defend this list man. El Jesus is right... Lets be real this list is horrible.

16y ago

JAB5239

That list just goes to show how ignorant many of todays fans are to boxinbg history. Horrendous list!

16y ago

peykpeyk

tyson number 2 and manny being the greatest featherweight. right. :bottle::bottle::bottle::nana:

16y ago

jrosales13

11-19-2009, 09:40 AM #103 kadyo Belt holder ESB Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,700 vCash: 1000 Re: Lets say Pacman vs Cotto 2009 Quote: Originally Posted by PacDbest If Pac KOs Hatton and beat DLH, that tells you that Pac can carry his power and Sturdy enough for Cotto. Maybe Arum will be crazy enough to make this fight. Offence wise Pac can handle Cotto. Pac has longer arms and a much faster guy. Power right now belongs to Cotto but we still have to see the stronger Pac at 135-147. Pac vs Diaz, Hatton/DLH will answer that. That was an amazing prediction. That's a pinpoint prediction accuracy. And, you know what bro. I am a huge Pac fan. I defend him as much as I can on here. But, when you say dumbass shit like Pac is top 3 ATG. It makes every Pac fan look like an idiot. Just stop it bro. Do your homework of the history of boxing. Before making such a statement.

16y ago

Doctor_Tenma4618

Yep, all far more deserving. And LOL at Joe Calzaghe being the 3rd greatest light-heavy ever. Lol @ the 3rd :lol1: I'd say the greatest.

16y ago

jrosales13

Yep, all far more deserving. And LOL at Joe Calzaghe being the 3rd greatest light-heavy ever. Exactly is just ridiculous. I don't understand how anybody can take this list serious. Like why make an argument to try to defend it?

16y ago

jrosales13

I predicted that 2 years ago when Pac was still at 130. Now look for your prediction 2 years ago?? Let's see how did you said it??? It was going into the Hatton fight right? In Sep 2007 and right? The same time Arum and Schaffer were already having talks about a possible Pac-Oscar fight the following year right?

16y ago

Pacdbest

I predicted Floyd was going to beat Hatton. You was not going out of the limb with that one. Larry Merchant predicted a Pac-Oscar fight after the David Diaz fight. Before the Pac-JMM rematch took place. Schaffer and Arum was already talking about a potential Oscar-Pac fight so you really wasn't predicting anything. Juan Diaz the fight before the Nate Campbell fight called out Pac. So again you was not really predicting anything It was known that Hatton was going to go back down to 140 since he was not that good at 147. So again you didn't predict anything Everybody really felt Floyd was not going to stay retired. So again you didn't really predict anything. And, all this means shit cuz there is no way Pac is a top 3 ATG... And, this whole list is a joke... I predicted that 2 years ago when Pac was still at 130. Now look for your prediction 2 years ago?? Let's see how did you said it???

16y ago

jrosales13

Roy Jones over Archie Moore. :bs2: Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Michael Spinks.

16y ago

krispy_kreme

This list such BS. How the fuck is Pacquiao ranked with Ali and Robinson as the GOAT boxer out of other qualified fighters? And Tyson is right behind Ali? What a joke. Don't get me wrong, I love Manny and Tyson, but they are rated too high. Manny is far greater than Tyson though.

16y ago