your best of all time is..

[K-DOGG]

why dont u enlighten us on his great resume that makes him one of the best ever. Firpo, sharkey and willard, o wow he beat true legends. Better yet he defended his belt against guys that are the same size as roy jones but with half the skill, what a golden era of boxing.

Us? There is no "us"; there is just you; and if Yogi's citation of the Ring's rankings and other threads already made on the subject arent' enough to convince you to at least open your mind to the possibility that you are wrong and that everybody else might know something you do not, then nothing I say is going to do it. I could list off his best opposistion and even describe a few of those matches; but you would counter with some ingenius response such as ...they were bums too, or they had no skills, or they weren't black. So, no, I"m not going to waste my time getting into a full-on discussion with you on the topic while I'm busy trying to earn a living in between posts. Re-examinging a legend's career is one thing; but completely dismissing him as if he were something on the bottom of your "god's" shoe is entirely different.

Either read up and concede to the knowledge of those older than you or wallow in ignorance, I care not.

[Southpaw Stinger]

shavers and cooney are held in a higer regard than firpo, hell david tua is better than firpo.

I don't know many who hold Cooney in high regard. And Shavers only possed a big punch with very little skill. Basic opponents indeed.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Us? There is no "us"; there is just you; and if Yogi's citation of the Ring's rankings and other threads already made on the subject arent' enough to convince you to at least open your mind to the possibility that you are wrong and that everybody else might know something you do not, then nothing I say is going to do it. I could list off his best opposistion and even describe a few of those matches; but you would counter with some ingenius response such as ...they were bums too, or they had no skills, or they weren't black. So, no, I"m not going to waste my time getting into a full-on discussion with you on the topic while I'm busy trying to earn a living in between posts. Re-examinging a legend's career is one thing; but completely dismissing him as if he were something on the bottom of your "god's" shoe is entirely different.

Either read up and concede to the knowledge of those older than you or wallow in ignorance, I care not.

Thats all that needs to be said.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

Dude anyone that watches dempsey without knowing who he is, says he was talentless. The proof is right there, you can watch as many dempsey fights as you can get, he's horrible, no skills at all.

All I'm saying is that if all you had to go by was that Ali was great, and you had never seen anybody except today's fighters you'd be making the same argument against guys like Foreman, Frazier, Ali etc....

[brownpimp88]

I don't know many who hold Cooney in high regard. And Shavers only possed a big punch with very little skill. Basic opponents indeed.

i dont really need to defend holme's opponents, they had more skill than that cowboy and firefighter.

[brownpimp88]

All I'm saying is that if all you had to go by was that Ali was great, and you had never seen anybody except today's fighters you'd be making the same argument against guys like Foreman, Frazier, Ali etc....

i know frazier and ali were legit, hell i consider ur boy rocky to better than joe louis by the way.

[Kid Achilles]

pimp,

Where are your best fighters? Maybe I've missed them on this thread but so far all I've seen you do is talk down on others for favoring certain fighters, never offering your own boxing heros up for criticism.

[The Surgeon]

im new to this forum so im presuming this question has been posed umpteen times previously but im interested to read your views on these matters...mine would be

1..henry armstrong
2..sugar ray robinson
3..joe louis
4..julio cesar chavez
5..willie pep
6..harry greb

I hate doing lists, there so brutal but mine TODAY goes like this
SRR
Pep
Sweet Pea

[brownpimp88]

pimp,

Where are your best fighters? Maybe I've missed them on this thread but so far all I've seen you do is talk down on others for favoring certain fighters, never offering your own boxing heros up for criticism.

my favourite fighters

ezzard charles
joe calzaghe
pernell whitaker
jermain taylor
marvin hagler
michael spinks
larry holmes
and i like willie pep too

[Yogi]

pimp,

Where are your best fighters? Maybe I've missed them on this thread but so far all I've seen you do is talk down on others for favoring certain fighters, never offering your own boxing heros up for criticism.

June 1996 issue of The Ring.