Top 10 Greatest American Fighters?

[Ivich]

Greb
Robinson
Armstrong
Charles
Pep
R. Leonard
Ross
Walker
Moore
B. Leonard

Damn fine list!

[Ivich]

Canadian

An understandable error.

[GhostofDempsey]

No particular order:

Greb
Dempsey
Armstrong
Robinson
Pep
Charles
Moore
B. Leonard
Lou Ambers
Barney Ross

[Willie Pep 229]

No particular order:

Greb
Dempsey
Armstrong
Robinson
Pep
Charles
Moore
B. Leonard
Lou Ambers
Barney Ross

I hate these lists. Not to be a troll but just to make the point that the entire endeavor is futile.

How's does one include Greb but not Tunney?

How does one include Charles but not Marciano?

How does one include Pep but not Saddler?

How does one include Ross but not McLarin?

Where's Walker?

IMHO Maybe a list of the top 100 American fighters might work, but ten., Na!

I can't agree with anyone's list, including mine.

[GhostofDempsey]

I hate these lists. Not to be a troll but just to make the point that the entire endeavor is futile.

How's does one include Greb but not Tunney?

How does one include Charles but not Marciano?

How does one include Pep but not Saddler?

How does one include Ross but not McLarin?

Where's Walker?

IMHO Maybe a list of the top 100 American fighters might work, but ten., Na!

I can't agree with anyone's list, including mine.

These lists are limiting, especially if asked to rank them in order of greatness which is nearly impossible. I've posted on here that I don't believe there is any one greatest of all time. It can't be quantified.

These lists serve to highlight some of the great fighters throughout the history of the sport but don't really offer any context on the surface. There are countless fighters who could be considered on a top ten list. So long as there aren't any names on them that are utterly ridiculous like Braddock, Quarry, or Norton I don't think too many reasonable posters would protest.

[The D3vil]

1. Robinson
2. Armstrong
3. Ali
4. Greb
5. Pep
6. Charles
7. Benny Leonard
8. Moore
9. Louis
10. Ray Leonard

[Willow The Wisp]

These are just harmless fun, and provide opportunity to cross reference our choices, argue.

I'll do todays 50 Americans...



1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Wille Pep
4. Joe Louis
5. Harry Greb
6. Benny Leonard
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Marvelous Marvin Hagler
9. Jack Dempsey
10. Jack Johnson
11. Mickey Walker
12. Tony Canzoneri
13. Gene Tunney
14. Rocky Marciano
15. Ezzard Charles
16. Sugar Ray Leonard
17. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
18. Joe Gans
19. Stanley Ketchel
20. Barney Ross
21. Jimmy McLarnin
22. Archie Moore
23. Larry Holmes
24. Sandy Sadler
25. Billy Conn
26. Abe Attell
27. Jake LaMotta
28. Terry McGovern
29. Thomas Hearns
30. Jack Britton
31. Pernell Whitaker
32. George Foreman
33. Johnny Dundee
34. Charley Burley
35. Sonny Liston
36. Tommy Loughran
37. John L. Sullivan
38. Joe Frazier
39. Tiger Flowers
40. Beau Jack
41. Mike Tyson
42. Ike Williams
43. Tommy Ryan
44. Carmen Basillio
45. James J. Corbett
46. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
47. Evander Holyfield
48. Joe Jeanette
49. James J. Jeffries
50. Toomany Tomention

[The Defecator]

It's called the all-time p4p list

[max baer]

- - I’d put Joe Louis at the top of that bunch.

Only Dempsey would give him a bother.

you sayin' ali couldn't be joe? you really must be an aunty tom queeny,
noone danced round the ring like clay. before they didn't have the footwork at heavyweight. clay would simply be too fast for joe. common queeny this forum is for knowledgble people.

[Marchegiano]

These are just harmless fun, and provide opportunity to cross reference our choices, argue.

I'll do todays 50 Americans...



1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Wille Pep
4. Joe Louis
5. Harry Greb
6. Benny Leonard
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Marvelous Marvin Hagler
9. Jack Dempsey
10. Jack Johnson
11. Mickey Walker
12. Tony Canzoneri
13. Gene Tunney
14. Rocky Marciano
15. Ezzard Charles
16. Sugar Ray Leonard
17. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
18. Joe Gans
19. Stanley Ketchel
20. Barney Ross
21. Jimmy McLarnin
22. Archie Moore
23. Larry Holmes
24. Sandy Sadler
25. Billy Conn
26. Abe Attell
27. Jake LaMotta
28. Terry McGovern
29. Thomas Hearns
30. Jack Britton
31. Pernell Whitaker
32. George Foreman
33. Johnny Dundee
34. Charley Burley
35. Sonny Liston
36. Tommy Loughran
37. John L. Sullivan
38. Joe Frazier
39. Tiger Flowers
40. Beau Jack
41. Mike Tyson
42. Ike Williams
43. Tommy Ryan
44. Carmen Basillio
45. James J. Corbett
46. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
47. Evander Holyfield
48. Joe Jeanette
49. James J. Jeffries
50. Toomany Tomention

... very well, Spinks?