How good do you think Ray Robinson was............

[SugarRayCurtain]

i think Mayweather is faster and more techincally profound than Robinson..

Robinsons defence was his footmovement and headmovement, he countered well too but he got hit alot. Mayweather rarely got hit clean.

Mayweather honestly is just out of this world

[CarlosG815]

i think Mayweather is faster and more techincally profound than Robinson..

Robinsons defence was his footmovement and headmovement, he countered well too but he got hit alot. Mayweather rarely got hit clean.

Mayweather honestly is just out of this world

Mayweather UD's LaMotta 6 out of 6 fights. No SD's there.

[Jim Jeffries]

Mayweather UD's LaMotta 6 out of 6 fights. No SD's there.

Mayweather is dominating HOF middleweights now?

[CarlosG815]

Mayweather is dominating HOF middleweights now?

90% of the guys SRR fought were not conditioned athletes. They were broke bus boys and hotel doormen.

He's known for the greatness he portrayed in the ring that we can visually see, just like Floyd. Floyd doesn't have to find Doc Brown, go back in time and beat Jake LaMotta for me to know that he would have no problem dealing that guy over and over.

[Jim Jeffries]

90% of the guys SRR fought were not conditioned athletes. They were broke bus boys and hotel doormen.

He's known for the greatness he portrayed in the ring that we can visually see, just like Floyd. Floyd doesn't have to find Doc Brown, go back in time and beat Jake LaMotta for me to know that he would have no problem dealing that guy over and over.

Thanks, I needed a good belly laugh.

[$Bullsfam$]

Almost untouchable.....skills wise of course. He got hit more often then I'd like.

[NChristo]

i think Mayweather is faster and more techincally profound than Robinson..

Robinsons defence was his footmovement and headmovement, he countered well too but he got hit alot. Mayweather rarely got hit clean.

Mayweather honestly is just out of this world

Never seen much Robinson I'm guessing ?, he didn't use much head movement and he didn't get hit "a lot".
Floyd is not faster then Robinson.

Mayweather UD's LaMotta 6 out of 6 fights. No SD's there.

Mayweather in no way is beating LaMotta, out of most of the boxers back then LaMotta is probably the worst for Mayweather. He's going to walk through everything May can throw and pressure him for the whole fight.

Nightmare for Floyd ......

[Dynamite Kid]

The deal about Robinson is that he scores highly in pretty much every category. The record, opposition fought, longevity, accomplishments, dominance, ability. Unlike on Harry Greb, Sam Langford, and to some extent even Henry Armstrong, there is also enough film of Robinson to make up your mind on how great he was head-to-head, against boxers from other eras. I don't see many, if any, welterweights beating him. He was a terror at middleweight also, taking on a strong group of challengers while past his physical prime. His skills were polished through the experience of hundreds of fights, although he was more so an offensive fighter than a defensive artist, looking for opportunities to score a knockout with each punch thrown. He was fast and had one punch KO power in both hands and was a great finisher when he had his man hurt due to his pin-point accurate combinations which always seemed to find his opponent's chin.

He had the heart of a true champion as well, even up to 45 years of age he lasted the distance.

Just think about this, during Robinson's first year as a pro, at 19-20 years of age, he defeated reigning lightweight champion Sammy Angott (at 135 in a non-title bout), unbeaten 42-0 future welterweight champion Marty Servo and former welterweight champion, experienced veteran of 150 fights Fritzie Zivic who was coming off a robbery of his title against 'Red' Cochrane, who never gave Robinson a shot at the title because it was felt that Robinson vs Cochrane would have been a mismatch, in favour of the challenger Robinson.

The whole fight is on youtube in HD. Robinson went on his bicycle in that fight against a far bigger man. It wasn't Robinson's usual style but it shows that he could defensive-minded and difficult to hit when he wanted to be. Unfortunately the heat got to him as it did to referee Ruby Goldstein. He made Maxim look bad, but Maxim was a good boxer, see for example Maxim's fights against Bob Murphy and Freddie Mills which are also on youtube.

Thanks TheGreatA.

[The_Demon]

90% of the guys SRR fought were not conditioned athletes. They were broke bus boys and hotel doormen.

He's known for the greatness he portrayed in the ring that we can visually see, just like Floyd. Floyd doesn't have to find Doc Brown, go back in time and beat Jake LaMotta for me to know that he would have no problem dealing that guy over and over.

Mayweather UD's LaMotta 6 out of 6 fights. No SD's there.

Not exactly. My money's on May in that fight so to say x100 is a far stretch.

Thanks for providing me with a good laugh

I didnt realize this sort of ******ity exsisted,let alone in the history section

Incredible

[TheGreatA]

90% of the guys SRR fought were not conditioned athletes. They were broke bus boys and hotel doormen.

He's known for the greatness he portrayed in the ring that we can visually see, just like Floyd. Floyd doesn't have to find Doc Brown, go back in time and beat Jake LaMotta for me to know that he would have no problem dealing that guy over and over.

You do know that more than 100 of his fights were against opponents who were at one point rated in the top 10?