Cus D'Amato ''Beau Jack Was The Greatest Lightweight Of All Time''

[MeccaOfBoxing]

Mike Tyson says Cus use to think Jack was the greatest LW of all time.

thoughts?

[TheGreatA]

I imagine he meant that Beau Jack was D'Amato's favorite lightweight of all time. He was a crowd pleaser, and a great fighter, but not the greatest.

[NChristo]

He's probably top 10, I don't see how he could be better then Joe Gans, Benny Leonard or Roberto Duran though.

Probably liked Jack more because of his style and how he never gave up.

[MeccaOfBoxing]

I imagine he meant that Beau Jack was D'Amato's favorite lightweight of all time. He was a crowd pleaser, and a great fighter, but not the greatest.

He's probably top 10, I don't see how he could be better then Joe Gans, Benny Leonard or Roberto Duran though.

Probably liked Jack more because of his style and how he never gave up.

Yeah maybe, but Mike did say the greatest aswell as his fav.

[slakka]

Cus love of Beau is well known giving him shoe shines instead of vice versa ect but I find it hard to believe he considered him the greatest of all Lightweights???