ESPN Top 50 Fighters off All-Time (50-11)

[AintGottaClue]

hmm why do i not know who Benny Leonard is

and RJJ that low? wtf

[Oasis_Lad]

Tyson on the list but no Lewis ? also, Whitaker,Jones, Hagler and Hearns all need to be way higher.

The top 10 looks pretty decent though.

[borikua]

WTF?

No Wilfredo Gomez, Benitez, or Tito!?!?!?!?!?

[heat27]

wow this list is ****in ******.

[{BrownBomber}]

I don't have much of a problem with that list. I mean you could argue some points and it's all objective but the top 10 are pretty good. I have no problem with Mike Tyson at #50 simply because like I have said time and time again, a fighter is only as good as the quality of guys he fought. Mike Tyson KO'd every bum out there but when he had to fight Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis (2 best fighters of his era) he lost and lost bad. Tyson was highly overrated.

Oscar DeLaHoya is definitly higher than should be a Trinidad because DLH is a 6 different weight class champion and fought everyone. Trinidad not only lost to DLH (decision was BS) but retired in his prime and failed to fight the best fighters available.(i.e Mosley,Mayweather) Alot of the names on there are guys from yester year that I will be honest with you, I can't say yes or no either way because I never got to see them fight first hand.

Ali and Robinson at 1 and 2, either way is fine with me. Roberto Duran higher than Leonard is a big question mark. Bernard Hopkins should be higher than Roy Jones Jr. no doubt. He held the title longer and Jones was much like a Tyson in that he didn't have much competition and lost to Tarver twice, tarnishing his legacy IMO.

Like you guys said it is all objective but the list is not as bad as you say. You can't let personal feelings get in the way of your decision. Oh and by the way, Ricardo Lopez should be on that list without a doubt.

good post and very good points..

[ml2niceguy]

yeah that's a pretty crappy list

[Bendigo]

Totally sucks. Dempsey is way too high. Everyone knows he actively ducked the greatest contenders of his era.

[Mishra100]

Who are all these people on this list... Like who is Billy Conn?

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=9007

Why in the world would he ever be above someone like james toney or RJJ

[amagnin]

I don't know maybe I just am a RJJ hater but I thought the list was pretty decent other than RJJ being on it. In reality he beat 3 respectable opponents in his whole career (Toney, Hopkins, Ruiz). Toney and Hopkins both looked less than respectable on those nights and while I'd like to give RJJ the benefit of the doubt for making them look bad, he never gave them a rematch to prove it. I also wouldn't have Tyson on and I would add Lennox. As for the top 10, certainly Dempsey could be out but he was influential to the sport far beyond his ring skills and I have to figure that was part of the criteria.

[j]

well, all top 50, top 100 lists are bull****. so is saying any fighter was the best ever. i will not suck a fighter's **** like that.

i agree with the assessment that this is a ****** ****ing list. of course i'm biased in that i hate lists anyways.





i didn't see kostya tszyu's name on the list though. how could one put roy jones on the list and not kostya tszyu?