50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time....

[Feint]

Lists like this are so subjective they are almost meaningless. How do you really judge who was the best? Overall record, titles won, quality of opponents, exciting fights, skills, etc. All of these factors have to come into play so coming up with an objective list it is really an impossible task.

Having said that it is not a terrible list in my opinion, although I would definitely change the order it is in. But then again there is the problem, what makes me right and them wrong? It is all too subjective.

But I guess the goal of this for ESPN was to simply spur debate, which is what we are doing.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Very true Feint. That's why I call the list decent. It does spark up some debate. I just can't see Chavez ahead of Hagler, Whitaker, or Hearns. Sorry my Mexican freinds, I just don't see it.

[Panamaniac]

Just thought everyone might like to look at this.
As picked by ESPN:

The final list
1. Sugar Ray Robinson Video Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas on the list
2. Muhammad Ali Video
3. Henry Armstrong Video
4. Joe Louis Video
5. Willie Pep Video
6. Roberto Duran Video
7. Benny Leonard
8. Jack Johnson Video
9. Jack Dempsey Video
10. Sam Langford

I'm stoked (elated) by the placement of my homie among the top ten. While I don't agree with all the placements (Mike Tyson belongs in the top 10), I can hardly argue with the selection of the 50 greatest of all time. If you check my thread, you'll see I selected many of these fighters. Click below.

www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123995

[BmoreBrawler]

wow thats horrid. I'd definitely move tyson up, ODLH behind holyfield, and put Lewis on there at the expense of floyd.

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

Ali Was Better Then Robinson.. No Heavyweight Ever Will Have A Resume Like Ali...shavers, Foreman ,fraizer, Norton, Liston, Cleveland Williams. Ron Lyle... Any One Of Them Would Be Champion Today

Ali is hardly better then Robinson!!! P4p Robinson wouldve kicked Ali's Arse!!!

[danny stash]

dude that list id garbage...tyson below bernard hopkins and eric morales? WTF smokin crack. Tyson was boxing for 6 years or so.

[Jcsuper]

Why do people are ranking old fighters so high and new fighters so low...

It's sad because the new fighters never have any credits. Believe me if Roy Jones in his prime was fighting every two weeks an average fighter he would also have more than a hundred wins. Same things for Pbf, Toney, Hopkins, Wright, Pernell Whitaker, Morales, Pacaman...

I'm tired to hear people talk about the old fighters like if they were gods compared to today's fighter, also who here have really seen a guy like Stanley Ketchel on videos?

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=009028 : look at the bunch of nobodies he fought, this guy was better than Jones ? Pbf ? Bhop?
Bull****...

Who have seen Terry McGovern on videos, this guy is better than Pbf ??

[Eno]

This list is very irritating. Sweet pea should be way higher. RJJ should be way higher. Lewis should be on there. JCC should not be that high. Roberto Duran should not be at 6 etc...

[MnTwins24]

No no one matched Robinson. I dont like him and Ali is one of my favirotes but no one touched Robinson. It was once said if god created the perfect boxer it would be exactly like Sugar ray Robinson. He could litterally do it all. No other fighter has done that. Plus he even went up as far as light heavy weight and would have done it too. Also look at his record. Crazy.

[MnTwins24]

dude that list id garbage...tyson below bernard hopkins and eric morales? WTF smokin crack. Tyson was boxing for 6 years or so.

Why would Tyson be high? As dominant as he was what happened when he went against anyone who was even close to elite level. He got knocked out. And B-Hop should be even higher most title defenses at his weight.