What do you guys mean "all-time great" exactly?

[deliveryman]

just my 2 cents...

ATG IMO, is a status beyond being "merely a HOF..."

its like comparing isiah thomas who is an ATG to gary payton who was simply just an all-star...

like roger federer to james blake...

erik morales to paulie ayala... (not sure if paulie would be an inductee though)

u know what i mean?

Except James Blake blows, I would of used Andy Rod****, at least Andy has won a slam.

[talip bin osman]

Except James Blake blows, I would of used Andy Rod****, at least Andy has won a slam.

hahaha... : )

[FasTHarD]

Margarito sucks, Mosley turned down a fight. Floyd should have fought Cotto. Kosta was pretty much washed up and then got mauled by Hatton.

Wrong Floyd chose to fight Gatti than Tszyu...

[deliveryman]

Wrong Floyd chose to fight Gatti than Tszyu...

A Mayweather - Tszyu unfication bout was going to happen provided both fighters won their fights. Floyd beat Gatti, Tszyu lost to Hatton.

[-EX-]

Wrong Floyd chose to fight Gatti than Tszyu...

The same year washed up Kosta got put into retirement by Hatton...I don't recall Kosta trying to get a fight with Floyd. Gatti had the WBC belt.

[strugler]

ATG for me is to be able to capture a fan's(being a subjective list) imagination either by his resume, skills, longevity, etc.Its like the best among the bests......like the Achilles, Hannibal, Leonides, Alexander of boxing.........

[talip bin osman]

ATG for me is to be able to capture a fan's(being a subjective list) imagination either by his resume, skills, longevity, etc.Its like the best among the bests......like the Achilles, Hannibal, Leonides, Alexander of boxing.........

is saoul mamby an ATG to u strugler my man?

is he still active? guy is over 60 i think...

thats friggin longevity for ya...

[Thwf]

What do you guys mean when talking about all time great? I mean I'd put Mayweather Jr and Pernell in the top 40 or 50 all time. Is that what you mean when speaking all time? The all-time list of fighters in which most would put Robinson at 1.

What is this talk about Cotto probably not being on the all time great list? If he gets another 3-4 quality wins he should be in the top 100 or maybe even top 60.

Someone clarify...

Maybe if we can add/update 20 more to the list below, we can make an ATG top 100.

In 2002, Ring Magazine published a list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years in boxing, as voted by the magazine's writers.

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Joe Louis
5. Roberto Duran
6. Willie Pep
7. Harry Greb
8. Benny Leonard
9. Sugar Ray Leonard
10. Pernell Whitaker
11. Carlos Monzon
12. Rocky Marciano
13. Ezzard Charles
14. Archie Moore
15. Sandy Saddler
16. Jack Dempsey
17. Marvin Hagler
18. Julio Cesar Chavez
19. Eder Jofre
20. Alexis Arguello
21. Barney Ross
22. Evander Holyfield
23. Ike Williams
24. Salvador Sanchez
25. George Foreman
26. Kid Gavilan
27. Larry Holmes
28. Mickey Walker
29. Ruben Olivares
30. Gene Tunney
31. **** Tiger
32. Fighting Harada
33. Emile Griffith
34. Tony Canzoneri
35. Aaron Pryor
36. Pascual Perez
37. Miguel Canto
38. Manuel Ortiz
39. Charley Burley
40. Carmen Basilio
41. Michael Spinks
42. Joe Frazier
43. Khaosai Galaxy
44. Roy Jones, Jr.
45. Tiger Flowers
46. Panama Al Brown
47. Kid Chocolate
48. Joe Brown
49. Tommy Loughran
50. Bernard Hopkins
51. Felix Trinidad
52. Jake LaMotta
53. Lennox Lewis
54. Wilfredo Gomez
55. Bob Foster
56. Jose Napoles
57. Billy Conn
58. Jimmy McLarnin
59. Pancho Villa
60. Carlos Ortiz
61. Bob Montgomery
62. Freddie Miller
63. Benny Lynch
64. Beau Jack
65. Azumah Nelson
66. Eusebio Pedroza
67. Thomas Hearns
68. Wilfred Benitez
69. Antonio Cervantes
70. Ricardo Lopez
71. Sonny Liston
72. Mike Tyson
73. Vicente Saldivar
74. Gene Fullmer
75. Oscar De La Hoya
76. Carlos Zarate
77. Marcel Cerdan
78. Flash Elorde
79. Mike McCallum
80. Harold Johnson

[strugler]

is saoul mamby an ATG to u strugler my man?

is he still active? guy is over 60 i think...

thats friggin longevity for ya...

naaaah...you're taking me too literally...........

[talip bin osman]

naaaah...you're taking me too literally...........

i mean a case can be made 4 him right?

fighting for 5 different decades professionally?

thats phenomenal...

not ATG but some kind of special recognition... : )