I am not a know-it-all about anything, by my agreeable nature, but I've been eyes deep in conversation with other dedicated historians for a lot of years, and by my reckoning, only 28 of the 100 best boxers in modern history peaked after 1970.
That's some difficult math there for these carnival barker claims to catch up to.
Most of these businessman couldn't even discuss fighters peaking before 1970 for 10 minutes.
(Believe me, I know).
So if Terence Crawford beats Canelo Alvarez, for example; he doesn't become "the greatest of all time" off of that.
Now, follow that up with title snatching wins over Dimitrii Bivol, Artur Beterbiev, Jai Opetaia and Oleksandr Usyk, and we'll have to talk again.
That's some difficult math there for these carnival barker claims to catch up to.
Most of these businessman couldn't even discuss fighters peaking before 1970 for 10 minutes.
(Believe me, I know).
So if Terence Crawford beats Canelo Alvarez, for example; he doesn't become "the greatest of all time" off of that.
Now, follow that up with title snatching wins over Dimitrii Bivol, Artur Beterbiev, Jai Opetaia and Oleksandr Usyk, and we'll have to talk again.
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