Sugar Ray Robinson...greatest boxer of all time

[Poet682006]

Man its just too hard to discuss the old timers with regards to how they match up to todays fighters. Most of the people claiming SRR was a god are those who have maybe seen his boxrec twice and heard about him from their elders. As time passes these guys get legendary status and it almost becomes a sin to mention a fighter today being better then one of them.

I have video and have SEEN some of his fights.

Poet

[dorruel2.0]

Ali is the greatest. He was in more important fights and beat greater fighters then Robinson did

[The Stone Roses]

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Sugar Ray Robinson

These 2 names are interchangeable....but there would never be another boxer who comes close to these 2.....boxing meant much more to people when Muhammad Ali was fighting and Ray Robinson was having fights 3 times a week, to pay his bills

[vince_carter123]

1. ali
2. srr

[5betlight]

128-1 PROVES he was beatable. Not often, but it was definitely possible.

He was a welterweight and was fighting a super middleweight. I don't think he's unbeatable, there just hasn't been a person born yet(including Jesus) who could beat him while weighing the same as him. Maybe there will in the distant future.

Man its just too hard to discuss the old timers with regards to how they match up to todays fighters. Most of the people claiming SRR was a god are those who have maybe seen his boxrec twice and heard about him from their elders. As time passes these guys get legendary status and it almost becomes a sin to mention a fighter today being better then one of them.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with nuthugging SRR.

[tocayito1]

lol at people saying ali was the greatest....he wasnt even the greatest heavyweight


ali himself said that sugar ray robinson is the best of all time

[JAB5239]

He was a welterweight and was fighting a super middleweight. I don't think he's unbeatable, there just hasn't been a person born yet(including Jesus) who could beat him while weighing the same as him. Maybe there will in the distant future.

He was a welter fighting a middleweight. Don't let the half pound you read on boxrec fool you. It was common back than to let opponents come in slightly over the limit in non title fights if they chose to. And just because he was never able or didn't fight them, there were guys who fought at 147 (Burley, Leonard, Hearns, Benitez and maybe Duran) who were better fighters at that weight than LaMotta was when he beat Robby. Great fighter? Yes. Unbeatable? No.

[jrosales13]

High as 7...I guess you missed that part.

Greb should be no lower than 5...

[badteef]

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[Thread Stealer]

He was a welterweight and was fighting a super middleweight. I don't think he's unbeatable, there just hasn't been a person born yet(including Jesus) who could beat him while weighing the same as him. Maybe there will in the distant future.

Robinson had a couple of other fights with guys his size around that time that were close decisions that maybe could've gone the other way (due to the lack of footage we can only go by what was written).

If you're fighting 20+ times a year, often against very tough opposition, you're bound to have a bad night or run into a bad style matchup. Everyone is beatable, it just often depends on the situations and circumstances.