The Best Boxer Ever

[ottoevans]

Roy Jones Jr.



I guess ya must of forgot

[Yogi]

Depending on what day of the week it is (and who I'd choose in the #1 spot), my choice for the greatest fighter ever will always come down to but four men...Sam Langford, Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, and Harry Greb.

[cvt]

although i agree somewhat with JUY that joe louis was a great technical/text book boxer i think the crown of best boxer still goes to 'shuga' (no, not leonard)...we was a monster at welterweight.

[- Evil -]

Louis was great but Ali was better.

I dont think Louis was the best but he was better than Ali, without doubt.

[Easy-E]

I dont think Louis was the best but he was better than Ali, without doubt.

how so???

the messsage you have....

[Memorex]

The Goldenboy Oscar De La Hoooooooooooooooya!!

[JUYJUY]

how so???

Read the first post in this thread.

[Tha Greatest]

JUYJUY...

KARMA FOR YOU!

Brown Bomber is a ****ing god! I SWEAR TO GOD!

Everyone looked up to him! He was the ****in man! I have his biography, I'm going to start reading it as soon as I finish the Sugar Ray one first...

In my eyes, Robinson and Louis are tied, but I'd give the nod to Sugar Ray, both legends from Detroit! Both trained together when Robinson first turned pro! Louis was a hero to Robinson and many others!

Sugar Ray Robinson many people say is overrated, but the guy is another boxing god!

The 4 boxing gods are Sugar Ray Robinson(Walker Smith Jr.), Joseph Louis Barrow, Henry Armstrong and I forgot Willie Peps real name..

My pound for pound list...

#1. Sugar Ray Robinson
#2. Joe Louis
#3. Willie Pepp
#4. Henry Armstrong

These are the 4 boxing gods.

[Tha Greatest]

Roy Jones Jr.



I guess ya must of forgot

bad k for you

[JUYJUY]

As for Mike Tyson, back in the days he was training hard at the Catkills he was better than anybody I've ever seen under the age of 22 (in any weight division). Infact he was so damn good that he achieved everything quicker than anybody else ever (he hinted retirement at the post-fight press conference after the Spinks fight because he had nothing more to prove, nothing more to do), so to be honest he was TOO good for his own good, and that caused him to abandon everything after the Spinks fight and become a freakshow instead. He left the Catskills right after the Spinks fight. Mike had a fantastic jab that a lot of his taller opponents (Biggs, Tucker, Holmes, Spinks etc) didn't expect, and so it was a secret weapon! But he abandoned using his good hard jab after leaving Rooney.

Mike also abandoned the D'Amato style defence and Rooney's numbers system in attack. He abandoned all of this after the Spinks fight.

And instead of weighing 210-215 as he did when he was fighting out of the Catskills, he started weighed 225+ for fights Post-Catskills (and that was AFTER starving himself for days, which means he wasn't ever in the gym between the Spinks and Douglas fights). Mike's two and three-punch combinations were brilliant, his great hand speed and brutal power combined with smooth execution was a site to behold, his head movement was there, his feet were excellent, and he was accurate back in those days (very accurate body shots in particular, set up head shots well).
86-88 the guy was a boxing demi-god.