The word All time great is thrown around to much in boxing

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  • Larry the boss
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    #1

    The word All time great is thrown around to much in boxing

    All time greats have to be the very best of the best and should mean top 100 at the very least. You have All time greats then you have Hall of famers
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    #2
    okay whats your point?

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    • Pac=Duran
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      #3
      Originally posted by D-Checc
      okay whats your point?
      He's sneak-dissing you and Shannon Briggs saying that the Cannon ain't an All-time great.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Pac=Duran
        He's sneak-dissing you and Shannon Briggs saying that the Cannon ain't an All-time great.
        WHAT!

        #LetsGoChamp

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        • SlySlickSmooth
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          #5
          As far as I'm concerned the undisputed GOAT among all eras is Ali Raymi. Everyone from Roman Gonzalez to Klitschko has avoided his challenges.

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          • lefthook2daliva
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            #6
            Originally posted by LarryXXX
            All time greats have to be the very best of the best and should mean top 100 at the very least. You have All time greats then you have Hall of famers
            Ya. You're right.

            Off topic: I don't know who that is in your avi and I have no wish to dis the dead (if that is the case), but that's a weak mullet.

            Morris Day had a better one.

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            • krazyn8tive
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              #7
              Originally posted by LarryXXX
              All time greats have to be the very best of the best and should mean top 100 at the very least. You have All time greats then you have Hall of famers
              It's actually three words larry

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              • Showtime..
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                #8
                And? There are only 5 ATG boxers fighting today.
                Others like Loma, Bradley, GGG, Rigo, Ward, Kova, Choco still need more work.
                Froch is debatable.

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                • Mr.Fantastic
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                  #9
                  Same thing with the word legends.

                  The show on HBO called Legends only showed one and it was George Foreman(that's even debatable). The rest were ATGs(Hopkins & DLH) and HOFs(Lewis & Mosley).

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                  • PainfromUkraine
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by lefthook2daliva
                    Ya. You're right.

                    Off topic: I don't know who that is in your avi and I have no wish to dis the dead (if that is the case), but that's a weak mullet.

                    Morris Day had a better one.
                    Really man? That's Tommy Morrison!

                    On to the debate about HOF and ATG - 'ATG' is just a term coined by fans to rank the very best fighters, yet there is no definitive criteria on what it requires to be classed as an ATG, or a solid list of ATGs and their ranking. Hall of Famer is the status and place boxers aim to be inducted into, after that ATG status is a product of how the fans see said fighter(s).

                    For example, Floyd and Wlad will be in the HOF for certain, but maybe a fan somewhere won't see them as ATG's for some reason. That doesn't matter though, since it is completely objective and no 'rules' set in stone about when a fighter becomes an 'ATG'.

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