Whos the greatest white fighter of all time?

***TonyMontana*** · 02-20-2018, 05:33 PM

Originally posted by BufordTannen

This was asked on the mayweather boxing channel. some said calzaghe some said Marciano.

who is it?

Andre Ward...

**chrisJS** · 02-20-2018, 05:34 PM

On resume and legacy, despite there being no fight footage Harry Greb surely has to be right up there? His resume is about as good as any in history on paper. Willie Pep on skills, accomplishments and his record too. Those two stand out and then you've got Benny Leonard. You can't just say Ottke is better than those guys because there's more footage.

I guess you've got to measure relative to their era's and those three are on basically every single top 10 all-time list I think you'll see from Boxing historians. Gene Tunney, Tommy Loughran, Mickey Walker, Barney Ross, Tony Canzoneri, Jimmy McLarnin etc; will be considered greater than Calzaghe or Marciano too. There's a lot of folks on here that will dismiss them because they haven't bothered to learn their era and assume that other era's were trash but rating relative to their era those are all-time greats.

**HanzGruber** · 02-20-2018, 05:35 PM

Originally posted by *TonyMontana*

Andre Ward...

thats who i was thinking too

**Vadrigar.** · 02-20-2018, 05:37 PM

Andre Ward.

**chrisJS** · 02-20-2018, 05:42 PM

Ward's probably one of the better white fighters of recent years but I'd still put him firmly behind Calzaghe.

**IronDanHamza** · 02-20-2018, 05:45 PM

Harry Greb resume wise.

**FinitoxDinamita** · 02-20-2018, 05:45 PM

Sugar Ray Leonard

**Bjl12** · 02-20-2018, 05:47 PM

Willie Pep

**1hourRun** · 02-20-2018, 05:47 PM

Originally posted by *TonyMontana*

Andre Ward...

Originally posted by BufordTannen

thats who i was thinking too

Originally posted by Vadrigar.

Andre Ward.

Whos the greatest white fighter of all time?