If you have no list and no history of the sport, how can you determine a ATG?

[Larry the boss]

I'd leave ranking current fighters to the historians of the future, man.

No possible way any of us going to be objective about guys that were active whilst we've been fans, whether they're our favourites or rivals you just can't look at them with the same dispassion you'd view fighters from generations ago. Wait until they're retired, wait until their every opponent is retired, wait until their opponents are all retired and then carry on waiting a few more years I'd say... then make your list.

You gonna give us your list Larry, my man?

I do not have a list and that is why i respectfully stay out of those conversations

[Robbie Barrett]

Im not butthurt and this is not a retaliation thread, see the issue on here is posters like yourself simple cant post in a reasonable thread without posting insults and simply cant contribute at all because you have no knowledge of the sport. All you do is insult people who dont agree with you and claim you are some diehard boxing fan..grow up son

Post your top 100 list larry and the explanations for why you have them there. Shouldn't take you long, because you do have it right? I bet you don't. I'll give you 5 mins then we'll know.

[Larry the boss]

TS is saying people need an actual top 100 list. Not just a group of fighters you know are great, an actual damn list.

If you dont have a top 100 list then how the hell can you say someone is an ATG??? just stay out of the conversation..pretty simple because you have nothing to back up your claim as you have done 0 research on the topic...hell can you even name 100 top boxers thoughout history?

[Robbie Barrett]

I do not have a list and that is why i respectfully stay out of those conversations

.......... What a ****ing idiot you are.

[Larry the boss]

Post your top 100 list larry and the explanations for why you have them there. Shouldn't take you long, because you do have it right? I bet you don't. I'll give you 5 mins then we'll know.

Never said I did, and that is why I dont rank boxers or say someone is top so and so all time because its foolish

[Larry the boss]

.......... What a ****ing idiot you are.

How am I an idiot?? when did I claim to have a list?

[Robbie Barrett]

Never said I did, and that is why I dont rank boxers or say someone is top so and so all time because its foolish

Pretty sure i've seen you call Mayweather, Ali etc ATG's many times. So stop your BS.

[Larry the boss]

Pretty sure i've seen you call Mayweather, Ali etc ATG's many times. So stop your BS.

No BS here I dont have a list simple and plain, so what is your beef? I didnt call them ATG'S ...BERT SUGAR AND OTHER HISTORIANS DID YEARS AGO...

[Robbie Barrett]

No BS here I dont have a list simple and plain, so what is your beef?

You said you need a list to call fighters ATG's right? You've called fighters like Mayweather ATG's and you don't have a list. So you're a hypocrite.

You flip flop ****** larry rules every few weeks, like you flip flop your personality. My beef is with your bipolar disorder.

[ruedboy]

There are a lot of problems with any type of ATG list.
The main problem is how do you compare boxers from different eras?
How do you compare a fighter who fought 15X a year to one fought 2X a year.
It's the same with same day weigh-ins, 15 round fights and only 8 weight classes and one champ in each one.
It's impossible to know how a modern fighter would do under those conditions.
You can only look at what a fighter did in his own era.
What did he accomplish and the quality of his opponents.