Comments Thread For: Which Active Fighters Deserve To Be Called Great?

[boksingero]

If pacquiao keeps fighting and winning against notable young opponents, we might need a better term than greatness

[SteveM]

Which of the current fighters can currently ascend to greatness with just one realistic matchup ? Mine would be:

PAC is great already, just a case of where he ends up on the ATG list. If he could beat Spence or Crawford he is top ten ATG

Canelo > Beterbiev

Golovkin - Canelo (given he is 38)

Gonzalez > Estrada

Inoue > Russell (bit of a push but if he could make the leap)

Lomachenko > Mikey Garcia at 140

[SteveM]

Keith Thurman won't sniff the hall of fame.

But I liked that Mikey Garcia got a mention in this article! A big win is needed here. This is why the Pacquiao fight is more than just money for Mikey, like everyone thinks. A win against a legend, a title in a 5th division. If Mikey can pull it off, he's a HOF as well! Bring the fight!

At this point of Pac's career a win over him doesn't seal greatness but it does improve resume; it's a scalp. Look at it this way, against a prime Pac, be it at 126, 135, 140 or 147, Mikey doesn't come close to a victory.

[TheMyspaceDayz]

No , not at all
What hurts me is when they call Fury atg
That really hurts me
Ha.

Fury’s story is still being written. Don’t let all these guys who are prematurely writing him up as an ATG make ya hate him.
Give the gypsy a shot. He’s a got a big mouth but he’s good for boxing. That’s where I’m at at this point.

[MulaKO]

Fury’s story is still being written. Don’t let all these guys who are prematurely writing him up as an ATG make ya hate him.
Give the gypsy a shot. He’s a got a big mouth but he’s good for boxing. That’s where I’m at at this point.

I don’t hate him but I do get a good laugh when they scream he’s atg
This from the same people who call Wilder a bum but only after he got defeated now call Fury atg
Hypocrisy anybody

[Buggy bear]

What a rubbish article. No wonder Hauser hasn’t written a book since 2004. Why are American sports writers the most consistently awful of all time? And this clown is going to to be in the HOF himself? Shows you what a joke that is.

.. now you commented " what rubbish it is" please articulate why ? And give me your educated and knowledgeable definition of greatness in sport ? .. just asking , your comment suggests you have expertise in this field ..

[JohnCastellanos]

Keith Thurman, Ricky Hatton and Tim Bradley future Hall Of Fame ??????? I do not believe they belong, they are not Hall of Fame worthy, period.

It’s not the hall of accomplishments

[Lenharvey]

.. now you commented " what rubbish it is" please articulate why ? And give me your educated and knowledgeable definition of greatness in sport ? .. just asking , your comment suggests you have expertise in this field ..

Appalling grammar. Painfully melodramatic. Oddly patronising. Very little substance. A writer with shameful delusions of grandeur. Cringeworthy puerile analogies. Facile. Statement of the obvious. No conclusion of any value. This is the kind of basic **** a 16 yr old would write. It’s awful. American writers consistently seem to write articles for the lower end of the IQ bell curve and are insufferable in the delusion of their own value.

[Monty Fisto]

The reasons for dismissing Roman Gonzalez and Naoya Inoue in this article were very poor. Both are first ballot HOF, even at this stage, believe it or not.

Neither were dismissed -- he specifically said they are in the conversation for greatness. However, he mentioned relevant caveats, and caveats are part and parcel of discussing a subject -- all the evidence needs to be examined.

Inoue will in all likelihood end up in the hall of fame. As the article says though, being in the hall of fame is not the same as being great. And like it or not, Inoue did struggle with an old Donaire. Great fight, and may end up as being a part of a career that we call great, but in and of itself it suggests a ceiling to his abilities that he laboured to get past a fighter who is well past his prime. As the article also points out, rating a fighter before their career is out is a perilous exercise. Inoue hasn't even had 20 fights.

[Shadoww702]

KingNelo and Pac