Best fighters to ever step in the ring

[YNG]

Simple as that, not talking about resume, record or championships, just talking about pure fighting quality, which are the best fighters ever?.

My picks:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Roberto Duran
5. Roy Jones
6. Ezzard Charles
7. Salvador Sanchez
8. Pernell Whitaker
9. Willie Pep
10. Tommy Hearns

[Luilun]

Simple as that, not talking about resume, record or championships, just talking about pure fighting quality, which are the best fighters ever?.

My picks:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Roberto Duran
5. Roy Jones
6. Ezzard Charles
7. Salvador Sanchez
8. Pernell Whitaker
9. Willie Pep
10. Tommy Hearns

Is Floyd Mayweather number 11 ?

[Rusty Tromboni]

Simple as that, not talking about resume, record or championships, just talking about pure fighting quality, which are the best fighters ever?.

My picks:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Roberto Duran
5. Roy Jones
6. Ezzard Charles
7. Salvador Sanchez
8. Pernell Whitaker
9. Willie Pep
10. Tommy Hearns

Do you mind explaining why?


There's a lot of fighters who were more complete and tougher than most you've listed here. It would be nice to know why you picked these fighters.

[Pugilist89]

Simple as that, not talking about resume, record or championships, just talking about pure fighting quality, which are the best fighters ever?.

My picks:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Roberto Duran
5. Roy Jones
6. Ezzard Charles
7. Salvador Sanchez
8. Pernell Whitaker
9. Willie Pep
10. Tommy Hearns

Roberto Duran lost all big matches except the first to Leonard, who foolishly decided to brawl. Once Leonard boxed in the rematches, Duran was outclassed. Hearns destroyed Duran. And he also lost to Hagler.

[Pugilist89]

Is Floyd Mayweather number 11 ?

Is it possible to get through a post in this forum without invoking Floyd Mayweather? He ducked the most dangerous challengers until they were old.

[Luilun]

Roberto Duran lost all big matches except the first to Leonard, who foolishly decided to brawl. Once Leonard boxed in the rematches, Duran was outclassed. Hearns destroyed Duran. And he also lost to Hagler.

You’re aware Duran was a lightweight who moved up with no catch weights like 152

[Luilun]

Is it possible to get through a post in this forum without invoking Floyd Mayweather? He ducked the most dangerous challengers until they were old.

Now that is true

[YNG]

Do you mind explaining why?


There's a lot of fighters who were more complete and tougher than most you've listed here. It would be nice to know why you picked these fighters.

I'm not sure there's LOTS of fighters more complete than those but I would love to take a look. I think all of those fighters had speed, poweer, defense, combinations and the ability to fight at any distance. Pep was lacking the power of course.

[GGG Gloveking]

Is it possible to get through a post in this forum without invoking Floyd Mayweather? He ducked the most dangerous challengers until they were old.

I have to imagine that when the discussion is "the best fighter," that Floyd would inevitably be in the conversation.

[YNG]

Honorable mentions: Mayweather, Pacquiao, Locche, Benitez, Canto, Ricardo Lopez, Chavez, Tyson, Holmes, Patterson, Lewis, Louis, Tapia, Nunn, Samart Payakaroon, Norris, Toney, McCallum, Hagler, Gomez.