WHO IS THE BEST BOXER EVER???

Sugar Ray Robinson is the best boxer ever.

Some other greats

Henry Armstrong

Roberto Duran

Willie Pep

Sandy Saddler

Ezzard Charles

Ali

Joe Louis

Carlos Monzon

Why is there less of an interest in boxing? Most of the interest was always in the heavyweight division. There used to be ONE champion, now there are at least THREE and at times as many as FIVE.

If you asked 10 people who the heavyweight champion of the world was in the 60s and 70s, 8 people would get it right. Ask them now and you would get several different answers from the people that pay attention to the sport. You would also get far more people who didn't have any idea or even care. Mike Tyson did a lot to ruin the sport by being involved in a number of high profile incidents (rape, DUI, public drunkeness, acts of craziness, etc.)

To pick the best 5 boxers of all time would be very hard. Tyso does not belong on the list. Had Tyson been around when Ali, Frazier and Foreman were in their primes he would have been the 4th best boxer at the time (at best). He fought two good boxers in his prime and nearly lost to them both (he beat Bruno and lost to Douglas). Holyfield was good, but Tyson was long past his prime.

The list of best boxers of all time should include some of the following (Your list only included heavyweights):

sugar ray robinson

ali

dempsey

jack johnson

joe louis

there is only one non-heavyweight on this list, but i am getting bored with boxing already. sorry. i hope more people post their lists.

Ali

Sonny Liston

Mike Tyson if he didn't destroy his career

Sugar ray

Foreman

Dela Hoya

Joe Louis

and of course "Hurricane" Carter

ddfan wrote:

WHO IS THE BEST BOXER EVER???

Now, why are you shouting?

Good grief, did somebody accidentally leave the cell doors unlocked at DyeStat?

Rocky Balboa - even at 50+ he can still go the distance with the undisputed champ.

Mike Tyson is one of the top 5 of all time. You can't take away from his talent just becasue of all the media crap. He is one of the best ever. Absolutely no question.

mike tyson.

this guy isnt the greatest, but i think he has a good thing going...

JOE the dragon CALZAAAGHEEEEEEEEEEEE

I don't understand why Ezzard Charles would rank high

No one's mentioned Marvin Hagler, so I will

willie pep died just a few weeks ago at age 84 and it got hardly any mention, i tried to start a thread on him as a tribute to him, but i did not get any responses, that is a shame, he was great.

ROCKY BALBOA......

Tyson in his prime was the best ever. He terrified every opponent and he was invincible.

Best fight ever was Marvin Hagler and Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns. And I think it only lasted for fifty seconds.

BUAKAW POR PRAMUK

..almost any boxing person will tell you sugar ray robinson.....everyone after that is up for grabs....you'd almost have to go weight class by weight class (and go old school egs bantam, feather, light,welter, middle, light heavy, heavy) ...none of this 'super light fly heavyweight' categories) and then rank the various winners

bantam: Dixon (i think may have been more bantam weight than feather), ruben olivares????

feather:armstong, willie pep (epic battles with saddler), George Dixon

light: duran, benny leonard, caesar chavez, alexis arguello, henry armstong, joe gans???

welter:robinson others leonard, trinidad

middle:robinson others hagler, jones jr., monzon

light heavy: spinks, archie moore, bob foster, sam langford, loughran, charles, jones jr.,

heavy: ali (in his prime),louis, marciano, holmes, tyson when he was young, jack johnson, dempsey

..IMHO the light, light heavy and heavy are tough ones.....

I have to agree with Rocky Balboa. His true life events depicted in his award winning movies inspired me to never give up and chase my dreams even when I am over 50.

rocky I is the most inspiring by far.

ARE YOU BAWLIN MY SISTAH???

Are you guys f-in* kidding me? The answer is very obvious: ROCKY BALBOA...dumb F**KS!

With all of the votes for Duran, Hagler, and Hearns, it's a little surprising not to see more votes for Sugar Ray Leonard. A little too much of a pretty boy and showman for my tastes, but he beat some great fighters, and made a remarkable comeback.

Among the heavyweights, I'll go with Ali -- in part because of his combination of speed, power, size, skill, psychology, and "ring generalship," and in part because he was robbed of his best years by politics. Heavyweight prizefighting is one of the few sporting competitions in which the best of forty years ago really does seem markedly superior to the best of today.

I have to say, though, that watching the young Mike Tyson take apart Michael Spinks in the first round back in 1988 or so was a revelation. When Tyson was still the young champion, I remember Ali himself saying that Tyson, not Ali, was "the greatest." Of course, Tyson was sitting right next to Ali at the time, so maybe Ali was just being a nice guy, but Tyson before Buster Douglas was something to see.

Panasonic wrote:

Ali

Sonny Liston

Mike Tyson if he didn't destroy his career

Sugar ray

Foreman

Dela Hoya

Joe Louis

and of course "Hurricane" Carter

Hurricane Carter? You honestly think he can be categorised as one of the best boxers ever? If he hadn't murdered someone (which he did, by the way), then had some sickeningly psychophantic movie made about him, no-one would even know who he was these days.

I guess Hollywood is the most powerful media outlet around still.

Rocky Marciano - undefeated in 49 fights. He was the Herb Elliott of boxing.