Thread: the best boxer of all time?

its hard to judge right, i kinda categorise them in 3 ways.
skills, showmanship-entertaining the crowd, brute natural talent.

skills:

sugar ray leonard i would have to say, his fights with roberto duran were fucking fantastic, duran is up there too skills wise.

showmanship:

muhammad ali gets my vote, prince naseem definately was way up there too and they both had incredible talent and skill but neither of them were the best of all time, but definately were the best entertainers and ali was the original so he gets my vote.

brute natural talent:

tyson! definately my favourite boxer of all time, even if he knocks em out in 90 seconds it is still a great 90 sec's to watch. cant go past him for natural brute power, talent and skill. you could argue that rocky marciano was 40 for 40 (i think from memory) when he died but fuck that tyson is my favourite.

boxers of today just dont seem to excite as much as they used to, boxing seems to be a dying sport.

tyson for knock outs & prince naseem for show

floyd mayweather jnr is one current boxer i like watching

oh yeah & of course anthony "the man" mundine

mundine. doesn't he make you wanna kill him. what a superb sportsman tho, i have read his autobiography 'the man' it is a lil on rugby, a lil on boxing and mainly a huge whinge about being black in australia. if he would shut up a lil more i think more of australia would back him, black or white. looks more white to me.
i watched mundine v green and what a wailing did he put on him, outclassed and outboxed. i lost $100 on that one. lol.

Tyson, intensity, fury, anger, a fighting machine.

marciano was 49-0 retired with the title,,,,,but for me for the heavyweights its

lennox lewis
george foreman
mike tyson

lennox ducked nobody, he fought whoever the public said was the best out there he lost twice and avenged both losses

george foreman was fucking incredible he knocked out guys in 1 or 2 rounds that ali couldnt hurt,,,ali got lucky in the rumble in the jungle ,,notice how ali never offered a rematch???,,and to come back at 41 years old and win the title again incredible

tyson,,was the most exciting boxer of all time without a doubt he turned to shit when he stopped moving his head lol,,watch his early fights all you hear is kevin rooney shouting move your head lol,,,as long as u are trying to be evasive, is the main thing

but for me the best boxer of all time is roy jones jr ,,ive never seen entire fights where the other guy whos a contender cant land a single punch lol,,and he is the only guiy in compubox history that fought an entire round and the other guy didnt land a fucking thing!!

And i cant beleive u guiys are even mentioning mundine LOL

i got a video of foreman at 50yo i think slugging it out with a 28yo, full respect to that bloke.
i haven't seen much roy jones jnr, i'll have to go thru my videos and see if i got him somewhere.
stats wise sugar ray robinson was pretty impressive, 300-400 fights and something like 3 losses - from memory.

Originally Posted by micksnowdog

i got a video of foreman at 50yo i think slugging it out with a 28yo, full respect to that bloke.
i haven't seen much roy jones jnr, i'll have to go thru my videos and see if i got him somewhere.
stats wise sugar ray robinson was pretty impressive, 300-400 fights and something like 3 losses - from memory.

Man check out roy jones vs vinny pazienza

i see danny green and roy jones jnr are fighting on the same card shortly, should be interesting, i might go have a lil look see.

Originally Posted by micksnowdog

i see danny green and roy jones jnr are fighting on the same card shortly, should be interesting, i might go have a lil look see.

remember jones is way over the hill now his best was a few years ago,,but yeah he should destroy jeff lacy u need more than a decent left hook to beat even a over the hill roy jones