2006-07-27 12:56:50 · 15 answers · asked by skanky 1 in Sports ➔ Boxing
I SEE YOU MEANT " WAS " . THERE WAS ONLY ONE ..JACK JOHNSON ( JOHN ARTHUR ) . THE FIRST BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT . READ HIS BOOK , YOU'LL KNOW WHY . IT WAS IN THE EARLY 20 th CENTURY , DON'T FORGET .
2006-07-28 12:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by DUSTY FOR KING 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evander Holyfield was a great boxer. He's beaten the best of the best of his generation just like Ali did. He may not be the biggest, the strongest or the fastest or most gifted but he had the biggest heart in all of boxing. He had overcome too many obstacles to become the only heavyweight boxer to win the belt 4 times(not even Ali could do that). I just hope he hangs up his gloves before he gets hurt. Time for him to retire. He's got nothing else to prove and he's made millions of dollars.
2006-07-27 20:29:02 · answer #2 · answered by tyrone b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rocky Marciano. Maybe the best ever pound for pound. Right now, probably the majority of boxing fans would consider Mayweather to be the best pound for pound. But for all-time, you have to go with the entertainer, Ali. Put on a great show and had skills that only come along once every 100 years. Nobody could touch him in his prime. And it was a shame that a portion of his prime was spent away from boxing. ALSO, I forgot about the heavyweight Jack Johnson. He was unbeatable for years. Most folks do not bring him up in these types of conversations and that is a shame because he was so great that he should never be forgotten.
2006-07-27 13:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by cannonball 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The greatest boxer of all time was Sugar Ray Robinson,welterweight champ for 5 years, 5 times middleweight champ, tried for Lt Heavy Title in 1952 against Joey Maxim, but was stopped at the end of round 13 by the heat, 102 degrees at Yankee Stadium in NY.. Sugar Ray was ahead on all 3 officals in that bout.Ray had a record of 175 wins against 19 losses. Which boxer had that many bouts., with a great record. Ray beat Jake LaMotta 5 out of 6 bouts. The 1951 bout on Feb 14, was called the St Valentines massacre. Ray winning by TKO in round 13 to win the middleweight title.Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest of ALL TIME.
2006-07-28 13:27:25 · answer #4 · answered by The Duke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rocky Marciano was the only undefeated heavyweight champion at 49-0-0 43 KO's. He had good boxing skills but was known more for power and endurance! Ali was a great boxer along with Sugar Ray Robinson and Willie Pep.
2006-07-27 14:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jack Johnson Muhammad Ali the great Sugar Ray Robinson Joe Louis the Brown Bomber
2006-07-27 17:36:13 · answer #6 · answered by busthead213 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rocky Marciano
2006-07-27 13:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by blonde_and_blue71 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tyson during his prime. can you say intimidating? i never seen so many boxers step into the ring that looked so scared as in the mid 80's - '92. his down fall? he was just to short. he was just used to bulldozing over guys that when buster douglas fought him and actually fought using his jab tyson didn't know what to do. and that was pretty much the end of it for. other than the riddick bowe fights he was done
2006-07-27 13:15:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jack Dempsey. What other boxer has a fish named after him?
2006-07-27 13:35:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wilfredo Benitez - great boxer even better defensive specialist and one of the all time underrated fighters.
2006-07-27 13:14:16 · answer #10 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
man some of u say that rocky marciano or ali were the best boxers.were most of you even alive to see them fight?i can say ali was the best ever but i never saw him fight and but for now of this time i think roy jones jr. as 1rst julio cesar chavez as 2nd and 3rd oscar de la hoya
2006-07-28 06:19:02 · answer #11 · answered by jon jay 87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋