who is the greatest boxer ever and why ?

Question

in any division

Answer 1

Muhammad Ali, not only for what he's done inside the ring but also for the great thing he's done outside the ring.

Answer 2

For just pure boxing ability Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Willie Pep were the best boxers. But the fact remains that Rocky Marciano at 49-0-0 with 43 kayo's was the undefeated and undisputed champ who refused to lose. Also strawweight Ricardo Lopez has to be considered one of the greatest too with a record of 51-0-1 with 38 kayo's in a great career!

Answer 3

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON has to be the Greatest POUND FOR POUND Boxer Ever.

179 wins, 19 losses, 6 draws, 2 no contests, 109 KO

Robinson won the heavyweight title an unprecedented 5 times. Even Muhammed Ali referred to Sugar Ray as the greatest fighter ever.

His natural PUNCHING SPEED & POWER was absolutely supreme.

The majority of Robinson's losses came at the end of his career.

Answer 4

Pound for pound either Sugar Ray Leonard or Roberto Duran.
I discount Ali because Sonny Liston took a dive in his bout with Ali. The punch never hit him. What a travesty. Also, I understand that Liston had a heroin problem. In his prime and clean Liston would have kicked Ali's behind. After Liston, Ali didn't have much competition until Smokin' Jope came along. Also, don't forget the antics with the 'rope a dope' B.S. Late in his career Ali turned heavyweight boxing into a circus event.
Sugar Ray and Roberto went through several weight classes and achieved success at each. Tough thing to do.

Answer 5

Muhammad Ali: It would be hard to imagine another career that could make so elegant a case for the title of The Greatest. Ali conquered great fighters of every style, and in most cases he did so in two or three different fashions, as the years forced his style to evolve from a reliance on speed to a reliance on guile. Ali's speed was unmatched (both hand and foot), his power was underrated (as Cleveland Williams found out), and he could take a punch with the best of them (who else could have emerged a winner in both Kinshasa and Manila?). If Ali hadn't come along to win where they said it couldn't be done, all arguments about the greatest heavyweight of all time might well have come down to Liston vs. Foreman. Ali took care of the out-and-out knockout punchers (Liston, Foreman, Shavers), the relentless grinders (Frazier, Quarry, Chuvalo), and the master boxers (Patterson, Folley). He won both by not being hit (Liston) and by proving he couldn't be hurt (Foreman). He would have found a way to beat anyone.

Answer 6

The greatest boxer ever was Sugar ray Robinson, he could knockout an oponent moving backwards, while doing roadwork Ray used to run backwards to strengthen his muscles,He won 175 fights, unheard of in these times, 110 ko's and went from 1943 to 1951 without a loss, When he fought Randy Turpin he was 128 and 1, no one will ever be as great as the Sugar Man,the greatest fighter of all time==========

Answer 7

"Ever" is a long period! How about Epeus? He could not only win boxing bouts but also build giant wooden horses to deceive Trojans in 1184 B.C. I've read much about boxing. Marquess of Queensberry rules were adopted in the 1880's. Nat Fleischer, publisher of "The Ring" magazine, rated Jack Johnson as the best heavyweight in that period. A poll of experts rated Jim Jeffries best and Jack Johnson second. Cassius Clay was rated tenth. I don't use Black Muslim names because they are racists who say Europeans are devils. Among those ahead of Clay besides Jeffries and Johnson were John L. Sullivan, Rocky Marciano and Jack Dempsey. There was a computer bout between Marciano and Clay. It was much like the Marciano-Ezzard Charles bout with the Rock surviving a beating to win by KO late in the fight. Just because Clay shamelessly boasted that he was the greatest that does not make it true, but such crap deceived many people. I'll go along with expert opinions, not naive ones in boxing or any other field. The best opinion is that Jim Jeffries was best among 20th Century heavyweights. As for London Prize Ring rules champs, I have a relative who held the title in the 18th Century, so I may be prejudiced and disqualify myself.

Answer 8

mohammed ali he beat more world champions than any other heavy weight he beat liston, terrell, frasier, norton, foreman, patterson, spinks. Frasier and foreman might have been considered for the greatest of all time except for Ali. and this was with them taking his title away during his prime years. I believe that they took his world title away not because he resisted the U.S. draft but because he almost killed boxing. When you watch someone with his skills all those who come after are just imitations and do not spark the excitment that the best ever did. After he was gone boxing has not reached the hights to this day that it did when he was fighting. It takes the best ever to do that to a sport. Look at what happened to basketball after jordon left.

Answer 9

Mohammed Ali

Answer 10

Mohamed Ali
simply because when he was drafted to go fight in a war he didn't agree with he didn't just run and hide in Canada to dodge the draft he was court marshaled and jailed he did his time like a man and never apologized for it and never regretted it as much admiration that i have for soldiers i have just as much admiration for someone who has the balls to defend there ideals
Mohammad Ali was a heavyweight contender
was considered the black superman
and even though he has long since retired he is still fighting ...the ravages of alshiemers