Without stating any details or reasons, rank the following ten boxers according to their overall skill in the sport. Most accurate wins all:
Gerry Cooney, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray, Cassius Clay, Larry Holmes, Rocky Marciano, Joe Lewis, George Foreman, Jack Dempsey.
2007-03-07 09:25:03 · 15 answers · asked by Thomas S 1 in Sports ➔ Boxing
1) Rocky Marciano
2) Joe Louis
3) Sugar Ray Robinson (Light-Heavyweight)
4) Cassius Clay
5) Larry Holmes
6) George Foreman
7) Jack Dempsey
8) Lennox Lewis
9) Mike Tyson
10) Gerry Cooney
(NB - your list should include Joe Frazier instead of Sugar Ray Robinson, who was never really a heavyweight. This ranking is therefore more like the best boxers ever - and therefore, I would eliminate Cooney, move all fighters from 4/5/6/ to 9 down a place and insert Fraizer at 4/5/6.)
2007-03-07 10:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by Nikke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rocky Marciano, George Foreman, Joe Lewis, Cassius Clay, Jack Dempsey, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Gerry Cooney, Last is Sugar Ray. Only cause Sugar Ray was not a heavyweight.
2007-03-07 18:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by nypokerplayer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bluedevil and others have pointed out that Sugar Ray whichever one was not a heavyweight. As for the rest of them I will rank them in this manner. Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, and Rocky Marciano are all equal as far as I'm concerned. They were the best. So I guess I'm starting at number 4.
4. Dempsey
5. Foreman
6. Holmes
7. Lennox Lewis
8. Mike Tyson
9. Gerry Cooney
Your not the first person to do this on the boxing forum but Joe Louis's last name is not spelled Lewis. Muhammad Ali has not been Cassius Clay in over 40 years.
2007-03-08 01:43:38 · answer #3 · answered by gman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sugar Ray
Cassius Clay
Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis
Larry Holmes
Rocky Marciano
George Foreman
Lennox Lewis
Mike Tyson
Gerry Cooney
2007-03-08 01:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by Lost Poet 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Cassius Clay
Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes
Lennox Lewis
George Foreman
Sugar Ray
Jack Dempsey
Gerry Cooney
2007-03-07 17:37:46 · answer #5 · answered by Travis R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all I can't include either Sugar Ray (either Robinson or Leonard) because they were not heavyweights sir. Out of the rest of your list here are my rankings:
1. Rocky Marciano
2. Joe Louis
3. Muhammad Ali
4. George Foreman
5. Larry Holmes
6. Jack Dempsey
7. Lennox Lewis
8. Mike Tyson
9. Gerry Cooney
2007-03-07 19:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1) Muhammad Ali
2) Joe Louis
3) Rocky Marciano
4) George Foreman
5) Larry Holmes
6) Jack Dempsey
7) Lennox Lewis
8) Mike Tyson
9) Gerry Cooney
Sugar Ray Robinson/Sugar Ray Leonard never fought as heavyweights. Therefore can't rank on this list.
2007-03-07 17:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by Brent 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cassius Clay
Joe Louis
Jack Dempsy
Rocky Marciano
George Forman
Larry Holmes
Lennox Lewis
Mike Tyson
Gerry Cooney
Sugar Ray?????
2007-03-07 19:14:01 · answer #8 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joe Louis
Cassius Clay
Rocky Marciano
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Lennox Lewis
Jack Dempey
Mike Tyson
Gerry Cooney
Sugar Ray was a middleweight
2007-03-07 19:11:51 · answer #9 · answered by idak13 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clay, Marciano, Holmes, Foreman, Johnson(had to fight all of white america and box also), Tyson, Hollyfield,Patterson,Louis, Teofilo Stevenson (a cuban 'professional' amateur...3 time gold medalist) sorry got off track) Clay, Marciano, Foreman, Tyson,Holmes, Joe,Lennox,Robinson,Dempsey, Cooney
2007-03-08 06:42:29 · answer #10 · answered by doingitright44 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋