Whos the best boxer of all time?

Question

BESIDES ALI.....AND FORMAN AND HOLYFIELD...I THINK THAT ITS ROY JONES JR

Answer 1

Sugar Ray Robinson. He had a record of 175-19-6-2, with 110 KO's, and most of the losses came in his forties when he was past his prime and should have been retired. He fought in an era when forty or fifty fights was the beginning of a career, not a total like it is for most fighters today. He was both the welterweight and middleweight champ in an era when they didn't have all these phony in-between "divisions" (super this, junior that) or the multiplicity of "alphabet soup" organizations, each with their own "champion." If championship fights had consisted of 12 rounds like that do today, instead of 15, he would have been the light heavy champ, too. He was well ahead of champ Joey Maxim on points in 1952, but collapsed of heat prostration (it was over 100 degrees) after 13 rounds.

Answer 2

Foreman and Holyfield aren't even in the top 20, why do you say "besides them"? The best boxer ever pound-for-pound is easily Sugar Ray Robinson. Guys like Harry Greb, Henrry Armstrong, Roberto Duran, Willie Pep, even Ali make a case, but most will tell you that Sugar Ray was the perfect boxer. To the idiot that said Floyd, do A LOT more research.

Answer 3

Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest. Ali followed his style, just to give you an idea of how good he was. He is also one of the few fighters who could knock you out while backing up.
He ended up with a record of 173 wins (108by ko) with19 losses and 6 draws. Of the 19 losses on his record, 16 were at the end of his career when he was around 40 years old and well past his prime. He was absolutely unbeatable at welterweight until he moved up to middlewieght and suffered his first loss (by decision) to Jake "Raging Bull" Lamotta. He ended up winning the middleweight title 4 times and even challenged for the Light Heavyweight title and was only unsuccesful due to heat stroke. If you find some old recordings of his fights you'll be quite entertained by his amazing abilities in the ring.

Answer 4

Sugar Ray Robinson. This is according to Ali and Foreman themselves not to mention Ring Magazine and most Boxing Experts and Historians; I can't recall if Holyfield has ever said and if ask Roy Jones Jr. would probably say the name of one of his prized fighting cocks.

Answer 5

Ray Sugar is overrated! He lost twice with the same Boxer, wasn't able to get down Jake La Motta. He was good, but not the fastest and not the strongest.

Muhammad Ali was by far the best of all time!

Answer 6

Sugar Ray Robinson

Answer 7

Sugar Ray Robinson

Answer 8

Rocco Francis Marchegiano. Or otherwise known as, Rocky Marciano. Undisputed, undefeated heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 - 1956. 49 wins, 43 by way of knock out. 0 losses, 0 draws and 0 no contests. To this day, it's a record that still stands on it's own. I'd be hard pressed to pick anyone that could go the distance with Marciano and win.

Answer 9

I think you should reasearch it more! Try Sugar Ray Robinson! You could definetly scratch Holyfield and Foreman and Jones,jr.

Answer 10

I have to give this one to the Pretty Boy. He has dominated every weight class he has entered, and there is no one who can beat him right now. De La Hoya coudn't. We all know Mosley can't. Who else is there? Stinky Winky? He dominated his era, and could have dominated any era. Other boxers (Ali, Sugar Ray, Marciano) have shown more power and ability to stand in tough matches, but no one matches Floyd's perfect natural defense and unbeatable sheer boxing ability. The fact that no one (this is from Teddy Atlas, ESPN) has ever been in the shape that Floyd keeps himself in only adds to his greatness. It also doesn't hurt that Floyd was raised by his dad, from the moment he could walk, to be fighter and a winner.