2007-10-12 03:40:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
There is only one answer, Sugar Ray Robinson. He won 173 fights, 108 of those wins came via knock out . Guys don't even fight 108 times in their entire career anymore.
Henry Armstrong is close second. He was the Featherweight (126lbs), Lightweight (135lbs) and Weltweight Champion(147 lbs) at a time when the Jr Lightweight(130 lbs) and Jr Welterweight(140 lbs) divisons didn't exist. That's a big jump in weight between each divison.
2007-10-12 05:46:32 · answer #1 · answered by The Official Texting Pro 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
"If you ask God to create the best boxer in the world, He would create Sugar Ray Robinson."
Robinson never took a full 10 count knock down in 200 pro fights. The only technical knockout was a retirement in his stool from exhaustion and heart prostration from Joey Maxim.
He was undefeated as an amatuer with a record of 85-0. He became professional and was undefeated in his first 40 fights. Then he lost a decision to the great Jake Lamotta. Then fought another 90 more fights without losing. He was 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts. The biggest multi-fight rivalries were guys like Carmen Basillio, Jake Lamotta, Gene Fulmer, and Carl Olson.
Guys like Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Ray Leonard, and many boxing experts have ranked Sugar Ray Robinson as the greatest pound for pound fighter in history.
2007-10-12 18:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Pound for pound! And what does that mean? They just started doing pound for pound ranking so the little guys could get some recognition since Heavyweights and Middleweights used to get all of the attention. If you want to say Sugar Ray Robinson Ok, but it better be as a welterweight. Roberto Duran at lightweight was hard to beat.
2007-10-12 19:32:31 · answer #3 · answered by KO Joe 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Hands down Suger Ray Robinson. The only other boxer that comes close is Henry Armstrong and if he had captured that third title it would still be close. Suger Ray is the reason there is a pound4pound list. He had more title fights than most of the champs today have total fights. Not only that but the opposition of Ray's era is far superior to anything we have seen since than.
2007-10-12 08:55:13 · answer #4 · answered by Jason S 1 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Sugar Ray Robinson, he was only defeated once in his prime by Jake LaMotta... after his skills began to decrease, thats when he started losing... He lived in a time where speed, strength, and skill where rarely seen in 1 package. Robinson could counter-punch, throw fast combos to the head and body, he had the power to knock Middleweights out with one punch, Ali didn't even have that skill. he was also incredble on his feet. Although your able to see many fighters do those kind of things nowadays, back then nobody but Sugar Ray was truly a complete fighter
2007-10-12 16:32:23 · answer #5 · answered by Maveriik 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Walker Smith A/K/A Sugar Ray Robinson.....
2007-10-12 05:57:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
The one and only Sugar Ray Robinson
2007-10-12 14:49:58 · answer #7 · answered by The Duke 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Walker Smith Jr.
2007-10-12 07:05:52 · answer #8 · answered by Bruce Tzu 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Sugar Ray Robinson without a doubt! period, end of story!
2007-10-12 19:11:56 · answer #9 · answered by Nicoya! 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sugar Ray but Sam Langford if he was afforded the right to fight Champions from Lightweight to Heavyweight. He would have won five or at least four World Championships. He beat some seriously great fighters.
2007-10-12 05:57:19 · answer #10 · answered by Bru 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋