Greatest Boxers Of All Time

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The Top Ten

1
Manny Pacquiao
DEFINITELY NO ONE CAN MATCH HIS RECORD HE MAKE A HISTORY NOT ONLY IN BOXING BUT ALL CHAMPION IN THE WORLD HE IS THE ONLY ONE WITH 8 CHAMPIONSHIP BELT, AT THIS TIME NO ONE CAN BEAT HIM, MAYWEATHER HAVE SO MANY EXCUSES HE AFRAID TO FIGHT MANNY CAUSE HE KNEW HE WILL LOST
Pound for pound BEST IN THE WORLD!... I'm glad he's number one... I mean its not like he has to prove anything.
spell Manny Pacquiao in English, "THE BEST"
you know why? because he is the best.
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2Muhammad Ali
If Ali were in the same weight class as Manny he would destroy him. Ali would dissect Manny's brains and make him believe he was invincible. Physically Ali had faster hands, better foot work, the best jab of all time, a diamond chin that was unbreakable and a heart that wouldn't give in. Mentally he is just too smart for Manny, He would psych Manny out and toy with him before and during the fight. He is a genius, and that can't be beaten.
Easily the Greatest of All Time, the greatest boxer, thinker, competitor, role model, and the greatest leader for loving people, competing with his all, and not thinking of his self.
Was Most fearsome boxer in the world he should be no 1
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3Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson is the truest,
Name a boxer he ain't influenced!
Unbeatable for six years and only greed through management and some personals he would be untouchable
Deadly combination of speed and power to knock anyone out
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4Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano should be number 1, he beat Ali in the Super Fight Animation! He is still undefeated even though he is dead (RIP), went to 49-0, had one of the hardest punches in fighting history, NOT JUST BOXING! He beat Joe Louis and also MANNY PACQUIAO NUMBER 1!? That's very bad, it is between Ali and Marciano.
He is the greatest of all time and he also has the greatest single punch of all time when he knocked out joe walcott for the heavyweight championship of the world. 49-0. He is also my favorite boxer of all time. 49-0.
marciano is the best... he has begun his career while he was a soldier that is why I appriciate him... besides he just super, best ever
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5Sugar Ray Robinson
Ali said himself and always maintained that Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest boxer of all time.

He said of himself, he was the best heavyweight. And because he was the larger man, not the better boxer he would have beaten a Sugar.
Pound for pound Sugar was the best.

Roy Jones wouldn't win against Sugar with both men in their prime even if they fought ten times!
Pound for pound Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer of all time his record wins in professional and amateur speak for themselves. He was officially never knocked out by any fighter and he fought until he was 45 years old. The man won boxing titles in welter and middle weight divisions. His only blemish is his TKO loss to light heavyweight champion Joey Maxium. A fight he was winning on all judges scoring card until the fight was stopped because of heat exhaustion Robinson suffered fighting at the old Yankee Stadium. He will always be THE GREATEST FIGHTER AND BOXER OF ALL TIME.
Sugar Ray Robinson was a type of boxer who is so magnificent in every miniscule detail that he is an outstanding and limitless legend, hero, boxer, old school truth Hiphoppa, and person. Sugar Ray Robinson
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6Julio Cesar Chavez
Was undefeated and was able to go to 88-0 now that's really saying something, about how good he is!
julio represents what a mexican boxer is, all the way to the end...
Went at least 88-0 (13 Years)longest in over 75 years, held titles in three different weight divisions, most successful title defenses (27), most title fights (37), at least 10 year as champ. First pound for pound title. Best fighter ever.
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7Floyd Mayweather Jr.
This guy doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the top twenty his whole carrer he's been ducking fighters he just fights boxers he knows he can beat he is in it more for the money than the glory so if you want to even be mentioned with the greats you fight all comers even if you know there is a chance he will wipe the floor with you.
MAY WEATHER IS A GOOD FIGHTER BUT HE TALKS a lot OF CRAP AND IF HE THINKS HE IS GOING TO BEAT PAQUIA HE IS WRONG OUT OF HIS MIND IF PAQUIA GETS HIM IN THE CORNER HE IS DEAD MEAT PAQUIA WILL GIVE HIM HIS FIRST LOST AND FIRST BEATING OF HIS LIFE PAQUIA WILL END HIS CAREER AND TAKE HIS CHAMPION SHIP.
This man cannot be beaten. Too smart. Too fast. Too strong. Too much heart. Only heavyweights can beat Mayweather, and only if they are lucky to catch him, but Mayweather is not foolish enough to get in the ring with those guys. Boxing pros know this to be true, those who don't know, don't know.
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8Joe Louis
A real peoples champ, he was undefeated for 12 years! and was champion for that long as well!
I don't understand how he's way down here. He was heavyweight champ for twelve years for god sakes

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How can he possibly be rated lower than some of those listed above? Robinson maybe equal or higher, but Ali and Tyson?
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9Roy Jones Jr.
really impressing und stunning - untouchable.
combining lightning speed and reflexes with ko-power - he had the complete package.
He was so fast, this enabled him to do what he wanted to, although it surely wouldn't work out for anybody else.
Unique!
Should have fought more in his prime and easily beat everybody - he had no opponents.
Should have end his career after his heavyeight-title-fight.
Poor and sad career-ending.
Held the pound for pound title (the greatest achievement in boxing) longer than anyone else. What else is there to prove.
Some quick little facts/quotes about Roy Jones;
>"hits like a heavyweight and moves like a lightweight. " ~ George foremen

>Montell Griffin (who has spared Floyd Mayweather (whom main "weapon" is his speed)stated- Floyd was no comparison as far as speed. Roy was much faster.

> "He possesses the fastest hands in boxing with lightning fast moves and explosive power in both hands. " ~ Bert Sugar

>"the greatest fighter of all time. " Mike MacCallum

> Roy is his career has held 10-11 major titles

> the first boxer in 106 years to go from middleweight- heavyweight world champion.

>the only boxer to go start his career at light middleweight and then go on to win a heavyweight world champion

> In his 6 defenses of his super middleweight belt(s)he won all of them by KO.

>the first boxer to go a whole round without getting hit

> most HBO appearances.

> he went 10 years where he didn't even lose a round.

please inform any boxer who has achieve anything like this?.
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10Sugar Ray Leonard

sugar ray is one of the greatest boxers of all time. Leonard was 1 of the most versatile boxers the game has ever seen, from he speed,his ring generalship&toughness.u fools have him ranked at 20 goes to show that u guys don't know nothig about boxing.Lets end on a reel note Aryon Pryor were is he rankm on your list. The Greatest jr welterweight of all time. Up grade your boxing knowledge.

Speed Speed and more speed. A sugar ray flurry was a thing of beauty. Then to do the windup at the end was a thing of beauty. How you couldn't love some of his classic bouts, Hearns, Duran etc.

Absolutely the greatest, never backed off a challenge

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The Contenders

11George Foreman
Greatest boxer of all time. Master of destruction in the ring. One of the most winning fighters in history with a impeccable pedigree of formidable challengers which he defeated.
Foreman was the most feared fighter of his day and retired for ten years during his absolute prime. He returned to the ring in poor shape (for only the money) during the reign of Tyson. Don King knew that the match up of styles would not be in the best interest of Tyson and the myth they had fabricated around Tyson and would not make the dream fight happen. An interviewer asked Foreman if he thought he could beat Tyson as Tyson had dismissed the prospective match as a "piece of cake! " The interviewer said to Foreman "you must admit, he's a pretty tough cookie" Forman replied "yah but that tough cookie is afraid of this piece of cake! " Foreman's power, longevity, jab, chin, and second career success ranks him among the top five fighters ever. The other four in any order are Jack Johnson; Roberto Duran; Teofilo Stevenson; S Ray Robinson.
Frazier beat Ali once, lost twice but the one was very very close. Foreman destroyed Frazier 3 times. Foreman(understanding the rope a dope) would have beaten Ali in future fights. Rope a dope is the only way Ali can win against Foreman.
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12Evander Holyfield

The best, he beat Tyson and had a lot of good fights and beat a lot of people. He just beat somebody a few months ago at the age of 49!

A great fighter! Even better than most of these boxers and has obviously still got it! World Champ and beat TYSON a few times!

He beat Tyson a few times and he just recently won a fight over somebody, at the age of 49! He is an amazing boxer!

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13Sonny Liston

Come on! He was one of the gretest heavey weights his time.

Most feared boxer of his time, was undefeated for 7 years, destroyed the legendary floyd patterson 2 times! In under 1 round and many others of his time, only the legendary muhamad ali defeated him in his prime and that was in very shady circumstances. Should be at least in the top 10 in my opinion


14Joe Frazier

Remember, he knocked Ali's ass to the ground and won the first fight between them.

"strong body with strong upper cut and was a real champ"
Feel sorry about his untimely death... Bye bye joe


15Lennox Lewis

Great boxer... But never got the respect he deserve... Heavyweight class was weak during his era... Even weaker now!

The greatest UK boxer of all time! He beat Tua, Tyson and Holyfield! He can beat anyone if he tries his best!

He beat legends like, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and even David Tua! He can battle with anyone if beat all of those three!

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16Jack Dempsey
The name to be remembered, the hard hitting boxer and savage of the ring, I like his style, the way he moved and punished his opponents.
He should be in the top ten. I heard his name all the time when I was a little boy, and he had not played in 45 years!
Very strong man with his special move called dempsey roll
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17Felix Trinidad

Always the boxer, on the move, taking on anyone. Great puncher. Best of all time, pound for pound.

If he were to movie to become a Heavyweight he would've easily become one of the best of all time, probably in the top 5. Felix Trinidad as the greatest Puerto Rican athlete of all time. Felix himself is a great Middleweight boxer, one of the fastest punchers and has great foot work, very hard to take down.

Felix Trinindad will knock out anyone, best Puerto Rican Athlete of all time besides Carmelo Anthony. But anyway about boxing, I reckon he could take on Ali

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18Oscar De La Hoya
A great boxer, and he is definitely better than Leonard and Maywheather!
Great boxer, made more money than any other non heavyweight. Lost a lot of his big fights, out of his prime. Yet he never ducked anybody he went after everyone maybe not the best ever, has my vote for most entertaining. Boxing will miss him
Best boxer and he beats floyd mayweather. That's for sure

19David Tua
A machine in the ring, and he just recently won one of his fights this year! His record says it all! 53 - 2, how good is that! He is a very rare boxer, there are not many good islander boxers but this guy is unbelievable!
The greatest boxer of all time! Him and Rocky Marciano are the greatest of all time, The greatest athlete in New Zealander and Samoan history! A great fight will be between him and Muhammad Ali, and I reckon he will win!
He is better than Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali! David Tua is the most amazing and underrated boxer in history, he has only lost three fights and is the greatest heavyweight at the moment!
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20Salvador Sanchez

Salvador Sanchez was so amazing in his time, RIP a legend in Boxing History

Great latino boxer, one of the best fighters to ever step in the ring!

He was the youngest world champ he should be #1

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21Marvin Hagler
Hagler was champ for yrs. There was no body that could match him, even when they would match him up with overwhelming oposition, like say when he fought John"The Beast"Mogabi, The Beast was suppose to be the stronger of the two, and was well favored over the champ, but Hagler gradually wore Mogabi down before knocking him out. Who most were saying could'nt be knocked out, not by another middle weight. That fight alone was a perfect example of how the boxing world never gave Hagler his props deserved. Take a look at his carrer, Marvin Hagler is the greatest boxer who ever lived, he was anatural weight always in perfect shape, and knocked his oposition out 98% of the time, or pummled and hurt anyone who could stay in the ring foR NOW REMEMBER THIS 15 ROUNDS, and always had enough for it seemed like 10 more. He lost to Suger Ray Leonard cause he could'nt chase him as fast as he could run around the ring, Leonard never once came close to hurting Hagler, his punches had nothing on them nothing that fazed Hagler, maybe pissed him off cause he ran around the ring the whole fight slapping the champ every chance he could then running. The fight was an embarassment to Hagler and to boxing in whole when the decision went to Leanard. Hagler retired never getting what he deserved and everybody knew it, just goes to show, when yor that good, there isn't a lot of money for your fights when everybody knows who is going to win, they just don't like to talk about it.
Hard as nails, a big punch and a great defense. He was fearless and was the best of the bunch of Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns & Roberto Duran.
one of the greatest middleweights of all time mayweather wouldn't stand a chance
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22Bernard Hopkins

Oldest champion ever at 46.. defintly needs to be in the top 10 forsure.

hopkins can adapt to any style and may win by late hnockout or decision


23Larry Holmes
49-0 Until they gave him a defeat against Michael Spinks, what a joke.
The Ivan Lendl of boxing. A modestly talented fighter who just happened to fill a void between over the hill Ali, Frazier, Foreman and the rise of Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis. His record is great on paper due to this fact (which was out of his control) and affected his own objectivity regarding his place in boxing history.

24Shane Mosley

Move like a boxer. Hit like a brawler


25John Duddy

26James J. Jeffries

27Roberto Duran

28Ricky Hatton
Only person to stand up to Floyd Weatherfield Jr. And went 53 and 0, sum acheivement,

29Vitaliy Klitchko

The greatest! He just needs a true challenge to prove himself! He still is the best no matter what! He is what you think Ivan Drago from Rocky IV was like, that is who he is based upon, except the steroids which he doesn't take!

The greatest of all time! Should be in the top ten, hasnt really had a chance, he has fought bums his whole career!

He is the greatest world heavyweight of today and is tonnes better than Mike Tyson! Anyone can tell you that!

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30Roberto Manos de Piedra Duran
Why is number 1 at no 28? A natural lightweight who won titles in 4 divisions and dominated the best over four decades. He is incomparable! Was at his best in the early 70's when he was angry and hungry - he later fought out of shape and with little passion but still won! I saw him fight in the early 1970's and after winning he went after the opponents corner men! Scary!
greatest latin fighter of all time! no one can match him, ESPN named him number 6 in the greatest boxers of all time!
I remembered in more than one ocassion,when Duran fought in Panama city,we would be in line cause we arrived a few minutes late
to the ficht ,all of a sudden ,we would se everyone was coming out the other door,we tought it was a fire or something,when we asked ,the reply was Duran knocked him out in less than 1 min.,this man was without a doubt,the greatest latin american fighter of ALL times!!!!
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31Gabriel Flash Elorde

Gabriel is without a doubt the greatest filipino boxer in history! Even better than Pacquiao. He is responsible for 88 wins and one of the most respected figures of all time, RIP Gabriel FLASH Elorde

Elorde is the greatest boxer in the world no doubt! He will beat anyone in the ring and outside and is so much better than Manny PAcquiao! RIP you legend

The "Flash" is the best featherweight of all time, world champion! He would beat any body, I mean he won 88 fights! RIP Great boxer of the Filipino Islands!

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32Joe Calzaghe

46-0 21 title defenses longest raining title holder (bout 11 years) in recent years super fast punches better than any 1 else

Unbeaten. Fought and beat number 7. How can an undefeated world class boxer (Boxer not a fighter) not be considered. Is it because he's not American?

46-0 simply the best... money pakyaw is ugly... sergio martinez and joe calzaghe are the real deal...!

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33Alexis Arguello

34Andre Bishop

Greatest fictional fighter of all time! so full of controversy and was undefeated!


35Archie Moore

ZOne of the greatest fighters that ever lived, loved his boxing style, unique, also a great human being


36Jake LaMotta

37Daniel Sendelbeck

38Nonito Donaire
He is folow the footstep of the filipino flash elorde.
Every time he went up to the ring nobody can beat him.. He is the next champion of the world
This guy should be number 1.. The best pound per pound boxer in the world... Put a lightweight in this guy and he'll destroy
Them all.
The next manny pacquiao
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39Bob Fitzsimmons

40Arturo Gatti

Top Ten, you gotta be freaking kidding me, Mickey Ward lost to Gatti, and Gatti had a broken hand!

Watch his 3rd fight aginast Ward then argue

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41Mikkel Kessler

Top class technical boxer. A true viking warrior. Perfect boxing style, elegant and fast.


42Charlie Zelenoff

He's so good that even his defeats have been retroactively exhumed from his record. No other champion in history has had a loss removed, because it would be both inaccurate and unfair for a talent as supreme as him to have anything other than a perfect ledger.

A phenomenon. He was the original young brash and flashy G, long before fake G Mayfeather stole his M.O.

Lost his debut but is most talented boxer of all time should get a rematch with Andrew Hartley to get his first pro win and shut the haters up.

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43Wladimir Klitschko

Bosslike performer. He simply a boss. He was a beast is a beast and will forever be a beast. Do you really need more? He is nearly unbeaten


44Robert Helenius

45Juan Manuel Marquez

December 8th 2012. See what he did to Manny Pacquiao. No one has ever done what Marquez did. Also, to this date (December 2012), NOBODY HAS EVER knocked him out; all his losses (except the Mayweather fight, where he had to go up two weight divisions in a couple or months amd wasn't ready) are questionable decisions. Marquez is definitely the most underrated fighter ever!

The guy is a true warrior


46Eder Jofre

47Ricardo Lopez
If I'm not mistaken he was a profesional boxer for 27 years and champ for 12 and a half no loss one tied defended his belt like 27 times and they have him this low? And I know its just because of the weight if he had the same record and was a heavy weight or middle weight he would be #1 and that is sad
NEAT AND CLEAR TECHNIQUE..100 PER PERFECT IN PUNCHES, FOOTWORK, DEFENCE, SPEED, ONE PUNCH EVERYHTING. HE SHOULD BE FOURTH AFTER THE LEGENDS JOE LOUIS, ROCKY MARCIANO AND MOHAMMED ALI
If they say Rocky Marciano is best of all times cause of his undefeated record... will then move over cause this man is 51-0-1.
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48Max Baer

He was ahead of his time by so much I think he could've beaten Ali. For all we know he could have the skill of a futuristic boxer. I'm mean he could beat ghy twice his size easily like his fight with Primo Canera.

"Most powerful right hand in heavyweight history"

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49Anthony Mundine

Please! The only decent fighter he's beaten was a half-starved Danny Green. Left his beat work on the footy field.


50Wilfred Benitez

51Tomasz Adamek

52Naseem Hamed
Nasseem hameed he is the best fighter that he only got one lost there is no two lost and that's my opinion about nassem and thanks for giving me a chance to write my opinion lets be justice
What guys have you forgot about this Champ come on
What a show he gave! A true artist!

53Willie Pep

54Eric Butterbean Esch

55Chris John

Surely he is one of the best boxer in the world. Chris "The Dragon" John. With Unbeaten record. WBA Super Champion, more than 10 times defending his title. Awesome, full tehnic, with only a few KO his opponents is proved that he is fighting beautifully round to round in his career


56Jimmy Wilde

57Amir Khan

Amir khan is great fighter very brave and his hands speed is so fast


58Pernell Whitaker

The southpaw that was robbed of victory of Julio Cesear Chavez and Oscar Delahoya.


59Mary Kom

Lady Boxer From India. She is Just 23yrs Old & 5 Time World Champion in A Row. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

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60Leonard Doroftei

61Jack Johnson
No one at any weight could take Johnson in his prime. His defense was an art form that no one else could master. Who could last 20 to 40 rounds? He carried fights to sell film footage for financial gain but had the power to end a fight in round one. Watch Ken Burns documentary "Unforgivable Blackness" to see film of this super human from the early 20th century!
This list is awful in the way its done. The biggest crime is no Benny lynch, one of the greatest small men of all time

62Danny Green

True champion, true gentleman true legend in and out the ring. Just a real shame everyone was too scared to
fight him in his prime could of been tested and proved to be one of the best ever. Huge heart and huge punch!

Beat Roy JOnes Jr first round that says something yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!


63Marcel Cerdan

64Shane Cameron

One of NZ's top heavyweight fighters next to David Tua


65Daniel Zaragoza

66Dicky Eklund

67Andrew Hartley

68Sandy Saddler

69Michael Spinks

Greatest Light Heavyweight of all-time, who also was the best Heavyweight in the world for a spell.


70Henry Armstrong

71Micky Ward

72Teófilo Stevenson

The greatest Olympian boxer, everybody knew he was the greatest, even Ali avoid to fight him


73Erik Morales

What are you saying, bobby pacquio is much better than eric morales,?


74Bobby Pacquiao

75Thomas Hearns

76Riddick Bowe

77Hasim Rahman
He knocked out a prime Lennox Lewis in one of the great upset victories of all time. He fought Evander Holyfield, and was putting up a good fight until Holyfield used his famous headbutt and the ref stopped the fight because of major swelling on Rahman's head. Before the stoppage, despite the swelling, Rahman continued to fight Holyfield bravely.
He stopped Corrie Sanders as well as knocking out Lennox... He is nowhere near number 1, but he should be closer to the top of the list than he is. Better fighter than Michael Spinks, anyway.
He was a similar fighter to Buster Douglas, so I always thought maybe Rahman could take on Tyson.
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78Andrew Golota

79Iron Mike (Michalis Zampidis)

80Kostya Tszyu

Arguably the best fighter to come out of Australia; certainly ahead of fellow countrymen Anthony Mundine and Danny Green (both of whom got into this often puzzling list).


81Montell Griffin
If it wasn't for Roy Jones, Montell Griffin would be a LEGEND. People always love to forget his first fight with Jones. Griffin had Jones on his heels for most of that fight, and Roy was IN HIS PRIME. Griffin had a superior jab than Jones. He never gets enough credit.

82James Toney

83Tony Halme

84Joan Guzmán

85Azumah Nelson

86Tom Cribb

87Sergio Martínez

88Mike McCallum

89Julian Jackson

90George Chuvalo
A Canadian boxer who wasn't flashy or abrasive and therefore not a marketing dream but a fighter who could neutralize the best boxers with his style. Promoters quickly learned to avoid matching their prospects with him. In a street fight George could take out any boxer of his day. Despite a tragic life he has remained emotionally strong, thoughtful and humble. He should always be ranked with the best athletes. A great Canadian!
Canadian heavyweight who fought during the prime of Ali, Frazier etc. No one could hurt him nor willing to give rematch. Remains to this day, cognitively unaffected by boxing. One of the toughest and most under-rated fighters ever!
Three words... NEVER Kocked Down!

91Antonio Tarver
He beat Roy Jones twice. He beat Danny Green. He beat Montell Griffin, he beat Eric Harding, and he beat Glen Johnson. Antonio Tarver is a great fighter, and he's underrated.

92Dewey Bozella
He may have only had 1 professional fight against a nobody named Larry Hopkins, but that was when he was 52. While he was wrongfully in prison, he was the undefeated champion in jailhouse boxing at Sing Sing. He has a very inspiring story that has touched all of our hearts.

93Harry Greb

94Benny Leonard

95Miguel Cotto

Nice Power And Speed in his Jabs and uppercuts


96Leon Spinks

97Tommy Morrison

2 time world champ and one of the greatest left hooks of all time


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