ring ****zine's 80 greatest fighters of the last 80 years

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this list was done in 02.
1.Sugar Ray Robinson
2.Henry Armstrong
3.Muhammad Ali
4.Joe Louis
5.Roberto Duran
6.Willie Pep
7.Harry Greb
8.Benny Leonard
9.Sugar Ray Leonard
10.Pernell Whitaker
11.Carlos Monzon
12.Rocky Marciano
13.Ezzard Charles
14.Archie Moore
15.Sandy Saddler
16.Jack Dempsey
17.Marvin Hagler
18.Julio Cesar Chavez
19.Eder Jofre
20.Alexis Arguello
21.Barney Ross
22.Evander Holyfield
23.Ike Williams
24.Salvador Sanchez
25.George Foreman
26.Kid Gavilan
27.Larry Holmes
28.Mickey Walker
29.Ruben Olivares
30.Gene Tunney
31.**** Tiger
32.Fighting Harada
33.Emile Griffith
34.Tony Canzoneri
35.Aaron Pryor
36.Pascual Perez
37.Miguel Canto
38.Manuel Ortiz
39.Charley Burley
40.Carmen Basilio
41.Michael Spinks
42.Joe Frazier
43.Khaosai Galaxy
44.Roy Jones Jr.
45.Tiger Flowers
46.Panama Al Brown
47.Kid Chocolate
48Joe Brown
49.Tommy Loughran
50.Bernard Hopkins
51.Felix Trinidad
52.Jake LaMotta
53.Lennox Lewis
54.Wilfredo Gomez
55.Bob Foster
56.Jose Napoles
57.Billy Conn
58.Jimmy McLarnin
59.Pancho Villa
60.Carlos Ortiz
61.Bob Montgomery
62.Freddie Miller
63.Benny Lynch
64.Beau Jack
65.Azumah Nelson
66.Eusebio Pedroza
67.Thomas Hearns
68.Wilfred Benitez
69.Antonio Cervantes
70.Ricardo Lopez
71.Sonny Liston
72.Mike Tyson
73.Vicente Saldivar
74.Gene Fullmer
75.Oscar De La Hoya
76.Carlos Zarate
77.Marcel Cerdan
78.Flash Elorde
79.Mike McCallum
80.Harold Johnson

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what are your thoughts on this list?

for me Fighting Harada, Aaron Pryor , Miguel Canto, Carmen Basilio, Khaosai Galaxy, Joe Brown, Felix Trinidad, Bob Montgomery, Freddie Miller, Benny Lynch, Beau Jack, Azumah Nelson, Eusebio Pedroza and
Antonio Cervantes are all to high for my liking.

and Gene Tunney, Tony Canzoneri, Thomas Hearns, jake lamotta, wilfred benitez, Ricardo Lopez, and Marcel Cerdan are all to low.

[mickey malone]

Oh no..Some of the guys in the bottom 20 should at least be in the top 30.. Hearns, Benitez, Zarate, Tyson & arguably McCallum & Nelson to..
Olivares, Harada, Griffith & Tiger a bit too high also...

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any more thoughts guys?

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The ones that struck out the most as too high were Jack Dempsey and Aaron Pryor and too low was definitely Thomas Hearns.

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The ones that struck out the most as too high were Jack Dempsey and Aaron Pryor and too low was definitely Thomas Hearns.

if you think demspey was high in this list, bert sugar had demspey number 9 on his atg list. i agree i always think dempsey shoundt be real high on lists

[-EX-]

If its primarily based on resumes then Pernell is too high...Aaron Pryor is too high...and how the hell is Trinidad at 51 and DLH at 75?

I personally like ESPN's list better...

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dempsey should be 1

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if you think demspey was high in this list, bert sugar had demspey number 9 on his atg list. i agree i always think dempsey shoundt be real high on lists

Sugar loves him some Dempsey.

What stuck out more to me than him having Dempsey too high IMO was that he didn't have Michael Spinks in his top 100.

Spinks was only one of the greatest light-heavyweights ever, who also became the recognized HW champ of the world.

[RightCross94]

Why is tommy so low?