Your opinions on Mark Collings, author of 100 greatest boxers. I found myself scratching my head when it came to some of his opinions.
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How about a list brother?Originally posted by CarlosG815 View Post -
Never heard of the man before. Did he make a book recently??
How do you feel on his lists? Are they like Bert Sugar's? His lists tend to get opininos like that.Comment
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The book is from 1999. I couldn't find his list anywhere online so I figured I would type it out. Here is his list of the 100 greatest boxers. I'm sure some of you will find some of the selections misplaced, but who is really to say?Originally posted by JAB5239 View Post
1 Muhammad Ali
2 Sugar Ray Robinson
3 Joe Louis
4 Henry Armstrong
5 Harry Greb
6 Marvin Hagler
Archie Moore
Roberto Duran
Ray Leonard
Carlos Monzon
Alexis Arguello
Willie Pep
Julio Cesar Chavez
Rocky Marciano
Sandy Saddler
Jack Dempsey
Thomas Hearns
Roy Jones Jr
Salvador Sanchez
Carmen Basilio
Jack La Motta
Charley Burley
Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes
Jack Johnson
Pernell Whitaker
Evander Holyfield
Harold Johnson
Bob Foster
Kid Gavilan
Tony Zale
Benny Leonard
Ezzard Charles
Aaron Pryor
Tony Canzoneri
Rocky Graziano
Azumah Nelson
Ike Williams
Wilfred Benitez
Sonny Liston
Michael Spinks
Mike McCallum
Emile Griffith
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Oscar De La Hoya
Fritzie Zivic
Marcel Cerdan
Lennox Lewis
Donald Curry
Barney Ross
Fighting Harada
Gene Tunney
Mickey Walker
Billy Conn
**** Tiger
Nino Benvenuti
Gene Fullmer
Rid**** Bowe
Stanley Ketchel
Naseem Hamed
Jose Napoles
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Jersey Joe Wallcott
Wilfredo Gomez
Jose Torres
Luis Rodriguez
Joey Giardello
Antonio Cervantes
Ruben Olivares
Jackie "kid" Berg
Felix Trinidad
Pascuel Perez
Hector Camacho
Marlon Starling
Sam Langford
Ted "kid" Lewis
Chris Eubank
Floyd Patterson
Edwin Rosario
Lloyd Honeyghan
Virgil Hill
Dwight Qawi
Meldrick Taylor
Joey Maxim
Barry McGuigan
Eusebio Pedroza
Bennie Briscoe
Esteban De Jesus
Nigel Benn
Lupe Pintor
Ken Norton
Max Schmeling
Iran Barkley
Julian Jackson
Ken Buchanan
John Conteh
Georges Carpentier
Alan Minter
Mark BrelandComment
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Wow, if that list is supposed to be in order than its awful. I would love to hear his justifications for some of his rankings. Somply baffling.
Thanks for taking the the time to type it all out though. If you type like I do it must have been a pretty tedius chore.Comment
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He must be British? Seriously the worst serious list I've seen.Comment
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Any Historian putting Langford outside of Top 20 (generous) should be killed.Originally posted by CarlosG815 View Post
Benny Leonard and Ezzard Charles are arguably Top 10 ATG's
Gene Tunney and Mickey Walker MUST be higher.
Jimmy Wilde anyone?
There are many gripes with this list but, these are ones that caught my attention first.Comment
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I doubt it.. No Jimmy Wilde, No Bob Fitzsimmons!Originally posted by RubenSonny View Post
Most peculiar list.Comment
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A Briton that didn't do his proper research maybeOriginally posted by mickey malone View Post
Alan Minter, Barry Mcguigan 
I guess Hagler is at 6 for beating an ATG in Minter 
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You will notice Naseem Hamed makes the list...Originally posted by mickey malone View Post
He is a British author and I noticed quite a few Brits on the list. Perhaps he is bias?
It is a decent read and has a little info on each fighter listed.
Lists are so subjective that it's hard to be critical but he does have some guys listed very high, specifically Hamed.
However, I have always thought Roy Jones to be extremely great and it's nice to see at least somebody with knowledge puts him in the top 20, as I most likely would.Comment
Alan Minter, Barry Mcguigan 
I guess Hagler is at 6 for beating an ATG in Minter 
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