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    BOXING'S GREATEST FIGHTERS - Bert Randolph Sugar

    "Bert Sugar has a passion for the sport that is rivaled only by his talent for writing about it" - New York Sportscene


    FOREWORD
    Bert Randolph Sugar, known as the "unofficial historian" and "the guru" of boxing, is one of the most charismatic writers ever to capture the drama of fights and fighters on paper. One of the most recognizable personalities in the sport, Sugar - with his trademark fedora and cigar - has been called "entertaining, insightful, and eminently colorful." A member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, he has served as the editor of The Ring, Boxing Illustrated, and Fight Game ****zines, and is the author of more than fifty books.

    Bert Randolph Sugar

    "...No amount of fistic bookkeeping could account for "greatness" absent other elements in the equation." - Bert Sugar

    100 Greatest Boxers of All Time
    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Henry Armstrong
    3. Willie Pep
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Harry Greb
    6. Benny Leonard
    7. Muhammad Ali
    8. Roberto Duran
    9. Jack Dempsey
    10. Jack Johnson
    11. Mickey Walker
    12. Tony Canzoneri
    13. Gene Tunney
    14. Rocky Marciano
    15. Joe Gans
    16. Sam Langford
    17. Julio Cesar Chavez
    18. Jimmy Wild
    19. Stanley Ketchel
    20. Barney Ross
    21. Jimmy McLarnin
    22. Archie Moore
    23. Marcel Cerdan
    24. Ezzard Charles
    25. Sugar Ray Leonard
    26. Joe Walcott
    27. Jake LaMptta
    28. Eder Jofre
    29. Emile Griffith
    30. Terry McGovern
    31. George Foreman
    32. Johnny Dundee
    33. Jose Napoles
    34. Pascual Perez
    35. Billy Conn
    36. Ruben Olivares
    37. Joe Frazier
    38. Tommy Loughran
    39. Sandy Saddler
    40. Kid Chocolate
    41. Abe Atell
    42. Evander Holyfield
    43. George Dixon
    44. Maxie Rosenbloom
    45. Larry Holmes
    46. Ted "Kid" Lewis
    47. Marvelous Marvin Hagler
    48. Pernell Whitaker
    49. Carlos Zarate
    50. Thomas Hearns
    51. Battling Nelson
    52. Beau Jack
    53. Ricardo Lopez
    54. John L. Sullivan
    55. Carlos Monzon
    56. Alexis Arguello
    57. Carmen Basilio
    58. Pete Herman
    59. Charley Burley
    60. Ike Williams
    61. Kid Gavilan
    62. Jack Britton
    63. **** Tiger
    64. Pancho Villa
    65. Panama Al Brown
    66. Bob Fitzsimmons
    67. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
    68. Tiger Flowers
    69. James J. Corbett
    70. Tony Zale
    71. Tommy Ryan
    72. Georges Carpentier
    73. Sonny Liston
    74. "Kid" McCoy
    75. Bob Foster
    76. Freddie Welsh
    77. Joe Jeannette
    78. Jim Driscoll
    79. Jersey Joe Walcott
    80. Peter Jackson
    81. Ad Wolgast
    82. Nonpareil Jack Dempsey
    83. Manuel Ortiz
    84. James J. Jeffries
    85. Salvador Sanchez
    86. Jimmy Barry
    87. Carlos Ortiz
    88. Roy Jones, Jr.
    89. Wilfredo Gomez
    90. Aaron Pryor
    91. Bernard Hopkins
    92. Mike Gibbons
    93. Jack Delaney
    94. Johnny Kilbane
    95. Willie Ritchie
    96. Wilfredo Benitez
    97. Packey McFarland
    98. Rocky Graziano
    99. Lew Jenkins
    100. Mike Tyson

    Your thoughts...

    SEE APPENDIX AT POST #39
    Last edited by Panamaniac; 07-22-2007, 01:21 AM.
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    #2
    mayweathers not number 1? clearly this guy is an idiot and needs to watch more boxing

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      #3
      Originally posted by satori555 View Post
      mayweathers not number 1? clearly this guy is an idiot and needs to watch more boxing
      Aren't you more upset that he doesn't even make the list?

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        #4
        I like Bert but cummon,he's got Sugar Ray Leonard 25th??
        Julio Cesar Chavez #17 but Pernell Whitaker #48th? Even though he was one of the best fighters ever,beat Julio Cesar Chavez easily and got robbed with a DRAW,i dont see how Chavez can be ranked higher

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          #5
          there is no more than 10 fighters on this list who even fought in the 90s.. bert like his oldies.. people really thought floyd was going to be on this list?

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            #6
            Originally posted by satori555 View Post
            mayweathers not number 1? clearly this guy is an idiot and needs to watch more boxing
            He overates a lot of the old timers. Like Benny Leonard. #6 all time? gimme a break, id put him at LEAST 10 spots higher on the list.

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              #7
              Bert sugar, is an old nostalgic fool, mike tyson only at 100

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                #8
                Originally posted by small_warrior View Post
                Bert sugar, is an old nostalgic fool, Mike Tyson only at 100
                To me, that's the most glaring absurdity (for lack of a better word) of all. It might have been less of an outrage not to include Tyson at all. As for the generational bias, that's perfectly understandable, as it's human nature to favor one's contemporaries.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by small_warrior View Post
                  Bert sugar, is an old nostalgic fool, mike tyson only at 100
                  agreed.

                  i dont care much for bert sugar. theres some good fighters on that list but my list would be WAY different, and yes robjr, i think floyd mayweather SHOULD be on a list of top 100 fighters, especially if leonard and sweet pea are. my opinion.

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                    #10
                    I don't respect him at all. Mayweather not even on the list? Haha yeah ****ing right.

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