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Anybody who knows anything about boxing knows that Ali wasn't the best boxer ever. The only reason we think that nowadays is cause all we see is highlights of him saying "i'm the greatest". It gets beaten into your head over and over again until it becomes 2nd nature to think that way. You go to any credible boxing analyst/historian (ie., Bert Sugar) and look at their list, more often than not Sugar Ray Robinson is on top. Then you'll see a lot of lists with Henry Armstrong at number 2. It's a toss up on whether or not Ali was even the greatest Heavyweight of all time, let alone greatest boxer overall. There are a lot of people who put Joe Louis ahead of Ali. And that's often a great debate. But what's not debatable is Ray Robinson at number 1
Muhammad Ali himself said that the best pound for pound boxer was Sugar Ray Robinson. I agree. Sugar Ray Robinson is the best all time.
i got to say pacquiahockeypunk
He's not even the best of this generation. That title goes to B-Hop who just became the oldest champion in boxing history tonight.
The G.O.A.T. is Sugar Ray Robinson. As someone already said when you talk to people who are in boxing, experts, and know the sport well, he is almost always #1. You can go watch his fights on youtube and see for yourself. He fought 200 times so there's plenty to see.
Also as much as I love Tyson, he is not better than Ali. He'll tell you that himself. Ali had way MORE heart.
Gotta go with Sugar Ray Robinson as the greatest also,...dazzling footwork, speed in both hands, knockout power in both hands, heart, stamina, longevity,...etc.
In Ali's defense, a good portion of his prime was taken up when he was banned from boxing, before that he was amazing with a similar skill set as Robinson and would have only gotten better. To be honset I can't think of another heavyweight that could catch him or avoid being hit by him, I think he would beat them all.
So I'd have to go with Ali 2nd...but only because I didn't get to see much of Pep, Armstrong and others, so no discredit to them
I believe in the saying "style makes fight" so its really hard to pick just one best boxer of all time, johnlennon28yea spinks and ali did not mix well for ali.
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