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Originally Posted by tvbound
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I some what agree, with this list but the problem with these lists is that you cannot compare generations. To me Ali was the greatest of all time as he could have fought in any generation. Early in his career he was the only boxer who would predict what round he would KO his opponent and then do it. He had the foot speed of a middle weight and the hand speed of a lightweight. As with many great athletes he stayed way past his prime. Howard Cosell once said he was purest total athlete he had ever seen. How he would do today again heavyweights that weight 260-270 and stand 6’8” tall who knows. I would put Manny Pacquiao second. A seven weight class champion, nothing more has to be said. One I would not put on that list is Floyd Mayweather. He was a great boxer with probably the best defensive skills I have ever seen in a fighter. My knock on him is he only fought the best when they were slightly past their primes. I still think Oscar De La Hoya beat him in their match. Finally, it is tough today to rate who is the best because there are to many championship belts in each division and the best rarely fight the best. For example Errol Spence is a great fighter, but his agents will not let him fight Terence Crawford, who to me is the better fighter but no one wants to fight him. The sport has been ruined by to much money and less than honest promoters.