Essential The Official Boxing Random Thoughts Thread...All boxing heads ENTER.

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Never knew that about SRL & Johnny Gill:yeshrug:


Oh well, Sugar Gay Leonard is still on my Mt. Rushmore of Boxing next to SRR, Ali, & Floyd:manny:
so simple but for some reason it still may be made me:dead:
theres definitely a little something off about SRL
im sure the coke use didn't help

Nice list btw:salute:
 

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I remember when SRL autobiography came out he talked about how his trainer went down on him. My dad then told me his favorite fighter was Roberto Duran. When we both heard the news it was so awkward. Cause my dad was like SRL was a grown man how he let that happen? :scust:
 

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@Newzz

yeah i see what u saying but i still think anyone from any era can be beat.

if u couldn't be beat u would win every fight 12-0 or by ko until retired(vs hof comp).....no one has done that.

but i agree those guys are skilled along with unknown guys/greats we never saw.
 
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Yes.


Out of everyone who has dominated their respective era's, I believe SRR/Muhammad Ali/SRL/Floyd Mayweather Jr are the most skilled, so I have them on my Mt. Rushmore of Boxing.

ali got schooled by ken norton tho. he wasnt the most skilled of his era. he had the most will. definetely not the most skill. let alone most skilled out of all fighters.

he stood straight up and pulled straight back from punches. thats not skill. thats fundamental mistakes that he got away with until his athleticism failed him.
 

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@Newzz

yeah i see what u saying but i still think anyone from any era can be beat.

if u couldn't be beat u would win every fight 12-0 or by ko until retired(vs hof comp).....no one has done that.

but i agree those guys are skilled along with unknown guys/greats we never saw.


True, which is why 3 of the 4 fighters on my Mt. Rushmore have suffered defeats/draws in their prime....all except Floyd. But just using this list alone provided by RING Magazine for Fighter Of The Decade (10: Greatest fighters by decade - Ring TV )

1910s: Sam Langford

1920s: Benny Leonard

1930s: Henry Armstrong

1940s: Sugar Ray Robinson

1950s: Sugar Ray Robinson

1960s: Muhammad Ali

1970s: Roberto Duran

1980s: Sugar Ray Leonard

1990s: Roy Jones Jr.

2000s: Manny Pacquiao

*2010s: Floyd Mayweather Jr.*

*we all know that belongs to Floyd*

^^^ Now, going by those fighters who each dominated their respective eras enough to be picked as the greatest of the decade, I picked the Top 4 most skilled imo to create my Mt. Rushmore Of Boxing.

Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Floyd Mayweather Jr make up my 4.
 
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