Opinions on the "GOAT" (Boxing)

[Exhibitman]

The OP list is pretty much consistent with what I've seen over the years. I might quibble here and there, perhaps add Sugar Ray Leonard to the top ten and drop Willie Pep out of there, but it is pretty strong.

SRR is definitely the GOAT. No one else has the breadth of accomplishments and length of highest level achievements.

Homicide Hank at one point held the lightweight (135) and welterweight (147) championships at the same time. And he started as a featherweight...Just remarkable.

I rank Louis a hair better than Ali so I'd change their places, but I wouldn't quibble.

Harry Greb I hadda look it up: he had 298 fights...yup, 298. He fought 46 bouts against HOFers.

The guy I'm surprised not to see anywhere on the list: Emile Griffith. 339 championship rounds fought.

As for rookie cards, sam, you just have to do your homework, make a choice, and be ready for a new discovery that moves the date back. Definitely not as clear cut as modern baseball, but we've always had debates, even in baseball, as to older players. 1925 Exhibit Gehrig or later card from a different set? And so on.

[Arazi4442]

Thanks, Adam.

Like I said earlier, I ended up making my own list of top 10 fighters to collect since there were so many I wasn't familiar with and obviously hadn't seen. I just thought it was interesting who was ranked and who wasn't. Looked like a pretty good list of boxing experts/historians.

Did the same list for my other sport collections but I thought boxing contained the only real surprises.

[Exhibitman]

I collect Louis and Leonard, so those are my top guys and I'd rank them 1st at heavyweight and lightweight but I could not argue with Ali and Duran.

[let’s go champ]

1.walker smith jr
2.henry Jackson Jr
3.joseph Barrow
4.Cassius Clay
5.Guglielmo Papaleo
6.Benjamin Leiner
7.Edward Greb
8.Joseph Gant
9.Ray Leonard
10.Roberto Duran


Just rite off the top , 5-8 interchanges depends on how I’m feeling

[glynparson]

As a card collector the 10 boxers I would choose to collect would be

1. Cassius Clay/ Muhammad Ali
2. Jack Johnson
3. Rocky Marciano
4. Joe Louis
5. John L. Sullivan
6. Sugar Ray Robinson
7. Jack Dempsey
8. Mike Tyson
9. Jake LaMotta
10. Abe Attell

By no means do I think these are the 10 greatest fighters though some would make that list. This is as a card collector so i took into account cards being available and demand for the boxer from my experiences.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Outside the big four sports I am a "top 10" collector. I have these boxers:
Louis
Robinson
Marciano
Clay/Ali
Liston
Holmes
Leonard
Frazier


Still looking for
Johnson
Foreman
Duran
Mayweather (if that stupid RC ever comes down)

Obviously I am weighted to postwar and heavyweights, but these are the guys I like. Probably should add Dempsey to the list.

[let’s go champ]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Mayweather (if that stupid RC ever comes down)

To this day I still regret not making a full out better effort to get that bgs 10 RC of his when up for auction , was In the running but just didn’t pursue it like I should have ,

[CW]

Reminds me of the barbershop scene in Coming to America.

(warning: some vulgarities here, but still a classic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LPddiQXD9c

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by glynparson

As a card collector the 10 boxers I would choose to collect would be

1. Cassius Clay/ Muhammad Ali
2. Jack Johnson
3. Rocky Marciano
4. Joe Louis
5. John L. Sullivan
6. Sugar Ray Robinson
7. Jack Dempsey the Manassas Mauler or the Non-Pareil?
8. Mike Tyson
9. Jake LaMotta
10. Abe Attell

By no means do I think these are the 10 greatest fighters though some would make that list. This is as a card collector so i took into account cards being available and demand for the boxer from my experiences.

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[glynparson]

The Manassas Mauler Scott