Boxers Of All Time
Floyd Mayweather has raised a few eyebrows with his list of the top five professional boxers of all time.
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Heavyweight Ring career: 1985-2005.Record: 50-6-0-2 (44 KOs) Career notes: Knocked out Trevor Berbick in the second round in November 1986 to become youngest heavyweight champion in history.
Big names like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson are absent from his ranking, with legendary fighters such as Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard also missing out.
Speaking on FatJoe’s Instagram Live, Mayweather was asked to name four other boxers to sit alongside himself in the top five.
He said: “We got to go Pernell Whitaker. I’mma go Roberto Duran, man you put me in a tight predicament.
“As far as with the heavyweights, if we’re going to go heavyweights, I’m going to be honest, I’ve got to go Larry Holmes.
“Larry Holmes beat everybody in his era.
“When Larry Holmes got beat by Mike Tyson, he got beat by a young hungry champion and he came out of a year’s retirement and got beat by Tyson.
“I’ve got to say Larry Holmes, he had the basic fundamentals, he had the jab and even right now he’s still living a great life because he made smart investments.
“So he was good from the beginning of his career to the end of his career.”
Concluding with his final selection, Mayweather added: “Aaron Pryor, the only reason why Aaron Pryor lost a fight was because of drugs.
“He lost only one fight because of drugs.”
- Floyd Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs)
- Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1, 17 KOs)
- Roberto Duran (103-16, 70 KOs)
- Larry Holmes (69-6, 44 KOs)
- Aaron Pryor (39-1, 35 KOs)
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There have been lots of boxing legends in history; however, the 10 boxers (ranked from the great to the greatest) that we are about to explore are generally seen as the greatest to ever put on boxing gloves.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Nicknamed the “Pretty Boy” of boxing, Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (born on February 24, 1977) began his professional boxing career in 1996. Since then, he has gone on to win an impressive fifteen major world titles. The Michigan-born boxer competed in the junior lightweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight, junior middleweight divisions. In his amateur days, he rose to prominence by winning a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. He also clinched the U.S. national championship at the featherweight division and three U.S. Golden Gloves championships.
In the last two decades or so, there has not been a better pound for pound boxer than Floyd Mayweather. This explains why he was honored the 2010s “Fighter of the Decade” by the Boxing Writers Association of America. The Los-Angeles-based digital media giant, Ranker, named Floyd Mayweather Jr. the second best boxers of the 21st century.
Mayweather’s astounding career stats reads as 50 wins in 50 fights with 27 of those wins coming by way of Kos. Examples of the skilled fighter’s win came against the likes of Genaro Hernández, Oscar De La Hoya, and Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.
Did you know: Floyd Mayweather was first on the list of Forbes highest-paid athletes in several years of the 2010?
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Benny Leonard
Top 100 Boxers Of All Time
From 1917 to 1925, the world lightweight championship was firmly around the waist of Benny Leonard (born- April 7, 1896; died- April 18, 1947). Nicknamed “Benny the Great”, Benny Leonard had fulfilling boxing career that spanned 1911-1932. Standing at a height of 5 ft 5 in, he dominated the lightweight division. He remains the longest-reigning lightweight champion in history. The New York City-born boxer had about 220 fights, and out of those fights, he won 186, with 70 coming by knockouts. He lost a mere 22 of those fights.
After hanging up his boxing gloves, he ventured into refereeing boxing matches. Sadly his life was cut short when he collapsed while referring a boxing fight at the St. Nicholas Arena in New York. The 51-year-old former boxing icon died of a heart attack. Benny Leonard is best remembered for his sheer speed, power and the exquisite style he used in knocking out opponents in the ring.