Re: Muhammad Ali: Best win?
Posted: 23 Apr 2019, 06:55
Well said. I rate them:oogiebe wrote: ↑13 Feb 2019, 11:15 Duran was one of my all-time favs and for good reason. His resume is remarkable, remembering he started out as arguably the scariest lightweight in history to winning world titles in several divisions above that. He took more chances than the other two, and his losses were for the same reasons he made some amazing victories; he took chances, albeit with confidence. Regardless of the losses, his resume reads as a HOF listing, as he fought in one of, if not the greatest era in history. (Hearns/Hagler/Leonard/Duran, etc.). Any one of them would dominate an era if not for the other three.
I rate Duran over Ali, but not Armstrong (top 4/5 P4P ever). Ali was special in so many ways, and despite his ill fated comebacks, he is still one of the greatest P4P of all-time. I have to admit that it's difficult to imagine what would have been with Ali had he not been banned for 3 1/2 years of his prime. Three GOAT'ers. Oh shvt...I broke my paragraph rule.
1. Armstrong
2. Duran
3. Ali