Greatest Boxers Before Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is universally known as one of the greats of Boxing. Which boxers were successful before him and who came close?The Top Ten
1 Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight.
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight.
2 Joe Louis
3 Henry Armstrong
4 Willie Pep
5 Rocky Marciano
Greatest boxer pre-Ali
6 Jack Johnson
The first African world heavyweight boxing champion.
7 Ezzard Charles
8 Sonny Liston
9 Jack Dempsey
10 Max Schmeling
The Contenders
11 Emile Griffith
12 Billy Conn
He was famous for fighting Joe Louis twice, but there was more than that for the man known as The Pittsburgh Kid. Conn was a great boxer, and won the light heavyweight title on July 13, 1939. He defended his title successfully 3 times. He once beat Al McCoy and Bob Pastor and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
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