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**the_godslayer** · 08-06-2008, 09:03 AM

For me it would be SRR ... no doubt

discuss

T-97 · 08-06-2008, 12:53 PM

It's gotta be Sugar Ray Robinson!

RMAcero722 · 08-07-2008, 03:24 PM

Sugar Ray Robinson

Ninja · 08-07-2008, 03:53 PM

No question, SRR.

**the_godslayer** · 08-07-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by the_godslayer

For me it would be SRR ... no doubt

discuss

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Originally Posted by T-97

It's gotta be Sugar Ray Robinson!

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Originally Posted by RMAcero722

Sugar Ray Robinson

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Originally Posted by Ninja

No question, SRR.

not much of a discussion is it?

not much point in any of the other poll options!!!

123tyson123 · 08-07-2008, 06:50 PM

JJC for me

Only joking SRR !

**TommyGunn** · 08-08-2008, 09:22 AM

I rate Robinson at 160 so im going with SRL here for that reason. Robinson was the better fighter overall though.

Obama · 09-10-2008, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TommyGunn

I rate Robinson at 160 so im going with SRL here for that reason. Robinson was the better fighter overall though.

Valid point, tho he did split up his fights in both weight divisions pretty evenly. But if you had to go with the weight division he had the most fights in (tho not by a lot), then yea it's Middleweight. Problem is he was washed up for half the time...yet good enough to win his title back 4 times in the process.

He's arguing it's almost not fair to rate him as a Welterweight, which I can understand. Close call tho. What would REALLY be unfair however, is rating Roy Jones Jr as a middleweight when he hangs it up. He'll technically have the most fights there...and exactly WHO could have beat Roy at middleweight? Not Robinson...not Hagler...not **** Tiger...and DAMN sure not Carlos Monzon.

**TommyGunn** · 09-11-2008, 04:22 PM

For me Robinson fought all his best opponents at 160 so that is why i rate him there. Same why i will rate Roy as a 175 fighter. Although Roy never fought his two best opponents at 175 he fought a better depth of talent up there.

Roy cant be compared to guys like SRR and Hagler IMO, both fighters would have knocked him out fairly easily. These guys are the true elite in the history of boxing, Roy wll be remembered in the pool of fighters below them. He'll never break the top 20.

Im not a fan of his but Mayweather is the only fighter of the past 15 years who has a chance of being remembered with the true elite. Lennox Lewis and Roy Jones will not be.

Moran · 10-21-2008, 03:53 PM

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For me it would be SRR ... no doubt

discuss

How does Tszyu get in this list he never fought at Welter?

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TommyGunn Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,317	Re: Greatest Welterweights of All-Time? For me Robinson fought all his best opponents at 160 so that is why i rate him there. Same why i will rate Roy as a 175 fighter. Although Roy never fought his two best opponents at 175 he fought a better depth of talent up there. Roy cant be compared to guys like SRR and Hagler IMO, both fighters would have knocked him out fairly easily. These guys are the true elite in the history of boxing, Roy wll be remembered in the pool of fighters below them. He'll never break the top 20. Im not a fan of his but Mayweather is the only fighter of the past 15 years who has a chance of being remembered with the true elite. Lennox Lewis and Roy Jones will not be. __________________

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