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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- Floyd Mayweather has raised a few eyebrows with his list of the top five professional boxers of all time. Big names like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson are absent from his ranking, with legendary.
- 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.
Top 10 Boxers All Time
“He lost only one fight because of drugs.”
Richest Boxers Of All Time
- 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)
Boxers Of All Time
