Can anyone tell me their top 20 pound for pound greatest boxers of all time - I would really like to know?

Question

My top 20 (in no particular order) - Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis (both heavyweight), Roy Jones Jr, Archie Moore (both light heavyweight), Joe Calzaghe (super middleweight), Sugar Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler (all 3 middleweight), Sugar Ray Leonard, Henry Armstrong, Emile Griffith, Oscar De La Hoya (all 4 welterweight), Julio Cesar Chavez (light welterweight), Benny Leonard, Roberto Duran (both lightweight), Azumah Nelson (super featherweight), Willie Pep, Eusebio Pedroza (both featherweight), Jimmy Wilde (flyweight), and Ricardo Lopez (strawweight).

Answer 1

You have a good list without a doubt and this is an excellent question.  For my own reasons I don't believe including active fighters so my list will be of fighters no longer active.  

1.  Sugar Ray Robinson

2.  Joe Louis/ Rocky Marciano

4.  Willie Pep

5.  Henry Armstrong

6.  Harry Greb

7.  Jimmy Wilde

8.  Marvin Hagler/ Carlos Monzon

10.  Muhammad Ali

11.  Roberto Duran

12.  Stanley Ketchel

13.  Archie Moore

14.  Ricardo Lopez

15.  Khaosai Galaxy

16.  Jack Johnson

17.  Gene Tunney

18.  Jack Dempsey

19.  Benny Leonard

20.  Julio Cesar Chavez

Honorable mention:  Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Sandy Saddler, Jose Napoles, Eder JofreGeorge Foreman, Joe Frazier, Salvador Sanchez, Alexis Arguello, Tommy Ryan, Joe Gans.

Answer 2

The blogbaba's top 20 pound for pound all time reads like this:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson

2. Muhammad Ali

3. Joe Louis

4. Ricardo Lopez

5. Roberto Duran

6. Willie Pep

7. Julio Cesar Chavez

8. Rocky Marciano

9. Charley Burley

10. Marvin Hagler

11. Khaosai Galaxy

12. Gene Tunney

13. Henry Armstrong

14. Salvador Sanchez

15. Evander Holyfield

16. Bob Fitzsimmons

17. Sam Langford

18. Archie Moore

19. Carlos Monzon

20. Lazlo Papp

Man, that wasn't easy, there are quite a few more greats that easily could be on the list.

Answer 3

You do have a good list.  

1.  Ray Robinson

2.  Henry Armstrong

3.  Willie Pep

4.  Harry Greb

5.  Muhammad Ali

6.  Joe Louis

7.  Roberto Duran

8.  Stan Ketchel

9.  Julio Cesar Chavez

10.  Archie Moore

11.  Jack Johnson

12.  Rocky Marciano

13.  Sandy Saddler

14.  Benny Leonard

15.  Jim McClarnin

16.  Marvin Hagler

17.  Eder Jofre

18.  George Foreman

19.  Marcel Cerdan

20.  Roy Jones

Answer 4

Man, I got too many to list only twenty. I am going to throw out names in no order based on skills, personal favorites, and level of competiton. I am sure you will agree with most of my picks. Robinson, Ali, Louis, Pep, Whittaker, Leonard, Mosley, Holyfield,Duran, Chavez, Hagler, Hearns, Pacquia, Barrera, Foreman, Armstrong, De La Hoya, Marciano, Holmes.

Answer 5

thats a pretty good list, however i would put salvador sanchez above pedroza,and would not rate calzaghe or griffith so high.

i would include most of you're list, but include pernell whitaker, stanley ketchel & harry greb.....and probably jack johnson too.

Answer 6

Ali

Robinson

Louis

Julio Cesar Chavez

Hagler

leonard

jones jr

Carlo Monzon

Duran

Armstrong

pep

moore

Tunney

Mayweather

Griffith

Wilde

Lopez

De la hoya

Pedroza

Holyfield

Answer 7

and you're putting calzaghe instead of B-Hop?

Answer 8

You have a pretty good list there. I can't decide the "best of all time" between Muhammad Ali and Ray Robinson. Two that you might have missed are Sandy Saddler and Stanley Ketchel. And maybe Mike Tyson at his best.

Answer 9

in no order...

ali..

joner jr..

mayweather..

duran..

lewis..

robinson..

nassem..

archie moore..

calzaghe..

hagler..

de la hoya..

hatton..

henry armstrong..

johnson(1st black heavyweight world champion)..

leonard..

foreman..

liston..

byrd..

norton..

marciano..

Answer 10

what about ray "boom boom" mancini.....and is it too early to say kelli "the ghost" pavlik who i believe is 34-0 with 32 ko's ? not to mention 2 beat downs of heavily favored jermain taylor.

Answer 11

I can't believe you didn't put manny pacquiao... after being named the mexican executioner, he deserves to be one of the best.... and i agree about one thing, you didnt put floyd mayweather... thats good.... i would put floyd mayweather on whenever he beats cotto.... that is when he is an all time great... one more big fight for pavlik and he could be one too.....