Everybody loves an inventory, or extra precisely, everybody likes to debate an inventory. Boxing promoter Frank Warren, aged 72, has been across the sport for many years, he has labored with so many notable ring greats, and Warren has met some actually particular fighters throughout his life, together with the one and solely Muhammad Ali.
Now, talking to DAZN, with whom the Queensbury head has simply inked a combat deal, Warren listed his prime 5 greatest-ever fighters. And although there are some apparent names right here in Warren’s listing, some followers might agree with me once I say he has ranked them within the mistaken order.
Right here’s Warren’s prime 5:
1: Muhammad Ali
2: Sugar Ray Leonard
3: Sugar Ray Robinson
4: Larry Holmes
5: Carlos Monzon.
Little doubt, all listed fighters are true greats, true legends of the game. And it’s nice that Warren has discovered a spot in his prime 5 for Larry Holmes, a heavyweight who has mentioned many instances himself he’s underrated. And Carlos Monzon, a real terror of a middleweight champion, he too belongs. Or does he? It’s right down to opinion and nothing extra, however perhaps you’d have a number of different fighters ranked instead of Monzon – Roberto Duran, maybe? Or Henry Armstrong? Or Harry Greb? You would go on and on.
It’s doable, nonetheless, that when a fan reads Warren’s listing, the very first thing they will decide fault with is the rating of Sugar Ray Leonard ABOVE the unique and absolutely best Sugar man, Sugar Ray Robinson. Once more, it’s Warren’s opinion right here, and no person else’s, however to my mind-set, Robinson mustn’t solely be ranked above the person who “borrowed” his well-known nickname, however the man born Walker Smith Jr needs to be on the prime of the listing, interval. Above Ali? Ali himself typically mentioned Sugar Ray was the best of all time, above himself even.
You’ll have thought Frank Warren would agree with “The Biggest” in terms of who deserves to be ranked because the most interesting boxer of all of them.
What do YOU consider Frank Warren’s prime 5 listing?
For what it’s price, right here’s my prime 5 best fighters of all time:
1: Sugar Ray Robinson
2: Henry Armstrong
3: Ezzard Charles
4: Sam Langford
5: Roberto Duran.
