Better Athlete #17

09-03-2009, 01:49 AM

Again, not basing this off stats, Robinson was a much better boxer. Robinson is probably the greatest boxer ever including Ali. He reeled off impressive wins over I believe Jake LaMotta, Rocky Graziano and Henry Armstrong, although I'm not 100% on that last one. He was an incredible middleweight and welterweight, and is the best pound for pound boxer of all time.

As I stated previously, besides Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky didn't really beat anybody. I remember reading that Rocky was going to have a comeback match against Ingemar Johansson, but decided against it. I'm sure Rocky had visions of him knocking out Joe Louis in Louis's last fight ever: an overthewhill fighter embarassing himself. Johansson would have murdered him.

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Rocky Marciano	2	14.29%
"Sugar" Ray Robinson	12	85.71%
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09-03-2009, 01:49 AM	#4
Gertner Guest Posts: n/a	Again, not basing this off stats, Robinson was a much better boxer. Robinson is probably the greatest boxer ever including Ali. He reeled off impressive wins over I believe Jake LaMotta, Rocky Graziano and Henry Armstrong, although I'm not 100% on that last one. He was an incredible middleweight and welterweight, and is the best pound for pound boxer of all time. As I stated previously, besides Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky didn't really beat anybody. I remember reading that Rocky was going to have a comeback match against Ingemar Johansson, but decided against it. I'm sure Rocky had visions of him knocking out Joe Louis in Louis's last fight ever: an overthewhill fighter embarassing himself. Johansson would have murdered him. Last edited by Gertner; 09-03-2009 at 01:53 AM.

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