Was he the best boxer of all time? ........

[Hiney]

In a related debate, how about 'Best Knockout Ever'? This is my personal favourite (sorry, don't know how to embed the video into the page, else I would do):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVi7cH-LaQ

"Would you believe it?"

"Unbelievable"

"Would you believe it?

TREMENDOUS commentary

 

[brightonbc]

sugar ray robinson, henry armstrong, ray leonard, ali, chavez, roy jones...
british:benny leonard, lennox lewis for dominating so long taking on everyone put in front of him, joe calzaghe and if he wins dec 8th the hitman hatton

 

[withdeanwombat]

No,no he wasn't.

 

[Yorkie]

Cassius Clay/Mohammed Ali - no question

British - Henry Cooper

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Steve Collins, The Celtic Warrior. Never got the headlines Benn and Eubank got, but he had the beating of them both.

 

[algie]

Tyson in his youth is probably the most powerfull puncher i've seen and quailty to watch.There were some top boxers then unlike now when Lewis won it.

 

[Gwylan]

Does anyone remember about 30 years ago there was a TV programme that devised a computer program to match Rocky Marciano with Mohammed Ali to see who was the greatest of all time? Marciano won.