Top 3 Boxers Ever. (From my view)

I know what your thinking it’s impossible to pick the top 3 boxers to ever step inside the ring. But I’ll give it a go anyways. This will look at raw talent, the era’s from where these boxers came and some statistics. With so many divisions it’s near impossible due to questions land statements like:

“well he fought for only so many years”,

“there were only two decent fighters in that class”,

or “Na he wasn’t one of the greats”. 

Here it goes!

3. Joe Louis. (1914-1981)

Louis helped elevate boxing from a decline in popularity. Standing at 6 ft 2 in Louis had 70 fights. With 66 wins and 52 knockouts he only lost 3 times. For any era that is amazing especially in a raw era of lack of professional help like we see in today’s boxers. Louis was victorious in 25 title defenses. The “Brown-Bomber” He is widely regarded as the first African American to achieve the status of a nationwide hero within the U.S. 

2. Mike Tyson. 

Love him or hate him this man is one of the most feared and clinical boxers ever to step inside the ring. Iron Mike won all 3 heavyweight championship title belts by the age of twenty. Growing up in Brookyln and standing a 5ft 11in in his career he had 58 fights, 50 wins and 44 by knockout. Tyson successfully defended the world heavyweight championship nine times. With his record of Junior Olympic quickest KO at 8 seconds you can see clips of fercious hits and first round knockout’s of the “baddest man on the planet” to prove his worth in my top three.  Although he had many problems outside the ring in his best form he couldn’t be stopped inside the ring. 

1.Floyd Mayweather.

And still the best pound for pound. Floyd the money machine tops my list. Now I know he may seem like a mere boy to other men of the boxing greatest but there is no arguing he is the best. At a time where boxing is an elite professional game with conditioning to an impeccable quality Floyd is at the top of the game. His record of 47 fights with 47 wins is something no one can deny is great. Countless times he has precisely broken down anyone in the ring who is “the boxer to beat Mayweather”. Not losing since the 80’s he faces probably his biggest test against Manny Pacquiao on May the 2nd. But in my books Floyd will pick his punches and beat him down the way he wants to still being undefeated. Moving through five weight classes the fact that he hasn’t been genuinely stunned or hurt by a single punch in his entire career reinforces why he tops the bill. 

Is there a definite greatest sport in the world?

For a while now I have been trying to narrow down which sport is the greatest of them all. My god has it been a challenge to even narrow down a few sports which can be deemed to be the greatest.

First I looked at how different elements affect the participants; these include factors such as training, nutrition, dedication, mental and physical strength and capacity to the certain sport. For example Bodybuilding, a grueling sport which endures all these elements to the extremist form. Also MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) another sport which incorporates these factors to a top level.

Although we think  of sport as running, jumping fighting, some sports don’t include them elements. Golf for example, a rich man’s game, which focuses on mental capacity and consistency. Darts the same, practice, practice, and practice with a strong mental issue to hold one’s nerve. Although many would think darts is not a sport at all but just a hobby.

As so many sports have different factors another way to look is sport as an individualistic or team effort. Michael Phelps crowned the greatest Olympian of all time is a phenomenal swimmer who has 18 gold medals, 22 overall. A look at a team effort now to soccer, the Spanish team a group of players since 2008 have won two Euro’s (2008,2012) and one world cup  (2010) is a remarkable achievement by a group of individuals coming together as a team. Some people prefer teams as other prefer to work alone, people have different attitudes to the way to success. 

A way to view a great sport is those who have come out glorified on a global scale due to their ability in a sport. Such as LeBron James, Usain Bolt, Lionel Messi, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Phelps etc. these people have been crowned superstars all for sport, however in different sports with completely different elements in training and participation.

However it will never be settled on what sport is the greatest. For me as an Irish man we live and breathe GAA in our country. All other sports are deemed sissy like and inferior to Gaelic football and Hurling. Though it is the same for people say in Texas, USA, huge NFL fans who focus on American football 24-7, which can only see it as the greatest sport invented. It is tough to look past your own hometown sport as the best and that what makes some type of sport precious to people all over the world.

There are too many, too great and too many sports in the world to narrow it down to just one, that’s why it is so great.