A few days ago, the famous boxing media BoxRec named Floyd Mayweather the greatest boxer of all time. Mayweather won every 50 professional matches, during which he defeated the famous Manny Pacquiao, Canello Avarez, and the "Golden Boy" Oscar de la Hoya.
Mayweather's final game TKO "mouth cannon" Connor McGregor made his record perfect. According to BoxRec's ranking, Mayweather is No. 1 with a score of 2255 points, compared to No. 2 Pacquiao, who has a clear advantage of 1633.
This time BoxRec put Mayweather at the top of the list, both reasonable and unexpected, it is reasonable that there have been relevant media before the Mayweather listed Mayweather as the 1st, unexpectedly, in most of the past similar selections, the late legendary boxing champion Muhammad Ali often ranked first, but this time it fell to 4th place, scoring 1485 points.
After being named the greatest boxer of all time by BoxRec, Mayweather was overjoyed, and he expressed his joy and excitement through social media. Mayweather wrote: "Numbers don't lie, boxrec tells the truth, and that's what it is.
Later, Mayweather talked about many people, including his predecessor Ali. Mayweather said: "I take off my hat to pay tribute to all the champions of the past. Muhammad Ali, I think he's a legend, I respect Ali as much as any other champion, I just feel like I've done everything in this sport in my life. For more than 30 years, I feel that I have done as much in professional boxing as Ali, there is no disrespect for Ali, and when I see related things, Ali only performs well at one level, that is, heavyweight. ”
Mayweather added: "Ali stood up for a good cause, I was still sharp and strong at 38, as I said, I didn't disrespect Ali, I just felt like I was the best, no different from Ali calling himself 'the greatest', I also called myself 'the greatest'. ”
Although Mayweather repeatedly emphasized his respect for Ali, the implication outside the words was also relatively clear, that is, Ali's boxing status was not as good as his own, at least he could sit on an equal footing with Ali.
Compared with Ali, Mayweather has a record of total victory, which may be something he can show off for the rest of his life. Ali defeated all the masters of the same era - Joe Fraser, Ken Norton, George Foreman and others, Mayweather is similar, but later generations in the evaluation of Ali, in addition to his achievements on the field, is very important to off-court performance, helpless Mayweather off-field performance to play a low score, just to show off the rich this article, so that many people criticize, fortunately, boxing is about strength, achievement, in this regard Mayweather completely took the hand.
BoxRec's selection has caused a lot of controversy, not only because Mayweather is at the top of the list, but also because of the ranking of other boxers. Here's a ranking of The 20 Greatest Boxers of All Time at BoxRec:
1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Manny Pacquiao
3. Carlos Monzon
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Schuger Robinson
6. Bernard Hopkins
7. Joe Louis
8. Archie-Moore
9. Oscar De la Hoya
10. Giulio Chavez
11. Ivand Hollyfield
12. Robert Duran
13. Marvin Hagler
14. Floyd Patterson
15. Shug-Ray Leonard
16. Manuel-Marquez
17. Bernell-Vitaloc
18. Lodge Marciano
19. Harry-Grebe
20. Roy Jones Jr
The above rankings do cause great controversy, such as the familiar Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Lennox Lewis, Klitchenko brothers, all failed to make the list, they fell out of the top 20, not to mention the current Tyson Fury, Deonte Wilder and others. Among the 20 greatest boxers selected by BoxRec, Monzon, Hoa, Patterson, and Marquez are considered to be overrated, that is, it is very far-fetched to enter the relevant list, do you think?