Re: ESPN top 50 Boxers
They got LaMotta way too high on that list. I wonder if his exposure through Raging Bull gave him an edge.
Marciano should be easily in the top 10, not 14th.
And I am very happy to see Tyson only ranked 50th. I was afraid he'd end up cracking the top ten. IMO, he doesn't even deserve to be on the list. Though his position in boxing history is highly debatable.
Jersey Joe Walcott is missing from this list as well. I feel that it is highly unlikely that he'd be in the top 10. But he should definitely be somewhere in the middle of that list.
So, by process of elimination, who's in the top 10?
The obvious are:
Muhammad Ali
Sugar Ray Robinson
Joe Louis
Jack Johnson
Jack Dempsey
Sonny Liston
Who else? Other names not yet on the list that are possibilities:
Lennox Lewis
Jersey Joe Walcott
Willie Pep
Floyd Patterson
Rocky Graziano
Max Baer
Max Schmeling
Jess Willard
John Sullivan
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