Boxing's Greatest Champions (Documentary from series "HBO Boxing's Best")

Classic 80's HBO Documentary - The Boxing Writers of America select the best fighters of all time in each weight division, leading up to their selection of the...Greatest Fighter of All Time. This video features vintage fight highlight footage of the greatest champs of all time...Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and many more. ________________________________________________________________________________­_Tags: hbo boxing's best boxing's greatest champions muhammad ali mike tyson sugar ray robinson ray leonard manny pacquiao klitschko wladimir david haye joe louis frazier jack johnson dempsey best tribute highlight compilation amir khan floyd mayweather documentary joe calzaghe benny leonard gene tunney willie pep benny leonard donaire barrera chavez james kirkland larry merchant

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[TrumanOThirsty]

@joe123090  You are correct to use "will o the wisp" which I had not seen in your earlier post. Both terms :"will o ..." and "will of ..." are proper uses of Pep's nickname.

No correction or offense intended. Take care.

[TrumanOThirsty]

@joe123090  You are absolutely correct about Willie Pep being the greatest featherweight of all time. His career record is: W 205+ L 7, he was known as "will- of- the wisp" because he was so difficult to hit. Pep had an unexpected loss & he ran off 73 CONSECUTIVE WINS; a feat which may never be equaled. No doubt, Willie Pep is the best featherweight - bar none! Pep also came back from a bad plane crash and SUED to get his boxing license restored. Superb boxer and a very tough man!

[joe123090]

@johnosandra ...those years and not by what people type in youtube comments so next time you dont agree with something someone says in the comments dont get butt hurt and start throwing your shit all over the room

[joe123090]

@johnosandra chump? the only chump here is the one that talks shit on youtube. If you knew anything about boxing you would know Willie Pep is the greatest featherweight. People might disagree about the bantam greatest. Not much footage exist on jimmy wilde but from what i seen and read is that he was one of the hardest punchers p4p knocking out fighers that outweight him up to 50lbs. i go by what boxing historians write since there the ones that know the sport cause theyve lived through...

[TrumanOThirsty]

@johnosandra says: "Chavez won titles in ... as many different divisions but Durans ..." Your claim is false. Chavez won titles in 3 divisions - jnr. ltwt. 130 lbs. - ltwt. 135 lbs. & jnr. welterweight. 142 lbs. A span of 12 Lbs!. Duran won 4 titles - lt.wt. 135 lbs. wltrwgt. 147 lbs. jnr. mddlewgt. 154 lbs. & mddlewgt. 160 lbs. A span of 25 Lbs & 3 full Divs.! Lgtwgt. - Wltrwgt. & Middlewgt. Also, both Beau Jack & Hank Armstrong had lower career KO %s than Duran! RD better than JC !

[TrumanOThirsty]

@johnosandra "this arguement is just the opinions of 2 men i assume" - You assume correctly.

[TrumanOThirsty]

@TrumanOThirsty 2nd Correction: I should haved typed that Duran's opposition (in first 28 bouts) had a collective record of: 14 W & 9 L, 3 w/no official record of bout, and 2 opponent's record were E(ven) I apologize for this & an earlier error.

[TrumanOThirsty]

@johnosandra Here are my closing remarks. RD had more early fights (1st 40) against superior opposition. E Marcel, appx. Rd's 20th opp. became world champ & Kobayshi, his 28th opp. w/ a former 2 time lgtwt. champ. RD grew into a master boxer - off. & def. Chavez's early fights are not recorded and I did not recognize any name in his 1st 40 fights. RD, in his 29th bout, took the title from a superb K. Buchanan (43-1) when Duran beat him. I respect your opinion but strongly disagree. Take care.

[TrumanOThirsty]

@johnosandra Culican Bxing Comm & had official record chngd. This chnge is verified in "The A-Z of World Boxing" by B. Blewett. In Duran's 1st 28 bouts, opposition h/coll. rcrd. of: 384 W - 256 L, a mean avg. of 14 W & 6 L, 3 w/no off. record of fight, 1 Ev. [Correction - I meant to say of Chavez's opp: 12 h/losing recrds & 7 had W recds. and no off. rec. f/10. Of course, RD & JC both had recds. of 28 -0. I dislike long arguments about subjective opinions because of this. (cont.)

[TrumanOThirsty]

@johnosandra I've been polite while acknowledging there is much substantive evidence in favor of each of our opinions vis a' vis Chavez & Duran. I had hoped to avoid a lengthy colloquy. I shall do it your way. In Chavez's 1st 28 bouts, his opponents had a collective record of: 110 W - 172 L, a mean avg. of 4 W & 6 L per opponent, (rond. off) Chavez went 12 W - 7 L & no record of 10 bouts. Also, his 12th bout vs. Miguel

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