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    The 5 biggest names in boxing ever?

    Who would you say the 5 biggest stars in boxing ever are?

    Obviously I'm not talking about the 5 best in terms of ability I'm talking about the 5 biggest household names, for their time.

    I think I'd have:

    1. Muhammed Ali
    2. Mike Tyson

    But I'm not sure who I'd have as the next three. Was Robinson a household name when he fought, I mean outside of boxing fans. Has Robinson only become a bigger name in retrospect? Mayweather is obviously a big name as is De La Hoya.

    I really only got into boxing when I was around 10 and the only fighters I really knew who weren't british was Ali, Tyson, Frazier and Sugar Ray Leonard.

    So who do you think are the top 5 biggest names in boxing, ever?
    #2
    And omit Gary Lockett from your lists, he's obviously number 1, being P4P best and all that, but aside from Gary Lockett, who are the top 5 biggest names?

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      #3
      Muhammad Ali
      Mike Tyson
      George Foreman
      Joe Louis
      Oscar De La Hoya

      In that order, although I believe Rocky Balboa trumps them all.

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        #4
        ali
        tyson
        oscar
        mayweather
        ray leonard

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          #5
          Ali
          Tyson
          Oscar
          pac/mayweather/leonard

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            #6
            Originally posted by CarlosG815 View Post
            Muhammad Ali
            Mike Tyson
            George Foreman
            Joe Louis
            Oscar De La Hoya

            In that order, although I believe Rocky Balboa trumps them all.
            Foreman's a good shout. Forgot about him. First time I'd properly heard of him is when we got a "George Foreman" grill and my elder brother told me he was a boxer. That was sometime mid nineties.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Gary Lockett View Post
              Foreman's a good shout. Forgot about him. First time I'd properly heard of him is when we got a "George Foreman" grill and my elder brother told me he was a boxer. That was sometime mid nineties.
              George is well known by many generations for boxing alone - He was bigtime in the 70's, fought in the 80's, and made comebacks throughout the 90's.

              The grill was the icing on the cake and made him a household name and the 3rd most famous boxer of all time.

              He was also very popular as a fight commentator for HBO.

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                #8
                M.T, M.A, G,F. DLH, SRL.... figure it out.

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                  #9
                  Ali
                  Tyson
                  De La Hoya
                  Pacquiao
                  Jack Dempsey
                  Last edited by BigStereotype; 05-20-2010, 08:26 AM.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by r.burgundy View Post
                    ali
                    tyson
                    oscar
                    mayweather
                    ray leonard
                    Wear those ribbons with gay pride

                    Poet

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