Who is the greatest boxer ever and why ?
“Ever” is a long period! How about Epeus? He could not only win boxing bouts but also build giant wooden horses to deceive Trojans in 1184 B.C. I’ve read much about boxing. Marquess of Queensberry rules were adopted in the 1880’s. Nat Fleischer, publisher of “The Ring” magazine, rated Jack Johnson as the best heavyweight in that period. A poll of experts rated Jim Jeffries best and Jack Johnson second. Cassius Clay was rated tenth. I don’t use Black Muslim names because they are racists who say Europeans are devils. Among those ahead of Clay besides Jeffries and Johnson were John L. Sullivan, Rocky Marciano and Jack Dempsey. There was a computer bout between Marciano and Clay. It was much like the Marciano-Ezzard Charles bout with the Rock surviving a beating to win by KO late in the fight. Just because Clay shamelessly boasted that he was the greatest that does not make it true, but such crap deceived many people. I’ll go along with expert opinions, not naive ones in boxing or any oth
