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Historian Bert Sugar ranked Robinson as the greatest fighter of all time and in 2002, Robinson was also ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". [14] He was named the best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) in both of its all-time ratings ...
The Greatest: My Own Story is a 1975 autobiography of heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali, who was three times World Heavyweight Champion and has been called the greatest heavyweight from all eras. [ 2 ] It is written in collaboration with Richard Durham and edited by Nobel Prize -winning novelist Toni Morrison . [ 1 ]
The National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921 to serve as a regulating authority for boxing in the United States. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to its state boxing regulatory body, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) joining the NBA in recognizing world champions in each weight class.
Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria.This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by ...
THE COUNTDOWN: Our chief books critic Martin Chilton chooses his very best reads of the year, from state-of-the-nation novels to surprising memoirs The 20 best books of the year, ranked Skip to ...
Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 22 October 1917) [a] was a British professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. [1] [2] He also achieved fame for beating "Gentleman" Jim Corbett (the man who beat John L. Sullivan), and he is in The Guinness Book of World Records as the lightest heavyweight champion, weighing just 167 pounds when he won the title. [3]
In 2005, Louis was ranked as the best heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization, [127] and was ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of the "100 greatest punchers of all time". [128] [129] [130] In a 1978 poll conducted by HBO, the Boxing Writers of America voted Louis the greatest heavyweight of all time ...
Boxing experts Freddie Roach, Stephen Edwards and Sean Gibbons believe Canelo Alvarez is a top-100 fighter of all time. Hall of Famer Teddy Atlas vehemendly disagrees, though. (Hector Vivas/Getty ...