Floyd Mayweather stopped by ESPN Deportes last week and ranked the top five boxers of all time. It’s all part of the media blitz for his upcoming September 12th bout with Andre Berto.
Here’s how the list turned out:
- Floyd Mayweather
- Roberto Duran
- Pernell Whitaker
- Julio Cesar Chavez
- Muhammad Ali
No surprise that Mayweather ranked himself top of the list — he explains why extensively in the video while referring to himself in the third person, and he constantly calls himself “TBE” for “The Best Ever”. But putting Muhammad Ali No. 5? Madness!
Mayweather says it was because Ali only fought in one weight class, and because he lost to Leon Spinks when “Spinks only had seven fights when he beat him.” No mention of Sugar Ray Robinson or Leonard in the top five, either, while Mayweather’s fellow undefeated boxer, Rocky Marciano, also missed out.
