Four of the biggest names in boxing have named the same legendary fighter as who they believe to be the greatest ever.<\/p>\n
One man who is often regarded as being the \u2018GOAT\u2019 is late-great heavyweight icon Muhammad Ali, who remains arguably the most influential figure that the sport has ever seen.<\/p>\n
Despite his incredible legacy, Ali once revealed in a feature with ESPN that Sugar Ray Robinson<\/a>, who he described as his \u2018idol\u2019, is actually the greatest fighter of all time.<\/p>\n \u201cMy idol when I was growing up was Sugar Ray Robinson. He was the greatest of them all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Much like Ali, Robinson\u2019s influence on boxing and his technical brilliance set him apart from the rest. He fought over 200 times as a professional, becoming a six-time world champion in the process.<\/p>\n Another heavyweight great who dominated the sport during the 80\u2019s is Mike Tyson, who also paid homage to Robinson in a resurfaced interview.<\/p>\n \u201cSugar Ray Robinson was the greatest fighter that ever lived.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Robinson reigned as the welterweight champion between 1946 and 1951, before he made the move up to middleweight where he captured the world championship five times in a nine year period.<\/p>\n Legendary fighter-turned-promoter Oscar De La Hoya didn\u2019t hesitate to name \u2018Sugar Ray\u2019 as the greatest fighter of all time in his opinion whilst speaking to ESNEWS<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSugar Ray Robinson is the greatest of all time! That\u2019s basically it, look at this here [his shirt] all the weight divisions, hardest puncher, best footwork, he would fight multiple times a month, took on the very best, took on the toughest challenges. Sugar Ray Robinson, he\u2019s literally the GOAT.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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