{"id":121328,"date":"2025-09-07T18:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/121328\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T18:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:49:06","slug":"oscar-de-la-hoya-says-one-active-fighter-could-be-greater-than-muhammad-ali-and-sugar-ray-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/121328\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar De La Hoya Says One Active Fighter Could Be Greater Than Muhammad Ali And Sugar Ray Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/muhammad-ali\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Muhammad Ali<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/sugar-ray-robinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sugar Ray Robinson<\/a> are often mentioned when fans discuss the greatest boxer of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Ali is arguably the biggest name in the history of the sport, with the boxing legend becoming world heavyweight champion on multiple occasions and claiming iconic victories over fellow greats such as George Foreman and Joe Frazier.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson\u2019s accomplishments are just as impressive, finishing with a record of 174 wins, 19 defeats, 6 draws and 2 no contests. He held world honours at welterweight and middleweight, and at one stage when on a 91-fight unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/oscar-de-la-hoya\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar De La Hoya<\/a> is another legend of the sport, becoming a six-weight world champion before retiring and becoming a successful promoter, having promoted events involving the likes of Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p>Canelo has a big fight coming up himself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/45908381\/canelo-vs-crawford-date-how-watch-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">as he prepares to defend his undisputed super-middleweight crown against Terence Crawford at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas next Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A victory for Crawford would see him become the first male fighter in boxing history to become undisputed in three divisions, and De La Hoya <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_IX56dv061E\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told Brian Mazique<\/a> that if \u2018Bud\u2019 can indeed claim the win, it could see him rank above Ali and Robinson as the greatest of all time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Crawford can do it, Jesus Lord, I mean give this man the title of being the greatest ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I just don\u2019t see it. Canelo is a big puncher. Yeah, he walks on quicksand and that\u2019s one thing that Crawford can use against him, but the pressure of the heavier guy..<\/p>\n<p>Canelo will be 200 pounds in that ring. It\u2019s a tough fight but, look, I give all the credit to Crawford. If he pulls it off he\u2019ll be the messiah of fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The debate over the greatest of all time will always be a fierce one in boxing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/ali-tyson-de-la-hoya-and-crawford-on-best-ever\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">but De La Hoya, Crawford and even Ali have all named the same man in the past as the one who as of now is the best ever.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson are often mentioned when fans discuss the greatest boxer of all time.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-121328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}