{"id":651254,"date":"2026-06-21T23:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/651254\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T23:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:02:07","slug":"errol-spence-jr-ranks-one-legend-above-all-others-as-the-greatest-boxer-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/651254\/","title":{"rendered":"Errol Spence Jr ranks one legend above all others as the greatest boxer of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/errol-spence-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Errol Spence Jr<\/a> has weighed in on the Greatest of All Time debate, believing one man deserves to be recognised as the most accomplished fighter in history.<\/p>\n<p>On a pound-for-pound metric, many seem to regard <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/features\/sugar-ray-robinson-is-the-ultimate-hall-of-fame-legend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sugar Ray Robinson as the ultimate GOAT<\/a>, as evidenced by his victories over 10 Hall of Famers.<\/p>\n<p>These triumphs include iconic wins over the likes of Jake LaMotta and Cuban great Kid Gavilan, with the American also avenging his defeat to Randolph Turpin in 1951.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Robinson retired with a professional record of 174-19-6 (109 KOs), having become a multi-time world champion at welter and middleweight.<\/p>\n<p>But despite his remarkable achievements, others would argue that <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/muhammad-ali\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Muhammad Ali<\/a> \u2013 who defeated eight eventual Hall of Famers \u2013 is, in fact, the pound-for-pound GOAT.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Greatest\u2019 retired with a professional record of 56-5 (37 KOs) before sadly passing away in 2016, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy both in and out of the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Notable <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Entertainment\/george-foreman-reveals-muhammad-ali-friends\/story?id=39902367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">victories include those over George Foreman<\/a> and Joe Frazier, while Sonny Liston and Ken Norton are among the other Hall of Famers he trumped.<\/p>\n<p>Spence therefore told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@premierboxingchampions\/video\/7652406242391903501?_r=1&amp;_t=ZN-97NZZ4KgOOs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier Boxing Champions<\/a> that heavyweight legend Ali is simply the greatest fighter of all time, his accolades outshining those of even Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to name who possessed the all-time greatest jab, meanwhile, Spence highlighted heavyweight icon Larry Holmes and former two-weight world champion Junior Jones.<\/p>\n<p>As for punching power, \u2018The Truth\u2019 could not select a winner between Norton, Mike Tyson and Julian Jackson, but was quick to name Ali as the overall GOAT.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Errol Spence Jr has weighed in on the Greatest of All Time debate, believing one man deserves to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-651254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651254","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=651254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}