{"id":678061,"date":"2026-07-07T07:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678061\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:18:15","slug":"prince-naseem-hamed-names-only-two-fighters-in-boxings-goat-debate-muhammad-ali-and-sugar-ray-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678061\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Naseem Hamed Names Only Two Fighters In Boxing&#8217;s GOAT Debate, Muhammad Ali And Sugar Ray Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In a past interview, Hamed was asked to name boxing\u2019s greatest fighter and did not hesitate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s either Sugar Ray Robinson or Muhammad Ali. They\u2019re just set in stone. That will never change,\u201d said Hamed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gdSfrh3t9OY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Raheem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my eyes, though, the [most intelligent] person to ever come into the boxing game is Floyd \u2018Money\u2019 Mayweather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Hamed praised Mayweather\u2019s ring IQ, he stopped short of placing the unbeaten five-division champion alongside Ali and Robinson in the GOAT discussion.<\/p>\n<p>For many boxing historians, Robinson\u2019s case is built on accomplishments that modern fans rarely hear about because most of his career unfolded during the 1940s and 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson dominated the welterweight division to such an extent that his resume at 147 pounds alone would rank among the greatest careers in boxing history. He then moved up and built a second Hall of Fame career as a middleweight, winning the world title multiple times and defeating an extraordinary number of elite opponents over two decades.<\/p>\n<p>His rivalry with Jake LaMotta produced six fights, with Robinson winning five. He also defeated 10 future Hall of Famers during a professional career that ended with a remarkable record of 174-19-6 with 109 knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>Ali\u2019s legacy extends far beyond the ring, with legendary victories over George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston and Ken Norton, as well as his influence on sport and society. But when the debate is limited strictly to in-ring accomplishments, Robinson remains the fighter many historians, trainers and former champions still place at the very top.<\/p>\n<p>That helps explain why, despite generations of fans never seeing him fight live, Robinson\u2019s name continues to surface whenever boxing\u2019s greatest-ever debate begins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783408695_920_hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a past interview, Hamed was asked to name boxing\u2019s greatest fighter and did not hesitate. \u201cIt\u2019s either&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678061","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\/678061","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=678061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}