Top 10 boxers of all-time?

[Auggie]

Vittorio Tafur / S.F. Chronicle / 5-6-2011

The 10 best pound-for-pound fighters of all time (regardless of weight class):

1. Muhammad Ali: The three-time heavyweight champ (56-5), says Sugar Ray Robinson is best. But Ali floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee - with fist and tongue. The larger-than-life entertainer turned trash talk into an art form.

2. Sugar Ray Robinson: They coined the phrase "pound for pound" for this welterweight and middleweight champ, the ultimate combination of speed and power. He was 175-19-6 from 1940-65.

3. Roberto Duran: Forget the "No Mas" in the second Leonard fight. "Manos de Piedra" (Hands of Stone) terrorized opponents and held titles at four weight classes. He stuck around 10 years too long, but is the only fighter to win fights in five different decades, finishing 103-16.

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4. Henry Armstrong
5. Joe Louis
6. Sugar Ray Leonard
7. Rocky Marciano
8. Willie Pep
9. Julio Cesar Chavez
10. Manny Pacquiao

I missed many of these guys, of course. Ali, Duran and Leonard were on top when I followed boxing regularly. Wish I could have seen Louis and Robinson.