If there have been a Mount Rushmore for standard fighters within the twenty first century, Ryan Garcia would have a good shout at taking one of many 4 slots.
The 27-year-old is a polarising determine — movie-idol appears, hundreds of thousands of social-media followers and a profession that has been nothing wanting a rollercoaster. However on February 21, ‘King Ry’ appears set to problem Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title, an announcement Garcia made on social media.
Garcia’s personal profession could also be gentle years from being talked about among the many sport’s all-time greats, however covers.com requested the Californian for his private boxing Mount Rushmore.
“That is my boxing Mount Rushmore: Floyd Mayweather. Sugar Ray Leonard. Muhammad Ali. Henry Armstrong.”
Mayweather famously beat Garcia’s present promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, in a generational super-fight 18 years in the past. ‘Cash’ went on to amass astronomical riches and gather world titles throughout 5 weight courses.
Leonard might not be the best Sugar of all time, however he might simply be thought to be the best boxer of the Nineteen Eighties. Mayweather was a defensive genius; Leonard was equally gifted on defence and assault. Legacy-defining wins over Wilfred Benítez, Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler ensured his place amongst boxing’s pantheon of greats.
Muhammad Ali could be a lock for many followers’ Mount Rushmore. ‘The Best’ mixed blurring hand pace with footwork extra befitting a middleweight than a heavyweight. His roles in The Rumble within the Jungle and The Thrilla in Manila — beating George Foreman and Joe Frazier respectively — are profession highlights, alongside victories over Sonny Liston, Ken Norton, Leon Spinks and extra.
Go additional again and you discover Henry Armstrong, a 5ft 5½in terror whose profession ended with 101 knockouts in 180 fights. Throughout a 15-year run he held three world titles — when solely eight divisions existed — concurrently. With nineteen welterweight title defences in simply two years, the ferocious ‘Murder Hank’ earned each notoriety and acclaim.
Armstrong additionally gained featherweight and light-weight titles both facet of his welterweight reign within the Thirties — a real phenomenon in each sense.
