Floyd Mayweather names his 5 greatest ever boxers - no Ali or Tyson

Boxing fans were left stunned after Floyd Mayweather’s top five boxers of all time tier list.

The 2010’s fighter of the decade missed out successful fighters such as Mike Tyson and Muhammed Ali.

Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson also failed to make the cut.

Mayweather was asked on Instagram Live, per talkSPORT who he thought were the greatest of all time and delivered some eye-raising shouts. 

Pernell Whitaker was the first name Mayweather mentioned. Whitaker fought between 1984 to 2001 and became world champion four times during that time frame. In 1989, the lightweight fighter was named fighter of the year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America.

The undefeated boxer said: “We got to go Pernell Whitaker. I’m gonna go Roberto Duran, man you put me in a tight predicament.’’

“As far as with the heavyweights, if we’re going to go heavyweights, I’m going to be honest, I’ve got to go Larry Holmes.

“Larry Holmes beat everybody in his era.’’

Holmes won his first 48 matches, including victories against Muhammed Ali, Carl Williams and Earnie Shavers. He was one win away from matching Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0 but fell at the last hurdle when he was defeated by Michael Spinks in 1985. 

“When Larry Holmes got beat by Mike Tyson, he got beat by a young hungry champion and he came out of a year’s retirement and got beat by Tyson.

“I’ve got to say Larry Holmes, he had the basic fundamentals, he had the jab and even right now he’s still living a great life because he made smart investments.

“So he was good from the beginning of his career to the end of his career.”

His final choice was Aaron ‘The Hawk’ Pryor. Mayweather said: “He (Pryor) lost only one fight because of drugs.”

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