Muhammad Ali named Sugar Ray Robinson boxing's GOAT despite being called 'The Greatest'

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali once hailed ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson as the GOAT – before proclaiming himself as ‘the greatest heavyweight of all time’.

Ali hailed fellow American Robinson as the Greatest Of All Time and pound-for-pound best after he retired following his unanimous decision loss to Joey Archer at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh in 1965.

Robinson, real name Walker Smith Jr, died in April 1989 but was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1990.

Between 1943 and 1951 the American went on a 91-fight unbeaten streak before he eventually lost to Randolph Turpin.

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After the loss, Robinson won his rematch with Turpin via technical knockout, but he was arguably never the same again after that.

Robinson’s most notable wins came against Henry Armstrong, Rocky Graziano, Jake LaMotta and Bobo Olson.

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters of his generation.

Like Robinson, Ali himself is often acclaimed as the GOAT.

However, he insisted that he did not deserve such recognition during a candid interview which was recently uploaded to social media by Twitter user @BoxingHistory.

And even though many consider the four-time world champion as the best ever, he considered Robinson, the man who he idolised as a child growing up on the streets of Louisville, the greatest.

Check out the video below…

Don’t listen to random people on social media, take it from “The Greatest” himself, Muhammad Ali: “Sugar” Ray Robinson was the greatest of all time