Floyd Mayweather says Muhammad Ali is the 5th best boxer of all time

Portia Arthur

August 10, 2015 9:55 PM

Floyd Mayweather thinks he is better than Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, generally considered among the greatest heavyweights in the sport's history.

Floyd Mayweather

By now, this should not be a shock to anyone: Floyd Mayweather still believes that he's the greatest boxer of all time, placing himself above Muhammad Ali.

Mayweather, who will fight Andre Berto in September to wrap up his historic career, recently appeared on ESPN Deportes. There, he was asked to rank his top-five boxers of all time.

This is how his list played out:

The entire list can obviously be debated, but what is sure to draw the ire of boxing fans is Ali's placement on that list.

"He was only at one weight-class," Mayweather said of Ali. "This is me just being honest. It's so hard (picking a top-five) ... What Ali did is he stood for a cause."

This isn't the first time Mayweather has slighted Ali. Back in April, prior to the Fight of the Century, Mayweather told Stephen A. Smith that "no one can ever brainwash me to make me believe that Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammed Ali was better me"

But what Mayweather didn't say at the time is that he'd rank Ali fifth on the list of all-time

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