TONY BELLEW snubbed Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson in his Mount Rushmore of boxing.
The American National Memorial sculpture features the carved heads of ex-presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
There has been a trend of picking four names who best represent a sport – and Bellew listed Roy Jones Jr, Ricardo Lopez, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson.
It means no room for unbeaten Mayweather and KO king Tyson but SunSport break down what makes Bellew’s picks so special.
Roy Jones Jr
The American is considered of of the best talents to ever grace the ring, blessed with speed, power and sensational reactions.
He was four-weight champion, winning belts from middleweight all the way up to HEAVYWEIGHT.
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But Jones has continued fighting well into his prime, as recently as 2023 aged 54.
Ricardo Lopez
The Mexican also had an undefeated 52-bout career but a 1998 draw with Rosendo Alvarez denied Lopez an unblemished record.
He held two world titles and boxed as low as seven-and-a-half STONE.
Lopez had 38 KOs and retired in 2001 and remains one of the most celebrated fighters in Mexican boxing history.
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Muhammad Ali
Known as ‘The Greatest’ due to his iconic career in the ring and for the work he did outside of it.
Ali reigned as three-time champ and fought George Foreman and Joe Frazier in two of the most famous fights of all time.
The sporting great sadly passed away in 2016 aged 74 as the most beloved boxer of all time.
Sugar Ray Robinson
The American goes down as one of the best of all time, campaigning from lightweight all the way to light-heavyweight.
Robinson – who passed away in 1989 aged 67 – had 201 recorded fights with 174 wins, 19 losses, two draws and one no-contest.
The boxing held the world titles at welterweight and middleweight.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
