Thomas Hearns once revealed his list of the best boxers of all time, with a popular choice making it into his number one spot.

Hearns was the first boxer in history to become world champion in five divisions after triumphing at welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight.

He was a member of the iconic ‘Four Kings’ that dominated the sport during the 1980s, alongside fellow greats Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran.

When Hearns complied a list of the 10 greatest boxers of all time, those three former rivals all featured, as did some of the biggest names in the history of boxing.

10: Marvin Hagler. 9: George Foreman. 8: Floyd Mayweather. 7: Mike Tyson. 6: Sugar Ray Leonard. 5: Wilfred Benitez 4: Roberto Duran.

In the number three spot, ‘The Hitman’ sided with himself, before then naming a heavyweight legend as the second best ever.

3: Thomas Hearns. 2: Joe Frazier.

When it came to the greatest of all time, there was just one answer for Hearns, and it was another icon of the heavyweight division.

1: Muhammad Ali.

Ali became world heavyweight champion on three occasions, and was involved in in some of the most memorable fights in history, including the ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ against George Foreman and the ‘Thrilla In Manila’ against Joe Frazier.

His final record stood at 56 wins from 61 fights, having also defeated the likes of Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, Ken Norton and Earnie Shavers, and the view of Hearns, along with many others, shows why Ali is more than deserving of his moniker of ‘The Greatest.’

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won the 2026 NBA MVP race, edging superstars Victor Wembanyama and Nikola Jokic. On Sunday, ESPN’s Shams Charania broke the news to the community in an X post.

SGA has won the award for the second time in its career. He is a back-to-back MVP award winner and the only 14th player in league history to achieve that feat.

Fans swarmed Charania’s post’s comments section with their opinion on the Thunder star’s win.

“They trying to piss Wemby off before morning shoot around,” one fan said.

“This bum really got backpacked to another Mickey Mouse MVP. Sad to see!” another fan said.

“NBA giving the MVP to a free throw merchant over actual hoopers 😭 Wemby deserved to win it,” another fan commented.

Here are more reactions:

“NBA really gave the MVP to a free-throw merchant over actual hoopers 😭,” one fan commented.

“Wemby will use it as gasoline to burn past the Thunder and coast to his first championship ring! Shai is talented, yes, but Webenyama is a once-in-50-100-year talent. Shai is a once in every 25 years IMO!” another fan commented.

“It’s ok, Wemby will get an MVP…Finals MVP 😈,” another fan commented

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had one of the most efficient seasons of his career. He averaged 31.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game on 55.3% shooting. He made 10.8 shots in 19.4 attempts this season.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander joins rare club with back-to-back MVP awards

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has joined an elite club featuring basketball greats with his back-to-back MVP win. The OKC Thunder guard became the only fifth guard in NBA history to have won the MVP award consecutively.

The only players to do it apart from the Thunder star are Steph Curry, Magic Johnson, Steve Nash and Michael Jordan. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s season was marked with dominance in various aspects of the game.

The Thunder star finished first in the clutch points leaderboard, grabbing the 2025-26 Clutch Player of the Year award on April 21.

“To win this award, you have to help your team win games late,” SGA told NBC’s in-studio crew on Tuesday. “That’s what I’m after more than anything, winning games.”

According to The Athletic, SGA received 96 first-place votes in addition to a second-place and a third-place vote. He totaled 484 points for a resounding win over his peers, Anthony Edwards and Jamal Murray, who were the other finalists in the voting.