Of his 40 wins against ranked opposition, 11 were against reigning champions or fighters ranked No. Basilio also had a win that didnt count toward him versus then-10th ranked welterweight Don Jordan in 1961. An alphabetical addendum will also be posted on RingTV.com, with the scoring results for anyone who finished in the top 100 of one of the scoring categories but didnt make the final 100 along with a couple additional names in Sandy Saddler and George Foreman. Pep posted two wins over Jackie Wilson, in 1943 and 1946, both with Wilson outside the rankings. Missing Quality: A little luck goes a long way, and Griffiths three wins over Rodriguez were all by split decision. Antonio Tarver. Given the method used to process the findings of the study, ranking fighters in three categories based on their official in-ring results, every change can have a butterfly effect. Robinson would stay ranked No. The 1926 and subsequent annual rankings prior to the introduction of monthly rankings included more than 10 fighters so the first 11 were all factored in. Toneys cruiserweight run culminated with a number one ranking after defeating Vasily Jirov for the IBF belt. Charley Retzlaff KO 1 (4) Hvy 03/36, Max Schmeling KO by 12 (2) Hvy 08/36, John Henry Lewis KO 1 (C-) 175 03/39, Johnny Paycheck TKO 2 (5) Hvy 05/40, Jersey Joe Walcott SD 15 (1) Hvy 01/48, Jersey Joe Walcott KO 11 (1) Hvy 08/48, Rocky Marciano TKO by 8 (3) Hvy 12/51, Career Record: 174-19-6, 2 No Contests (109 KOs, 1 KOBY), First Ring Ranking: #7 Lightweight (May 1941), Last Ring Ranking: #8 Middleweight (July 1962), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 41-10-3 (17 KOs, 1 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Welterweight (1946-51), Middleweight (1951, 51-52, 55-57, 57, 58-60). Web13 Jack Johnson. Sugar Ray Robinson (May 3, 1921April 12, 1989), Henry Armstrong (Dec. 12, 1912Oct. 2-ranked featherweight, 126 was divided by 118 and then multiplied by standard win/loss points, making the win worth 9.61 points to the bantamweight and the loss a deduction of 3.2 points for the featherweight. Scoring results key: Most of the fighters listed in the Scoring Results section were in The Rings ratings at the time the examined ranked fighters of this feature faced them. Lesnevich also posted a win in 1937 over Atilio Sabatino; Sabatino would go on to be ranked for chunks of time at middleweight between 1938 and 1940. WebNow looking through all 100 of the boxers Ring Magazine named and ranked would leave us, and you as the reader, here all day, so instead, wee decided to look into their top 30. 10-rated middleweight as of the November 1942 issue when Robinson, who was rated at welterweight, faced him in a middleweight bout and won by unanimous decision. Missing Quality: Benitez can often be treated like his eras equivalent of the fifth Beatle. Boxing icon Muhammad Ali has brushed aside fierce competition to be voted the best boxer of all time by fans. The 'Greatest' is widely celebrated for his legendary achievements inside the squared Ali would defend the title successfully 10 times in his second reign, with seven wins against The Rings top 10. Mayweather was 8-0 against ranked welterweights, including a feud-settling decision over his most prominent contemporary in Manny Pacquiao to unify the WBA, WBC and WBO belts. While lag time for results of a week or so was common in the era for fights contested outside the U.S., it wasnt common for fights contested in the States. Career Record: 85-24-2, 1 No Contest (23 KOs, 2 KOBY) First Ring Ranking: 2 bantamweight in the world and was ranked the top contender at junior lightweight from the March to August 1929 issues. Bivins would be Louis final victory. In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. Ali was Rings 1963 (as Cassius Clay), 1966 (retroactively), 1972 (with Carlos Monzon), 1974, 1975 and 1978 Fighter of the Year.He was in Rings A win over the champion of ones weight class, in a title or non-title fight, was worth 11 points, a No. All rights reserved. WebHe is a two-time heavyweight world champion, and also held the unified WBA, WBC, Lynchs change has the more dramatic outcome because of the way the results were grouped. Genius is a word easily abused, but not when it comes to Peps best years at featherweight. He also avenged pre-war losses to Jimmy Bivins and Lloyd Marshall multiple times apiece while winning all three battles with Archie Moore. Louis reached No. Moores first win over Jack Chase came when Chase was unranked, though Chases name comes up often from there. The No. He was in Rings 1963, 1964, 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1978 Fights of the Year. "Willie Pep" was the stage name ofGuglielmo Papaleo, an American boxer and two-time world featherweight champion. 92 and 93 on this very special list of greats. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. The following year, he bulked up to fight for and win the world welterweight title, then slimmed down and captured the world lightweight belt. 29 Bob Fitzsimmons. Corrections to the initial findings of Peter Kane, Benny Lynch, and Jake LaMotta changed the position of each. 1 contender, along with a win over reigning light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis. Sasakul was the man who beat the man dating back to Miguel Canto. Robinson was recognized as the welterweight champion until the March 1951 issue while also holding the No. McCallum won the vacant WBA belt versus Sean Mannion in 1984, rose to number one in Rings rankings in the September 1984 edition, and stayed there almost a year. He won the world welterweight title in 1946 and held it for five years, then captured the world middleweight title in 1957. While the nickname Bum of the Month Club lingers on, a deeper look reveals those bums to be an assortment of the best heavyweights in the world for a generation. The Brooklyn bantamweight spent more than a decade in or near the top ten after winning bronze at the 1932 Olympics. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. This list was no exception. a champion and the top 10 contenders). WebThe Ring enlisted the services of various historians and writers, including Farhood, Torres entered ranked sixth at light heavyweight when he unseated Willie Pastrano. As the title To Be the Best suggests, the feature looked back at 100 men who personified that phrase by facing the best opposition of their respective weight classes and eras. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as well. With Berbick, Ali can be said to have faced ranked opponents in 37 of 61 fights, a staggering 61 percent of his total professional starts. Salica achieved his first number one rating at bantamweight in the September 1935 issue and he would stay up and down in the top five for most of the next five years. To best display the range of data, they were then divided into four groups to settle on the final 100. Puerto Ricos El Radar was a prodigious talent, capturing the Jr. welterweight crown at just seventeen years old before engaging in a four-way rivalry with Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran at welterweight and Jr. middleweight. After representing Jamaica at the 1976 Olympics, the Body Snatcher would win titles at Jr. middleweight, middleweight, and light heavyweight. 1 contender in their division. In a 111-fight career, nearly half of Griffiths opponents could be found ranked in the pages of Ring Magazine. Saddler ended a 73-fight unbeaten streak. Bivins was unrated on the eve of his 1951 fight with Louis but would continue to fall in and out of the top 10 into 1953. Group two was anyone else who finished in the top 100 for peak score and ranked wins but not overall points (65-69). Basilio defeated Sugar Ray Robinson in a battle of champions to move up and capture the middleweight crown but fell short in two attempts at Gene Fullmer to regain the NBA title and closed his career with a loss to Rings middleweight champion Paul Pender. He was a Ring-rated fighter from bantamweight to lightweight. That included his most legendary win, the first-round knockout of Max Schmeling in their rematch. WebIn 2005, Louis was ranked as the best heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization, and was ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of the "100 greatest punchers of all time". 32 Packey McFarland. Robinson went on to win his first 40 matches. As noted in the introduction piece in the anniversary issue, a study of this size will inevitably miss something along the way, but every effort was made to ensure complete and accurate results for this top 100. Muhammad Ali. Greb, whose face had taken a beating over the years, died later that year during cosmetic surgery. Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! In three straight fights, Moore knocked out longtime rival and leading contender Harold Johnson, jumped up to decision Valdez at heavyweight and then returned to light heavyweight to knock out reigning middleweight champion Bobo Olson. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 22, 1926), Getty Images/The Stanley Weston Archive / Contributor, Benny Leonard (April 7, 1896April 18, 1947), Oscar De La Hoya Career Record, Fight-by-Fight, Meet the 15 Best MMA Fighters of All Time, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Fight-by-Fight Career Record, Bernard Hopkins Fight-By-Fight Career Record, Ring Magazine Top 100 Punchers Of All Time. Just as the men who ranked from #20 to #11 were beyond mere hall of famers, each individual in the top 10 is a bonafide all-time great the man the world knows as THE GREATEEST and the Sweet Scientist that The Greatest and most boxing historians called the G.O.A.T are among the near-mythical legends and modern icons in this group. Two issues later, Robinsons defeat of former welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic resulted in Robinson being ranked the No. Their rankings in each category were then averaged into a final score. Lynch was credited with one too many. Genaro Hernandez RTD 8 (1) 130 Holiday 1998, Gregorio Vargas UD 12 (10) 130 06/00, Diego Corrales TKO 10 (1) 130 05/01, Jose Luis Castillo UD 12* (1) 135 08/02, Jose Luis Castillo UD 12 (1) 135 02/03, DeMarcus Corley UD 12 (5+) 140 09/04, Carlos Baldomir UD 12* (C) 147 02/07, Oscar De La Hoya SD 12 (5+) 154 07/07, Juan Manuel Marquez UD 12 (C) 135 11/09, Robert Guerrero UD 12* (3) 147 07/13, Canelo Alvarez MD 12* (C) 154 11/13, Career Record: 85-24-2, 1 No Contest (23 KOs, 2 KOBY), First Ring Ranking: #10 Welterweight (May 1960), Last Ring Ranking: #8 Middleweight (April 1976), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 36-19-2 (6 KOs, 2 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Welterweight (1961, 62-63, 63-66), Middleweight (1966-67, 67-68). The FINAL TEN of Cliff Rolds unique evaluation of The Rings 97-year-old divisional ratings and the 100 fighters who faced the best of their respective weight classes and eras during their time in the Bible of Boxings rankings. 28 Jack Britton. Among them Sugar Ray Robinsons draw versus Henry Brimm was omitted in the initial findings and is added here and the ranking for Henry Cooper prior to his rematch with Muhammad Ali is updated (it was off by one issue; credit to historian Henry Hascup). However, in editing the remainder of the study, the Armstrong knockout of Davis was also found in the results of the August 1944 issue. Just three years later, he won the world heavyweight title, which he would retain until 1949 when he retired. Draw 6 (10) 122 02/02, Marco Antonio Barrera TKO 11* (C) 126 03/04, Juan Manuel Marquez D 12 (1) 126 09/04, Erik Morales L12 (2+) 130 Vol. George Costner was not ranked in a Ring top 10 when Robinson first beat him, neither was Artie Levine or Carl Bobo Olson the first two times the future middleweight champ lost to Robinson, but all three would become fixtures of the ratings. We have used BoxRec.com as our source. Sammy Angott handed him his first defeat in a lightweight contest in March 1943. That effort has continued since initial publication, revising and updating the findings for new results since November 2021 and seeking to correct any omissions or errors found since the study was first submitted. Mayweather was nearly untouchable in the class. Nicknamed "Brown Bomber" for his fearsome fists, Joe Louis is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. 100-91, counting down by sets of 10 to the top 10 rated fighters. Atilio Sabatino TKO 5 (5) 160 06/40], Eddie Booker TKO by 8 (UR) 160 03/44, Lloyd Marshall TKO 10 (2) 175 08/45], Jimmy Bivins KO by 6 (2+) Hvy 10/45, Holman Williams L 10 (1-) 160 12/45, Holman Williams TKO 11 (1-) 160 01/46, Ezzard Charles KO by 8 (1) 175 03/48, Oakland Billy Smith UD 10 (2) 175 06/48, Leonard Morrow KO by 1 (UR) 175 07/48, Charley Williams KO 7 (7) 175 02/49, Harold Johnson UD 10 (10) 175 06/49, Clinton Bacon DQ by 6 (UR) 175 07/49, Clarence Henry UD 10 (5+) Hvy 08/52, Harold Johnson TKO 14 (1) 175 09/54, Rocky Marciano KO by 9 (C) Hvy 11/55, Yolande Pompey TKO 10 (1) 175 07/56, Floyd Patterson KO by 5* (2) Hvy 01/57, Alejandro Lavorante TKO 10 (6+) Hvy 05/62, Willie Pastrano D 10 (UR) Hvy 07/62, Muhammad Ali TKO by 4 (7) Hvy 12/62, First Ring Ranking: #1 Flyweight (April 1999), Last Ring Ranking: #5 Welterweight (December 2021), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 23-7-2 (11 KOs, 2 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Featherweight (2003-05), Jr. Lightweight (2008), Jr. Welterweight (2009-10), Manny Pacquiao was Rings 2006, 2008 and 2009 Fighter of the Year. In an era when segregation was still legal, Louis' athleticism made him one of the few African-American celebrities of his time. His success continued well after he moved up the scale. The result for readers is still a list of 100 fighters, featuring the same names (minus two), in a slightly different order than found in the print issue of the magazine. The shortest resume to make the top 100, the lack of volume for Puerto Ricos Chegui was offset by a collection of highly rated wins and no bad losses while in the rankings. When Azumah Nelson defeated Jeff Fenech in their 1992 rematch, they were The Rings top two contenders in the class. In a pro career that began in 1968 and lasted until 2001, he won titles in four different divisions: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight, and middleweight. The first example from the Sugar Ray Robinson section: Opponents name and fight result (Ring ranking at the time of the bout) weight class cover date. He also hosts TV and radio sports talk shows. A formula based on body weight percentage differences between divisions of ranked fighters, rather than scale weights of the fighters, was applied. Emile Griffith. (Getty Images). Top 10 Lightweights of All Time!Check out the best bookmakers for betting on Boxing! Basilios defeats in the second Fullmer fight, and versus Pender, came after Basilios final Ring ranking and didnt work against him here. Harry Greb (June 6, 1894Oct. The stretch included revenge versus Harding, capturing the vacant WBC and IBF belts versus Montell Griffin, and Tarver moving to number one contender en route to the first of three fights with Roy Jones Jr. Tarvers close loss there set up a memorable knockout win in the rematch. 1-ranked contender at light heavyweight, four in defense of the crown, five more over No. Calzaghe defended the WBO belt he won versus Chris Eubank 21 times. Charles had won the NBAs recognition as champion in June 1949 following his first win over Walcott. Joe Louis; Sam Langford; Jimmy Wilde; Archie Moore; Sandy Saddler; Stanley Ketchel; Jack Dempsey; Bob Fitzsimmons; George Foreman; Earnie Shavers; Sugar Ray Robinson; Ruben Olivares; Wilfredo Gomez; Rocky Marciano; Sonny Liston; Mike Tyson; Bob Photo: The Ring archive. McCallum is in the conversation for the greatest Jr. middleweight in the divisions history. He stood as number one contender after his first loss to Dick Tiger but slipped from the post after the rematch and fought only twice more in his career. 1 contender, before winning a title he would hold in his first reign for almost six years. T o celebrate its centenary, boxing magazine The Ring has ranked the results from January-June 1925 used the 1925 annual and the rest of the year used 1926s. The 18-year-old Canzoneris 1927 draw with Bud Taylor was for the vacant NBA bantamweight title, though The Ring recognized no one as champion between Charley Rosenberg earlier in the year and Panama Al Brown in 1931. The loss to Schmeling would be Louis only defeat from his 1934 debut until a loss to Ezzard Charles in 1950 after a brief retirement. 7. 1 in title and non-title affairs. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. Larry Holmes (69-6, 44 KO) Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1 contender spot at middleweight from the November 1949 issue until he won his first of five middleweight crowns in the storied St. Valentines Day Massacre versus Jake LaMotta. Toney was ranked seventh when he shocked Michael Nunn for the IBF belt less than three years into his career. 31 Ezzard Charles. Tyson even made a comeback in 2021 and had an exhibition fight against Roy Jones Junior. Missing Quality: Charles is lauded by many, including biographer William Dettloff while writing for The Ring, as the greatest light heavyweight of all time. Arguably the most dominant champion in the history of boxing, the Brown Bomber reigned for a dozen years with a record 25 consecutive title defenses against all comers in his time. Anything that ends in a list that ranks fighters across eras is going to be open to debate, and the approach used to generate this list is no different. They include a win over leading bantamweight Bud Taylor and two No. Charles was Rings 1949 and 1950 Fighter of the Year. Twenty-seven of those wins came against ranked opposition after Moore entered the rankings for the first time. Saddler and Pep would face off one more time, Pep losing the series to his archrival 3-1 with all three losses inside the distance. For instance, champions havent automatically secured the top spot in every era of Ring rankings. 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