The inexhaustible Welshman tied the record for defenses of a title at super middleweight with Germanys Sven Ottke. Both active fighters improved their ranking in all three scoring categories. Toney had wins over former titlists like Steve Little and Adolpho Washington after they exited the rankings and suffered four losses after his final exit from the rankings. 1-rated lightweight, as of the September 1941 issue, when Robinson beat him by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout. Pep posted two wins over Jackie Wilson, in 1943 and 1946, both with Wilson outside the rankings. A product of lengthy and extensive research, the response has been overwhelmingly positive and to anyone who has been waiting for the finished results, or anyone reading for the first time now, thank you for taking the time. 15 Vitali Klitschko. Greb, whose face had taken a beating over the years, died later that year during cosmetic surgery. 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 Lesnevich recaptured the top spot the issue before assuming the mantle left vacant in The Ring by Billy Conns move to heavyweight. Oh my god! McCallum is in the conversation for the greatest Jr. middleweight in the divisions history. Fights in italics denote results using rankings taken from KO Magazine. 32 Packey McFarland. Robinson is one of only three fighters in the study identified with 40 or more victories over Ring champions or ranked contenders. Mayweathers most impressive run may have come in his first weight class with five wins over ranked opposition in title fights at junior lightweight. Twelve of those 23 wins came against men The Ring recognized in their division as champion, No. Prior to championships at featherweight and lightweight, Canzoneri was rated the No. 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. Above welterweight, Nino Benvenuti won their series 2-1. Charles also posted an early career win over Teddy Yarosz just one month after Yarosz exited the Ring rankings for the last time. Along with his five world title wins, Griffith also posted wins over No. The decision in the first fight with Walcott was contentious and Louis answered the challenge with a knockout in the rematch. Basilio also beat Gaspar Ortega in 1961 between stretches in the top ten at welterweight for Ortega. All rights reserved. Missing Quality: Before he entered the rankings for the first time, Moore split fights with Johnny Bandit Romero in 1938. Missing Quality: Prior to cracking the top ten, Salica took a loss to Midget Wolgast but also picked up solid wins over Antal Kocsis and Pete DeGrasse among others in 1933. Moores record entering his challenge of Maxim was 133-19-8. 1 in all but one issue from cover dates January 1942 to March 1944. The Filipino icon cracked Ring Magazine top 10s in four different decades from the 1990s to the 2020s with wins over reigning champions or opponents ranked in the top two of every weight class he competed in from flyweight to welterweight. ROCKY MARCIANO In a career that lasted 8 years from 1947 to 1955, Marciano left quite a mark on boxing history. Of his 40 wins against ranked opposition, 11 were against reigning champions or fighters ranked No. Group one: anyone who finished in the top 100 of all three scoring categories or whose scoring average was higher than those who did. Career Record: 85-24-2, 1 No Contest (23 KOs, 2 KOBY) First Ring Ranking: He held the welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight titles during a career that began in 1913 and lasted until 1926 when he retired. Missing Quality: Louis could easily have been historys first two-time heavyweight king. Canzoneri was the No. WebHe is a two-time heavyweight world champion, and also held the unified WBA, WBC, The Brooklyn bantamweight spent more than a decade in or near the top ten after winning bronze at the 1932 Olympics. The junior middleweight division today is a 60-year stalwart of the game, but in the 1960s it was a new concept with which Griffith lightly flirted. After representing Jamaica at the 1976 Olympics, the Body Snatcher would win titles at Jr. middleweight, middleweight, and light heavyweight. The Ring recognized only four men as light heavyweight champion from August 1941 to March 1962: Gus Lesnevich, Freddie Mills, Joey Maxim and Moore. Lesnevich battled out of New Jersey, staying in the light heavyweight rankings for all but two issues from his debut in the top ten until exiting for the heavyweight ranks in 1949. After the loss to Frazier, Ali would fight 14 times, going 8-1 in that run against ranked opposition (seven heavyweights and light heavyweight champion Bob Foster) before upsetting George Foreman to regain the title. 2 and ultimately held the No. Basilio also had a win that didnt count toward him versus then-10th ranked welterweight Don Jordan in 1961. Benitez then captured the welterweight crown from Carlos Palomino before losing in his first defense to Sugar Ray Leonard. McCallum was ranked number one at middleweight prior to the Toney rematch and again at light heavyweight prior to losing the WBC title to Fabrice Tiozzo. He would enter the top 10 of his signature weight class in the March 1945 issue and have several stints as the top contender in all but one issue from August 1945-July 1946; the June-August 1949 issues; and then for all but two issues from April 1950 to his victory over Maxim for the title as recognized in the February 1953 issue. Armstrong, born Henry Jackson Jr., turned pro in 1931. Reggie Johnson SD 12 (10) 160 10/91, Charles Williams KO 12 (4+) 175 11/94, Montell Griffin L 12 (10) 175 06/95, Evander Holyfield TKO 9 (5+) Hvy 01/04, First Ring Ranking: #10 Light Heavyweight (November 1998), Last Ring Ranking: #5 Cruiserweight (December 2012), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 9-6-1, 1 No Contest (4 KO), Ring Magazine Championships: Light Heavyweight (2004, 05-06). Calzaghe rose to number one for the first time in the September 1999 issue and fell no lower than fourth until holding the number one spot from the November 2003 issue until being crowned champion after his win over Jeff Lacy. 6, in the January 1942 issue. Along with Ring Magazine titles at featherweight, junior lightweight and junior welterweight, Pacquiao also achieved No. 10 contender. At the time, Ali and Marciano were the only undefeated heavyweight champions in history and fans often debated who would win had they met in their primes. In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. Bivins would be Louis final victory. A win over the champion of ones weight class, in a title or non-title fight, was worth 11 points, a No. James Toney downs 1996 Olympic champ Vassily Jirov to win the IBF cruiserweight title in 2003, the year he earned his second Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year award. The points scale shifted for those years. Top 10 Greatest Boxers Of All TimeMuhammad Ali. Image Credits: blackhistorymonth.org.uk Muhammad Ali is not only regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time but also the greatest athlete to ever exist.Sugar Ray Robinson. Image Credits: theepochtimes.com Speaking of great records, Sugar Ray Robinson. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny Pacquiao. Mike Tyson. Joe Louis. Sugar Ray Leonard. More items (1-64). Win total ties were broken based on peak score. Basilio was ranked fourth when he unsuccessfully challenged Kid Gavilan for the welterweight title. Carlos Monzon held off two challenges for the middleweight title while Dick Tiger came up empty-handed in two fights vs. Griffith, who held Bad Bennie Briscoe at bay with a win and a draw. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. results from January-June 1925 used the 1925 annual and the rest of the year used 1926s. Twenty-five consecutive title defenses more than imprinted Louis as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. 1-contender rankings at junior featherweight and welterweight along with a No. 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. Who are the rest of the best? Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! For instance, champions havent automatically secured the top spot in every era of Ring rankings. To best display the range of data, they were then divided into four groups to settle on the final 100. First Ring Ranking: #6 Light Heavyweight (November 1936), Last Ring Ranking: #2 Light Heavyweight (July 1949), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 17-13-3 (8 KO, 5 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Light Heavyweight (1941-48). Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time As selected by The The exception was fighters moving up to face heavyweights. During his career, he fought 241 bouts, a remarkably high number by modern standards. 1-ranked contender at light heavyweight, four in defense of the crown, five more over No. A win over the champion of ones weight class, in a title or non-title fight, was worth 11 points, a No. Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao Benitez would be ranked number one or two at Jr. middleweight well into 1984. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. However, in editing the remainder of the study, the Armstrong knockout of Davis was also found in the results of the August 1944 issue. The biggest question for Louis might be how many more title defenses he would have had without service in World War II. List of the 10 greatest heavyweight boxers of all time: Has Missing Quality: Basilio took a hard road to contention, picking up some losses along the way including decision defeats to a ranked Chuck Davey and Bill Graham. The second Wilson win came shortly after that. The change to Lynch pushed him out of the top 100 for wins against ranked opponents, leaving Jack Sharkey as the cut off for group one. 7. Wins and losses to opponents in higher and lower divisions were included. Antonio Margarito was not ranked by The Ring in the top 10 at junior middleweight when Pacquiao defeated him at a catchweight for a belt in that class but had been a fixture in the welterweight top 10 for nearly a decade. Indian Quintana UD 10 (7) 118 02/35, Jack Sharkey Jr. D 8 (UR+) 126 08/36, Jackie Callura D 10 (UR+) 126 05/40, Lou Transparenti L 10 (9) 118 04/41, Lou Transparenti UD 15* (5) 118 06/41, David Kui Kong Young L 10 (4) -118 12/41, Manuel Ortiz TKO by 11 (C) 118 04/43, First Ring Ranking: #8 Welterweight (June 1953), Last Ring Ranking: #8 Middleweight (June 1960), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 9-4-3 (4 KO, 1 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Welterweight (1955-56, 56-57), Middleweight (1957-58). Lynchs change has the more dramatic outcome because of the way the results were grouped. (Getty Images). At the time of his first retirement in 1952, Robinsons career record stood at 132-3-2 with no losses versus welterweights, unbeaten streaks of 40 and then 91 contests, and a record against champions and ranked opposition from lightweight to light heavyweight of 35-3-2. George Foreman Scoring a pair of second-round TKOs of Joe Frazier and Ken Norton are a sample size of how terrifying Foreman was in The world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, Joe Louis is one of Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. This list was no exception. The Yonker fight was for an interim WBC belt and set up McCallums shot at Jeff Harding to win the title outright. Wins and losses to opponents in higher and lower divisions were included. 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