Photo / THE RING archives. Terence Crawford advanced his standing with a win over a ranked Shawn Porter while Vasiliy Lomachenko entered the top 100 with his latest win over a ranked Richard Commey. Robinson was recognized as the welterweight champion until the March 1951 issue while also holding the No. Of the 25 fighters identified with between 20 and 29 wins against ranked foes, Mayweather finished the highest. Robinson turned professional in October 1940 and rose to No. Hall of famers James Toney (right) and Mike McCallum are Nos. The entry of Lomachenko and Buchanan bumped Fidel LaBarba and Lou Brouillard out of the top 100. Jack Johnson. 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. 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. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Mayweather also briefly held the IBF belt in 2006. (1-64). Twenty-seven of those wins came against ranked opposition after Moore entered the rankings for the first time. Louis might have been unranked when Charles defeated him, but Louis would immediately return to the top 10 after the loss and added two more top 10 wins before his career was complete. Stuhley was unranked before either contest but had been ranked at middleweight earlier in 1936 and occasionally since 1932. It would be more fair if his place was debated more like versions of Van Halen. If the featherweight won, 118 would be divided by 126 with the win worth 8.42 points for the featherweight and the loss meaning a deduction of 2.81 points for the bantamweight. Toneys cruiserweight run culminated with a number one ranking after defeating Vasily Jirov for the IBF belt. WebHeavyweight Ring career: 1947-56 Record: 49-0 (43 KOs) Career notes: Only 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. Lesnevich retired after a losing crack at the NBA heavyweight title versus Ezzard Charles. 15 Vitali Klitschko. The as of date for the rankings in the August 1944 issue was likely incorrect and the results were amended accordingly. Hernandez would go on to be ranked, and win a belt, in the 130-pound class in the years after that fight. Missing Quality: The welterweight top 10 of the early 1940s was tough to crack. A minus symbol - next to an opponents ranking denotes the opponent was ranked below the weight class of the fighter being examined in that issue. Saddler ended a 73-fight unbeaten streak. He topped Tim Bradley in two of their three fights. 14 Roy Jones Jr. Roy Levesta Jones Jr. is an American former professional boxer, boxing commentator, boxing trainer, rapper, and actor who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. Over time, these results will continue to change. WebTo Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (50-41) #50 Losses worked in reverse. 50. A force from bantamweight to lightweight with big wins against welterweights to go with it, Canzoneri spent more than a decade in the rankings. As selected by The Ring magazine in the 2003 Ring Yearbook. 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). Davis was ranked fifth at welterweight in the July 1944 issue but not at all in the following issue. 1 contender, along with a win over reigning light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis. Photo: The Ring Magazine/ Getty Images. 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. Often regarded as the greatest fighter of all time, Robinsons results highlight just how dominant he was in his prime. Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! Emile Griffith. Sugar Ray Robinson graces the cover of the December 1949 cover of The Ring. 8. Basilio also had a win that didnt count toward him versus then-10th ranked welterweight Don Jordan in 1961. Web13 Jack Johnson. 1 ranking at flyweight in the era when The Ring did not recognize singular champions. 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. He also won a gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Left-handed Pernell Whitaker made a name for himself by winning gold medals at the 1983Pan American Games and 1984 Summer Olympics. During his career, he fought 241 bouts, a remarkably high number by modern standards. 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. Toney was never stopped in more than 90 professional starts. 7. Former champion Joey Archibald received his final Ring ranking, at No. All rights reserved. A bronze medalist at the 1996 Olympics, Mayweathers first win over a Ring-ranked opponent was also his first for a title (the WBC 130-pound strap). And the final part of this series (originally published in the February 2022 issue of The Ring) makes its RingTV.com debut on the 100th birthday of the venerable boxing magazine. To best display the range of data, they were then divided into four groups to settle on the final 100. Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! Joe Louis. The result in the Tiberi fight resulted in calls for a Congressional investigation and could have affected Toneys placement as a loss to an unranked opponent. After defeating an undefeated Mikkel Kessler in a unification match to complete his tenure at super middleweight, Calzaghe rose to light heavyweight and defeated Bernard Hopkins for Rings light heavyweight honors. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Chatchai Sasakul KO 8 (2) 112 03/99, Medgoen Singsurat TKO by 3 (UR) 112 Holiday/99, Agapito Sanchez Tech. 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 Alis last win would come in avenging a stunning upset loss to Leon Spinks, retiring as champion before an ill-fated comeback. Web1. Canzoneri was the No. Scoring for total points and peak points relied on a base 11-point scale (i.e. 1 contender at lightweight in the October 1941 issue following a win over future champion Sammy Angott. Basilio was ranked fourth when he unsuccessfully challenged Kid Gavilan for the welterweight title. Missing Quality: On the way to Nunn, Toney defeated a Merqui Sosa who would later be ranked at super middleweight and light heavyweight. These are the best of the best. When Robinson handed 42-0 future welterweight champion Marty Servo his first loss in September 1941, Servo had yet to crack Rings top 10. "Willie Pep" was the stage name ofGuglielmo Papaleo, an American boxer and two-time world featherweight champion. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. Louis is one of a group of seven fighters identified with between 30 and 39 wins against ranked opponents in the study. A consistent factor at welterweight and middleweight from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, Griffith won five world championships against a bevy of tough competition. WebLet's go to the video: 50 Greatest: Jack Dempsey. Mayweathers wins over Angel Manfredy and Diego Corrales were also No. When Azumah Nelson defeated Jeff Fenech in their 1992 rematch, they were The Rings top two contenders in the class. Group one: anyone who finished in the top 100 of all three scoring categories or whose scoring average was higher than those who did. WebThe Super Fight was a fictional boxing match between Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali shot in 1969 and released in 1970. 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. The number in parentheses after the name and result is the ranking of the opponent at the time of their bout, followed by the opponents weight class (denoted by the divisions weight limit) and the cover date for the issue with the opponents ranking just before his bout with the examined fighter. Explaining some of the changes you will read: All-time great Henry Armstrong held featherweight, lightweight and welterweight titles simultaneously. The world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, Joe Louis is one of 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 McCallum is in the conversation for the greatest Jr. middleweight in the divisions history. Replace Marvin Hagler with Benitez and one still has a four-man, nine-fight series which included a near flawless masterpiece of skill in Benitezs lopsided decision over Duran. Cecilia Braekhaus. On The Ring magazines list of all-time heavyweights, Dempsey holds the 10 th position and 7 th position among the Top 100 greatest punchers. 1-rated lightweight, as of the September 1941 issue, when Robinson beat him by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout. Missing Quality: Alis lost years between 1967 and 1970 will always leave room to wonder if he might have been able to surpass Louis division record of 25 consecutive title defenses. A missing win in the initial tabulation for former lightweight champion Ken Buchanan was also identified and incorporated, pushing Buchanan into the top 100. Muhammad Ali. According to the editors at Ring Magazine, this is how the rest of the top 80 shakes out. Meet Ring Magazine's top 10 fighteres. Missing Quality: Before he entered the rankings for the first time, Moore split fights with Johnny Bandit Romero in 1938. Charles was Rings 1949 and 1950 Fighter of the Year. Lynch was credited with one too many. In nine fights against the Mexican trio of Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez, Pacquiao was an impressive 6-2-1 and rebounded from a devastating knockout loss to Marquez in the last of those fights to add seven more wins over ranked opponents before what appears to be his farewell loss to Yordenis Ugas. The solution was to include all results from 1924 in evaluating 1925 and then applying six-month increments with spare exception near mid-year dates until the debut of monthly rankings; i.e. 1 in title and non-title affairs. 1-ranked heavyweight Nino Valdez to set up an ill-fated shot at Rocky Marciano. Missing Quality: Richie Woodhall fell out of the top ten just a few months before a loss to Calzaghe in 2000 but had been a titlist in the class just two fights prior. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Prior to championships at featherweight and lightweight, Canzoneri was rated the No. Michael Spinks (737.4 points; 31-1-0) Considered to be one of the best light heavyweights of all time, Michael Spinks (known as Jinx) held world championships in both the light heavyweight class (he was the undisputed champ from 1983 to 1985) and the lineal heavyweight class (from 1985 to 1988). He entered the heavyweight ratings at No. Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao Seventeen of Louis 25 defenses came against ranked heavyweights, seven of them Rings No. 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. Michigans Lights Out won titles in three weight classes and lost a heavyweight belt to a PED test while vacillating between moments of brilliance and inconsistency often attributed to conditioning. The entirely subjective nature of any list comparing fighters across different weight categories and different eras is bound to be fodder for debate. 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. The study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. Note: With some fighters of the more-distant past, there is often disagreement about their final records. The points scale shifted for those years. Ali returned to fighting in 1971 and won the heavyweight title twice more before retiring in 1981 with a record of 56-5 and 37 knockouts. 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. A move to middleweight started with a loss to Sumbu Kalambay, McCallums first, but McCallum rebounded to win the vacant WBA belt against Herol Graham. However, for a lengthy period of time the February, and later March, issue of the magazine would only feature the annual ratings for the year. Those were treated as that months rankings and, if needed, were reordered as champion and top 10 to maintain consistency. 100-91, counting down by sets of 10 to the top 10 rated fighters. He was a damn good boxer and a great man thanks for your time in the ring. Kocsis had been ranked previously at flyweight and bantamweight, the latter as late as 1932. In a 111-fight career, nearly half of Griffiths opponents could be found ranked in the pages of Ring Magazine. Tarver was inconsistent from there, but managed impressive performances to recapture the Ring crown after losing it to Glen Johnson and won another IBF belt later against Clinton Woods. a champion and the top 10 contenders). Other new names will enter with the passage of time. However, in editing the remainder of the study, the Armstrong knockout of Davis was also found in the results of the August 1944 issue. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. From 1930-1956, nine men would hold the heavyweight crown. If the featherweight won, 118 would be divided by 126 with the win worth 8.42 points for the featherweight and the loss meaning a deduction of 2.81 points for the bantamweight. Thanks for signing up! The NBA recognized the title change when Canzoneri stopped Jackie Kid Berg in three in 1931 with both Bergs junior welterweight crown and Canzoneris lightweight crown billed as at stake. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. He would remain recognized as Rings champion until his retirement following the only knockout loss of his career to heavyweight champion Joe Louis. The most formidable challenger in the war years may have been Jimmy Bivins. Peter Manfredo TKO 3 (10) 168 07/07, Bernard Hopkins SD 12* (C+) 175 07/08, First Ring Ranking: World Jr. Welterweight Champion (May 1976), Last Ring Ranking: #8 Middleweight (April 1986), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 12-5-1 (5 KO, 3 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Jr. Welterweight (1976-79), Welterweight (1979), Wilfredo Benitez on the April 1982 cover of The Ring Magazine. 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. 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. Click here to read the introduction to the rankings feature that was published in the February 2022 issue. An illustration of Willie Pep adorns the July 1949 issue of The Ring. Missing Quality: Charles is lauded by many, including biographer William Dettloff while writing for The Ring, as the greatest light heavyweight of all time. This list was no exception. Armstrong retired in 1946 with a record of 151-21-9 with 101 knockouts. 28 Jack Britton. Lynchs change has the more dramatic outcome because of the way the results were grouped. results from January-June 1925 used the 1925 annual and the rest of the year used 1926s. Pep was Rings 1945 Fighter of the Year. Across the years he was part of the Ring rankings, Robinson would post 14 wins over reigning champions or men ranked as the No. Mayweather was Rings 1998 and 2007 Fighter of the Year. During a pro career that ran from 1977 to 1997, "Sugar" Ray Leonard won titles in a remarkable five divisions: welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight. Everyone who finished in the top 100 of preliminary research for those three categories was moved into a final pool of what came out to 150 fighters. 31 Ezzard Charles. A 1963 win over ranked welterweight Ralph Dupas was outside the study scope. Moore suffered defeats to Teddy Yarosz and Shorty Hogue as well before breaking through at middleweight with a win over Ron Richards. Who are the rest of the best? Heavyweight. Charles was The Rings leading light heavyweight contender for all but two issues from August 1946 to October 1948 without ever receiving a title shot. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. Max Baer, Max Schmeling, James J. Braddock and Jersey Joe Walcott all felt Louis wrath. 1 contenders in their weight class from lightweight to light heavyweight. Twelve of those 23 wins came against men The Ring recognized in their division as champion, No. A native of Panama, Duran is considered to be the best lightweight fighter in modern boxing history. 24, 1988), Muhammad Ali (Jan. 17, 1942June 3, 2016), Joe Louis (May 13, 1914April 12, 1981), Getty Images/Hulton Archive / Stringer, Willie Pep (Sept. 19, 1922Nov. Armstrong, born Henry Jackson Jr., turned pro in 1931. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Just three years later, he won the world heavyweight title, which he would retain until 1949 when he retired. During that five-year period, he was stripped of his boxing titles and banned from fighting. Robinson exited the ratings during his period of service during World War II, returned to the ratings ranked second in the January 1945 issue and then resumed as leading contender until defeating Tommy Bell for the vacant crown. (1-64). Mike McTigue was the light heavyweight champion for the inaugural rankings in 1925 and was rated fourth. Missing Quality: Prior to entering the top ten, Lewis posted a win over tenth ranked Yale Okun in April 1932 but didnt earn a ranking for the win. 1-ranked contender at light heavyweight, four in defense of the crown, five more over No. 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. Writing in the July 1931 issue of The Ring, editor Nat Fleischers position came down to the scales, specifically that Berg could not lose his junior-welter crown when compelled to enter the ring at the lightweight limit., Ignacio Fernandez W 10 (2-) 126 07/29, Stanislaus Loayza UD 10 (8+) 140 11/29], Stanislaus Loayza UD 10 (4+) 140 04/30, Harry Dublinsky SD 10 (7) 135 07/32], Harry Dublinsky L 10 (3+) 147 10/34, Harry Dublinsky W 10 (1+) 147 11/34, Jimmy McLarnin UD 10 (1+) 147 06/36, First Ring Ranking: #9 Heavyweight (March 1962), Last Ring Ranking: #5 Heavyweight (November 1980), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 32-4 (20 KOs, 1 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Heavyweight (1964-70, 74-78, 78). During his career, went 66-3 with 52 knockouts. Mayweather was nearly untouchable in the class. Toney achieved and held a number three ranking at heavyweight for two different stretches, forfeiting the WBA belt he initially won against John Ruiz and getting a draw in a challenge of WBC titlist Hasim Rahman. 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. Griffith was Rings 1964 Fighter of the Year. There is no specific heavyweight ceiling so the formula divides the weight limit of the smaller fighters division against the actual weight of the heavyweight. Floyd Mayweather Jr. on the cover of the April 1999 issue of The Ring. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Photo: The Ring archive. Benitez would be ranked number one or two at Jr. middleweight well into 1984. As an interesting footnote, a fight that has gained fame over time came at a time when Moore was unranked: his defeat at the hands of Charley Burley. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as well. When he retired in 1966, he had a record of 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. Career Record: 31-6-1 (22 KO) First Ring Ranking: #10 Light Heavyweight Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. 1 in all but one issue from cover dates January 1942 to March 1944. Duran retired with a record of 103-16 with 70 knockouts. One of boxings great, ageless wonders, the Old Mongoose tackled contenders from middleweight to heavyweight for 17 years before finally getting a crack at a world title. He turned pro after the Olympics and went on to win titles in the lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight divisions. WebThe Ring enlisted the services of various historians and writers, including Farhood, Willie Pastrano TKO 9* (C) 175 05/65, First Ring Ranking: #4 Light Heavyweight (January 1933), Last Ring Ranking: World Light Heavyweight Champion (January 1940), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 16-9-4 (4 KO, 1 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Light Heavyweight (1935-39). Salica posted a win over unranked future bantamweight champion Manuel Ortiz in 1939. Nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", Louis' Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Montell Griffin UD 12 (4) 175 08/03, Bernard Hopkins L 12* (2) 160 09/06. The points scale shifted for those years. We have used BoxRec.com as our source. 10 contender. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Antonio Tarver. Greb, whose face had taken a beating over the years, died later that year during cosmetic surgery. 2 contenders, and bested No. Louis reached No. From February 1946 to losing the heavyweight title to Jersey Joe Walcott in July 1951, Charles went 39-1 overall with a 20-1 mark against opponents ranked at light heavyweight and heavyweight. Career Record: 85-24-2, 1 No Contest (23 KOs, 2 KOBY) First Ring Ranking: 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. (Getty Images). Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! WebHe is a two-time heavyweight world champion, and also held the unified WBA, WBC, Kane and LaMotta were each missing a result. Toney was ranked number one at super middleweight from his IBF title win over Barkley through the loss to Roy Jones Jr., fell out of the light heavyweight rankings in 1997 after a loss to Drake Thadzi, and then returned to the cruiserweight top ten in 1999. Late in Lewiss career, Lewis would stop Elmer Ray well before Ray cracked the top ten at heavyweight. Charles had won the NBAs recognition as champion in June 1949 following his first win over Walcott. Tarver posted a win and draw against Johnathon Banks and Steve Cunningham to close his career. Milton McCrory TKO 10 (7) 154 KO 08/87, Career Record: 77-10-3, 2 No Contest (47 KO), First Ring Ranking: #7 Middleweight (May 1991), Last Ring Ranking: #9 Heavyweight (September 2007), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 10-6-2, 1 No Contest (5 KO), Ring Magazine Championships: None (See Missing Quality). Over the next several days, RingTV.com will present Rolds list in its entirety, beginning with Nos. Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. That included wins at welterweight over the reigning lightweight (Juan Manuel Marquez) and junior welterweight (Ricky Hatton) champions. Wins and losses to opponents in higher and lower divisions were included. Bivins just missed being another contender on the ledger for Louis here. 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). Losses to unranked opponents drew a universal 12-point deduction. 2 bantamweight in the world and was ranked the top contender at junior lightweight from the March to August 1929 issues.
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Photo / THE RING archives. Terence Crawford advanced his standing with a win over a ranked Shawn Porter while Vasiliy Lomachenko entered the top 100 with his latest win over a ranked Richard Commey. Robinson was recognized as the welterweight champion until the March 1951 issue while also holding the No. Of the 25 fighters identified with between 20 and 29 wins against ranked foes, Mayweather finished the highest. Robinson turned professional in October 1940 and rose to No. Hall of famers James Toney (right) and Mike McCallum are Nos. The entry of Lomachenko and Buchanan bumped Fidel LaBarba and Lou Brouillard out of the top 100. Jack Johnson. 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. 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. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Mayweather also briefly held the IBF belt in 2006. (1-64). Twenty-seven of those wins came against ranked opposition after Moore entered the rankings for the first time. Louis might have been unranked when Charles defeated him, but Louis would immediately return to the top 10 after the loss and added two more top 10 wins before his career was complete. Stuhley was unranked before either contest but had been ranked at middleweight earlier in 1936 and occasionally since 1932. It would be more fair if his place was debated more like versions of Van Halen. If the featherweight won, 118 would be divided by 126 with the win worth 8.42 points for the featherweight and the loss meaning a deduction of 2.81 points for the bantamweight. Toneys cruiserweight run culminated with a number one ranking after defeating Vasily Jirov for the IBF belt. WebHeavyweight Ring career: 1947-56 Record: 49-0 (43 KOs) Career notes: Only 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. Lesnevich retired after a losing crack at the NBA heavyweight title versus Ezzard Charles. 15 Vitali Klitschko. The as of date for the rankings in the August 1944 issue was likely incorrect and the results were amended accordingly. Hernandez would go on to be ranked, and win a belt, in the 130-pound class in the years after that fight. Missing Quality: The welterweight top 10 of the early 1940s was tough to crack. A minus symbol - next to an opponents ranking denotes the opponent was ranked below the weight class of the fighter being examined in that issue. Saddler ended a 73-fight unbeaten streak. He topped Tim Bradley in two of their three fights. 14 Roy Jones Jr. Roy Levesta Jones Jr. is an American former professional boxer, boxing commentator, boxing trainer, rapper, and actor who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. Over time, these results will continue to change. WebTo Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (50-41) #50 Losses worked in reverse. 50. A force from bantamweight to lightweight with big wins against welterweights to go with it, Canzoneri spent more than a decade in the rankings. As selected by The Ring magazine in the 2003 Ring Yearbook. 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). Davis was ranked fifth at welterweight in the July 1944 issue but not at all in the following issue. 1 contender, along with a win over reigning light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis. Photo: The Ring Magazine/ Getty Images. 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. Often regarded as the greatest fighter of all time, Robinsons results highlight just how dominant he was in his prime. Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! Emile Griffith. Sugar Ray Robinson graces the cover of the December 1949 cover of The Ring. 8. Basilio also had a win that didnt count toward him versus then-10th ranked welterweight Don Jordan in 1961. Web13 Jack Johnson. 1 ranking at flyweight in the era when The Ring did not recognize singular champions. 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. He also won a gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Left-handed Pernell Whitaker made a name for himself by winning gold medals at the 1983Pan American Games and 1984 Summer Olympics. During his career, he fought 241 bouts, a remarkably high number by modern standards. 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. Toney was never stopped in more than 90 professional starts. 7. Former champion Joey Archibald received his final Ring ranking, at No. All rights reserved. A bronze medalist at the 1996 Olympics, Mayweathers first win over a Ring-ranked opponent was also his first for a title (the WBC 130-pound strap). And the final part of this series (originally published in the February 2022 issue of The Ring) makes its RingTV.com debut on the 100th birthday of the venerable boxing magazine. To best display the range of data, they were then divided into four groups to settle on the final 100. Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! Joe Louis. The result in the Tiberi fight resulted in calls for a Congressional investigation and could have affected Toneys placement as a loss to an unranked opponent. After defeating an undefeated Mikkel Kessler in a unification match to complete his tenure at super middleweight, Calzaghe rose to light heavyweight and defeated Bernard Hopkins for Rings light heavyweight honors. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Chatchai Sasakul KO 8 (2) 112 03/99, Medgoen Singsurat TKO by 3 (UR) 112 Holiday/99, Agapito Sanchez Tech. 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 Alis last win would come in avenging a stunning upset loss to Leon Spinks, retiring as champion before an ill-fated comeback. Web1. Canzoneri was the No. Scoring for total points and peak points relied on a base 11-point scale (i.e. 1 contender at lightweight in the October 1941 issue following a win over future champion Sammy Angott. Basilio was ranked fourth when he unsuccessfully challenged Kid Gavilan for the welterweight title. Missing Quality: On the way to Nunn, Toney defeated a Merqui Sosa who would later be ranked at super middleweight and light heavyweight. These are the best of the best. When Robinson handed 42-0 future welterweight champion Marty Servo his first loss in September 1941, Servo had yet to crack Rings top 10. "Willie Pep" was the stage name ofGuglielmo Papaleo, an American boxer and two-time world featherweight champion. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. Louis is one of a group of seven fighters identified with between 30 and 39 wins against ranked opponents in the study. A consistent factor at welterweight and middleweight from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, Griffith won five world championships against a bevy of tough competition. WebLet's go to the video: 50 Greatest: Jack Dempsey. Mayweathers wins over Angel Manfredy and Diego Corrales were also No. When Azumah Nelson defeated Jeff Fenech in their 1992 rematch, they were The Rings top two contenders in the class. Group one: anyone who finished in the top 100 of all three scoring categories or whose scoring average was higher than those who did. WebThe Super Fight was a fictional boxing match between Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali shot in 1969 and released in 1970. 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. The number in parentheses after the name and result is the ranking of the opponent at the time of their bout, followed by the opponents weight class (denoted by the divisions weight limit) and the cover date for the issue with the opponents ranking just before his bout with the examined fighter. Explaining some of the changes you will read: All-time great Henry Armstrong held featherweight, lightweight and welterweight titles simultaneously. The world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, Joe Louis is one of 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 McCallum is in the conversation for the greatest Jr. middleweight in the divisions history. Replace Marvin Hagler with Benitez and one still has a four-man, nine-fight series which included a near flawless masterpiece of skill in Benitezs lopsided decision over Duran. Cecilia Braekhaus. On The Ring magazines list of all-time heavyweights, Dempsey holds the 10 th position and 7 th position among the Top 100 greatest punchers. 1-rated lightweight, as of the September 1941 issue, when Robinson beat him by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout. Missing Quality: Alis lost years between 1967 and 1970 will always leave room to wonder if he might have been able to surpass Louis division record of 25 consecutive title defenses. A missing win in the initial tabulation for former lightweight champion Ken Buchanan was also identified and incorporated, pushing Buchanan into the top 100. Muhammad Ali. According to the editors at Ring Magazine, this is how the rest of the top 80 shakes out. Meet Ring Magazine's top 10 fighteres. Missing Quality: Before he entered the rankings for the first time, Moore split fights with Johnny Bandit Romero in 1938. Charles was Rings 1949 and 1950 Fighter of the Year. Lynch was credited with one too many. In nine fights against the Mexican trio of Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez, Pacquiao was an impressive 6-2-1 and rebounded from a devastating knockout loss to Marquez in the last of those fights to add seven more wins over ranked opponents before what appears to be his farewell loss to Yordenis Ugas. The solution was to include all results from 1924 in evaluating 1925 and then applying six-month increments with spare exception near mid-year dates until the debut of monthly rankings; i.e. 1 in title and non-title affairs. 1-ranked heavyweight Nino Valdez to set up an ill-fated shot at Rocky Marciano. Missing Quality: Richie Woodhall fell out of the top ten just a few months before a loss to Calzaghe in 2000 but had been a titlist in the class just two fights prior. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Prior to championships at featherweight and lightweight, Canzoneri was rated the No. Michael Spinks (737.4 points; 31-1-0) Considered to be one of the best light heavyweights of all time, Michael Spinks (known as Jinx) held world championships in both the light heavyweight class (he was the undisputed champ from 1983 to 1985) and the lineal heavyweight class (from 1985 to 1988). He entered the heavyweight ratings at No. Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao Seventeen of Louis 25 defenses came against ranked heavyweights, seven of them Rings No. 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. Michigans Lights Out won titles in three weight classes and lost a heavyweight belt to a PED test while vacillating between moments of brilliance and inconsistency often attributed to conditioning. The entirely subjective nature of any list comparing fighters across different weight categories and different eras is bound to be fodder for debate. 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. The study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. Note: With some fighters of the more-distant past, there is often disagreement about their final records. The points scale shifted for those years. Ali returned to fighting in 1971 and won the heavyweight title twice more before retiring in 1981 with a record of 56-5 and 37 knockouts. 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. A move to middleweight started with a loss to Sumbu Kalambay, McCallums first, but McCallum rebounded to win the vacant WBA belt against Herol Graham. However, for a lengthy period of time the February, and later March, issue of the magazine would only feature the annual ratings for the year. Those were treated as that months rankings and, if needed, were reordered as champion and top 10 to maintain consistency. 100-91, counting down by sets of 10 to the top 10 rated fighters. He was a damn good boxer and a great man thanks for your time in the ring. Kocsis had been ranked previously at flyweight and bantamweight, the latter as late as 1932. In a 111-fight career, nearly half of Griffiths opponents could be found ranked in the pages of Ring Magazine. Tarver was inconsistent from there, but managed impressive performances to recapture the Ring crown after losing it to Glen Johnson and won another IBF belt later against Clinton Woods. a champion and the top 10 contenders). Other new names will enter with the passage of time. However, in editing the remainder of the study, the Armstrong knockout of Davis was also found in the results of the August 1944 issue. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. From 1930-1956, nine men would hold the heavyweight crown. If the featherweight won, 118 would be divided by 126 with the win worth 8.42 points for the featherweight and the loss meaning a deduction of 2.81 points for the bantamweight. Thanks for signing up! The NBA recognized the title change when Canzoneri stopped Jackie Kid Berg in three in 1931 with both Bergs junior welterweight crown and Canzoneris lightweight crown billed as at stake. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. He would remain recognized as Rings champion until his retirement following the only knockout loss of his career to heavyweight champion Joe Louis. The most formidable challenger in the war years may have been Jimmy Bivins. Peter Manfredo TKO 3 (10) 168 07/07, Bernard Hopkins SD 12* (C+) 175 07/08, First Ring Ranking: World Jr. Welterweight Champion (May 1976), Last Ring Ranking: #8 Middleweight (April 1986), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 12-5-1 (5 KO, 3 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Jr. Welterweight (1976-79), Welterweight (1979), Wilfredo Benitez on the April 1982 cover of The Ring Magazine. 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. 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. Click here to read the introduction to the rankings feature that was published in the February 2022 issue. An illustration of Willie Pep adorns the July 1949 issue of The Ring. Missing Quality: Charles is lauded by many, including biographer William Dettloff while writing for The Ring, as the greatest light heavyweight of all time. This list was no exception. Armstrong retired in 1946 with a record of 151-21-9 with 101 knockouts. 28 Jack Britton. Lynchs change has the more dramatic outcome because of the way the results were grouped. results from January-June 1925 used the 1925 annual and the rest of the year used 1926s. Pep was Rings 1945 Fighter of the Year. Across the years he was part of the Ring rankings, Robinson would post 14 wins over reigning champions or men ranked as the No. Mayweather was Rings 1998 and 2007 Fighter of the Year. During a pro career that ran from 1977 to 1997, "Sugar" Ray Leonard won titles in a remarkable five divisions: welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight. Everyone who finished in the top 100 of preliminary research for those three categories was moved into a final pool of what came out to 150 fighters. 31 Ezzard Charles. A 1963 win over ranked welterweight Ralph Dupas was outside the study scope. Moore suffered defeats to Teddy Yarosz and Shorty Hogue as well before breaking through at middleweight with a win over Ron Richards. Who are the rest of the best? Heavyweight. Charles was The Rings leading light heavyweight contender for all but two issues from August 1946 to October 1948 without ever receiving a title shot. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. Max Baer, Max Schmeling, James J. Braddock and Jersey Joe Walcott all felt Louis wrath. 1 contenders in their weight class from lightweight to light heavyweight. Twelve of those 23 wins came against men The Ring recognized in their division as champion, No. A native of Panama, Duran is considered to be the best lightweight fighter in modern boxing history. 24, 1988), Muhammad Ali (Jan. 17, 1942June 3, 2016), Joe Louis (May 13, 1914April 12, 1981), Getty Images/Hulton Archive / Stringer, Willie Pep (Sept. 19, 1922Nov. Armstrong, born Henry Jackson Jr., turned pro in 1931. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Just three years later, he won the world heavyweight title, which he would retain until 1949 when he retired. During that five-year period, he was stripped of his boxing titles and banned from fighting. Robinson exited the ratings during his period of service during World War II, returned to the ratings ranked second in the January 1945 issue and then resumed as leading contender until defeating Tommy Bell for the vacant crown. (1-64). Mike McTigue was the light heavyweight champion for the inaugural rankings in 1925 and was rated fourth. Missing Quality: Prior to entering the top ten, Lewis posted a win over tenth ranked Yale Okun in April 1932 but didnt earn a ranking for the win. 1-ranked contender at light heavyweight, four in defense of the crown, five more over No. 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. Writing in the July 1931 issue of The Ring, editor Nat Fleischers position came down to the scales, specifically that Berg could not lose his junior-welter crown when compelled to enter the ring at the lightweight limit., Ignacio Fernandez W 10 (2-) 126 07/29, Stanislaus Loayza UD 10 (8+) 140 11/29], Stanislaus Loayza UD 10 (4+) 140 04/30, Harry Dublinsky SD 10 (7) 135 07/32], Harry Dublinsky L 10 (3+) 147 10/34, Harry Dublinsky W 10 (1+) 147 11/34, Jimmy McLarnin UD 10 (1+) 147 06/36, First Ring Ranking: #9 Heavyweight (March 1962), Last Ring Ranking: #5 Heavyweight (November 1980), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 32-4 (20 KOs, 1 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Heavyweight (1964-70, 74-78, 78). During his career, went 66-3 with 52 knockouts. Mayweather was nearly untouchable in the class. Toney achieved and held a number three ranking at heavyweight for two different stretches, forfeiting the WBA belt he initially won against John Ruiz and getting a draw in a challenge of WBC titlist Hasim Rahman. 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. Griffith was Rings 1964 Fighter of the Year. There is no specific heavyweight ceiling so the formula divides the weight limit of the smaller fighters division against the actual weight of the heavyweight. Floyd Mayweather Jr. on the cover of the April 1999 issue of The Ring. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Photo: The Ring archive. Benitez would be ranked number one or two at Jr. middleweight well into 1984. As an interesting footnote, a fight that has gained fame over time came at a time when Moore was unranked: his defeat at the hands of Charley Burley. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as well. When he retired in 1966, he had a record of 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. Career Record: 31-6-1 (22 KO) First Ring Ranking: #10 Light Heavyweight Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. 1 in all but one issue from cover dates January 1942 to March 1944. Duran retired with a record of 103-16 with 70 knockouts. One of boxings great, ageless wonders, the Old Mongoose tackled contenders from middleweight to heavyweight for 17 years before finally getting a crack at a world title. He turned pro after the Olympics and went on to win titles in the lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight divisions. WebThe Ring enlisted the services of various historians and writers, including Farhood, Willie Pastrano TKO 9* (C) 175 05/65, First Ring Ranking: #4 Light Heavyweight (January 1933), Last Ring Ranking: World Light Heavyweight Champion (January 1940), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 16-9-4 (4 KO, 1 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Light Heavyweight (1935-39). Salica posted a win over unranked future bantamweight champion Manuel Ortiz in 1939. Nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", Louis' Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Montell Griffin UD 12 (4) 175 08/03, Bernard Hopkins L 12* (2) 160 09/06. The points scale shifted for those years. We have used BoxRec.com as our source. 10 contender. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Antonio Tarver. Greb, whose face had taken a beating over the years, died later that year during cosmetic surgery. 2 contenders, and bested No. Louis reached No. From February 1946 to losing the heavyweight title to Jersey Joe Walcott in July 1951, Charles went 39-1 overall with a 20-1 mark against opponents ranked at light heavyweight and heavyweight. Career Record: 85-24-2, 1 No Contest (23 KOs, 2 KOBY) First Ring Ranking: 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. (Getty Images). Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! WebHe is a two-time heavyweight world champion, and also held the unified WBA, WBC, Kane and LaMotta were each missing a result. Toney was ranked number one at super middleweight from his IBF title win over Barkley through the loss to Roy Jones Jr., fell out of the light heavyweight rankings in 1997 after a loss to Drake Thadzi, and then returned to the cruiserweight top ten in 1999. Late in Lewiss career, Lewis would stop Elmer Ray well before Ray cracked the top ten at heavyweight. Charles had won the NBAs recognition as champion in June 1949 following his first win over Walcott. Tarver posted a win and draw against Johnathon Banks and Steve Cunningham to close his career. Milton McCrory TKO 10 (7) 154 KO 08/87, Career Record: 77-10-3, 2 No Contest (47 KO), First Ring Ranking: #7 Middleweight (May 1991), Last Ring Ranking: #9 Heavyweight (September 2007), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 10-6-2, 1 No Contest (5 KO), Ring Magazine Championships: None (See Missing Quality). Over the next several days, RingTV.com will present Rolds list in its entirety, beginning with Nos. Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. That included wins at welterweight over the reigning lightweight (Juan Manuel Marquez) and junior welterweight (Ricky Hatton) champions. Wins and losses to opponents in higher and lower divisions were included. Bivins just missed being another contender on the ledger for Louis here. 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). Losses to unranked opponents drew a universal 12-point deduction. 2 bantamweight in the world and was ranked the top contender at junior lightweight from the March to August 1929 issues.
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