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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. 34 Marcel Cerdan. 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. Had The Ring continued to recognize champions in 1991, Toneys win over Nunn would have made him The Ring middleweight champion dating to their recognition of Sumbu Kalambay. 8. Digging into pro boxing in 1998, Ann boasts one of the most successful careers, with a 24-1-1 record. An asterisk * is used to note a Ring championship title change or a vacancy being filled. A loss to the champion was a one-point deduction sliding to 11 for a loss to the No. The study is primarily based on monthly rankings. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as well. He also hosts TV and radio sports talk shows. The exception was fighters moving up to face heavyweights. 10 contender. Charles never faced Mills, but against the other three his record was 9-0. 1 contender, along with a win over reigning light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis. 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. Was anything from 30 to 40 out of the question? 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. For the 1925 rankings, and the period when Ring didnt recognize single champions from 1989 to 2001, only 10 fighters per weight class were ranked. Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time As selected by The Max Baer, Max Schmeling, James J. Braddock and Jersey Joe Walcott all felt Louis wrath. 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. Davis was ranked fifth at welterweight in the July 1944 issue but not at all in the following issue. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. 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. 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 According to the editors at Ring Magazine, this is how the rest of the top 80 shakes out. Conversely, some scoring luck in Alis second reign against Jimmy Young and Ken Norton contributed to his placement here. Two + signs mean the examined fighter faced an opponent two weight classes heavier (based on the divisions The Ring ranked at the time). Heavyweight. Robinson went on to win his first 40 matches. Hall of famers James Toney (right) and Mike McCallum are Nos. 1 contenders. Lewis would move up and down the rankings for a few years, as high as number one and never lower than seventh, and was ranked third when he unseated Bob Olin for the title. Web1. Louis began facing contenders just a dozen fights into his career and kept facing them for the rest of it. He won the world lightweight title in 1916, going 15-0 during that run. Over time, these results will continue to change. He was a Ring-rated fighter from bantamweight to lightweight. 30 Terry McGovern. 33 Ted (Kid) Lewis. 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. 1 contender at heavyweight from the July 1955-January 1957 issues, though boxings highest honor eluded him. The study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. Digging into pro boxing in 1998, Ann boasts one of the most successful Draws against ranked opponents were worth half a win; draws against unranked opponents were a six-point deduction. WebThe Ring enlisted the services of various historians and writers, including Farhood, 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 Charles lost most of three years activity (between 1943-45) to service in World War II and left for the war with a professional mark of 30-4-1. Had The Ring maintained its title policy through the 1990s, Pacquiao would likely have a fourth Ring title at flyweight for his win over Sasakul. Charles had some big wins and losses in the first three years of his career, reaching The Rings No. Photo / THE RING archives. Mayweather was Rings 1998 and 2007 Fighter of the Year. Robinson turned professional in October 1940 and rose to No. Toney was ranked seventh when he shocked Michael Nunn for the IBF belt less than three years into his career. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. 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. The first African-American light heavyweight king, Lewis rose to number one for the first time with a non-title victory of Maxie Rosenbloom, avenging a loss in the first of their five fights. Following the loss, he was ranked first or second in every issue until defeating DeMarco for his first of two welterweight crowns. Benitez would be ranked number one or two at Jr. middleweight well into 1984. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Click here to purchase a copy of the Collectors Issue from the Ring Shop. Robinson retired 25 years later with a record of 175-19 and 110 knockouts.. 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. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. Pep spent only six months in the top 10, two of them as No. An additional win was identified for Henry Armstrong, forcing a flipping of position between Armstrong and Pernell Whitaker. 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. Leonard learned how to fight on the streets of New York City, where he grew up in the Jewish enclave on the Lower East Side. 1-ranked contender at light heavyweight, four in defense of the crown, five more over No. A 1995 world amateur champion and 1996 Olympian, the Magic Man rebounded from his first loss to Eric Harding with wins over ranked opponents in four of his next five starts. Josh Taylor is the undisputed light welterweight champion, currently the only undisputed champion. Thought was given to leaving the results as they were for this online edition but it wouldnt have followed the methodology employed and wouldnt have given readers the best findings possible as they are now. 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. The final average score was used to order the fighters in each group for those who made the top 100. Whitaker retired in 2001 with a record of 40-4-1-1 with 17 knockouts. 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. They include a win over leading bantamweight Bud Taylor and two No. 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. Missing Quality: Mannion was unranked when McCallum defeated him and never achieved a ranking in The Ring. 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 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. Joe Calzaghe won Ring Magazine championships at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Assuming that would have crowned a king, the straight line from there would have ended at Mayweather-Hernandez. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Jack Johnson. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Across the years he was part of the Ring rankings, Robinson would post 14 wins over reigning champions or men ranked as the No. Two issues later, Robinsons defeat of former welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic resulted in Robinson being ranked the No. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Career Record: 31-6-1 (22 KO) First Ring Ranking: #10 Light Heavyweight He was a damn good boxer and a great man thanks for your time in the ring. 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. Leonard retired with a record of 36-3-1 with 25 knockouts. 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. Ali was arrested in 1966 for refusing to be inducted into the U.S. Army, a case that did not end until the U.S. Supreme Court exonerated him in 1971. Basilio also had a win that didnt count toward him versus then-10th ranked welterweight Don Jordan in 1961. 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. Lesnevich recaptured the top spot the issue before assuming the mantle left vacant in The Ring by Billy Conns move to heavyweight. Moores record entering his challenge of Maxim was 133-19-8. 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. It took over five years to climb to number one in the February 1940 issue, a spot he held for almost a year before sliding as low as four. Freddie Steele TKO by 2 (1-) 160 01/37, Young Corbett III TKO by 5 (UR-) 160 05/37, Anton Christoforidis UD 15 (3) 175 07/41, Tami Mauriello SD 15* (4) 175 10/41, Bruce Woodcock KO by 8 (6+) Hvy 11/46, Tami Mauriello UD 10 (6+) Hvy 09/47, Tami Mauriello TKO 7 (6+) Hvy 12/47, Ezzard Charles RTD by 7 (1+) Hvy 09/49, First Ring Ranking: #9 Middleweight (March 1964), Last Ring Ranking: #7 Light Heavyweight (January 1969), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 7-2 (4 KO), Ring Magazine Championships: Light Heavyweight (1965-66). 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. 50. Missing Quality: Between wins over Diego Corrales and Jesus Chavez in a stellar 2001 campaign, Mayweather defeated Carlos Hernandez, who was unranked by The Ring at the time. Lynchs change has the more dramatic outcome because of the way the results were grouped. Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao The study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. His back-to-back middleweight title wars with Carmen Basilio won Rings 1957 and 1958 Fight-of-the-Year award. Charles was Rings 1949 and 1950 Fighter of the Year. Joe Louis. 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. Group three was derived from fighters who scored in the top 75 of any of the three scoring categories or whose final scoring average was higher than what would otherwise be the bottom ten of the top 100 (70-100). 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. From 1930-1956, nine men would hold the heavyweight crown. Mike McTigue was the light heavyweight champion for the inaugural rankings in 1925 and was rated fourth. The Ring recognized only four men as light heavyweight champion from August 1941 to March 1962: Gus Lesnevich, Freddie Mills, Joey Maxim and Moore. 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. Moore moved in and out of the middleweight top 10 from 1940 to 1944, reaching the No. Between reigns at lightweight, Canzoneri would hold the top contender slot from the August 1933-April 1935 editions. Moore suffered defeats to Teddy Yarosz and Shorty Hogue as well before breaking through at middleweight with a win over Ron Richards. The world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, Joe Louis is one of Corrections to the initial findings of Peter Kane, Benny Lynch, and Jake LaMotta changed the position of each. Results are now current as of January 21, 2022. 1 contender in the December 1935 issue and held it until the August 1936 issue before his loss to Max Schmeling. New Yorks Upstate Onion Farmer won three world titles as arguably the most exciting fighter of his time, competing in five consecutive Ring Magazine fights of the year from 1955-59. A 1960 Olympic gold medalist at light heavyweight and the only fighter to capture the Ring (and lineal) heavyweight title three times, Ali entered the ratings less than two years into his career and defeated four top-10 contenders to earn his shot at Sonny Liston. Saddler ended a 73-fight unbeaten streak. 1 contenders at welterweight (Harry Dublinsky, McLarnin). Ali would defend the title successfully 10 times in his second reign, with seven wins against The Rings top 10. An illustration of Willie Pep adorns the July 1949 issue of The Ring. Stuhley was unranked before either contest but had been ranked at middleweight earlier in 1936 and occasionally since 1932. 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. By the time Pep lost again versus Sandy Saddler in October 1948, overcoming injuries suffered in a January 1947 plane crash along the way, Pep had run his record to 134-1-1. 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. A formula based on body weight percentage differences between divisions of ranked fighters, rather than scale weights of the fighters, was applied. Moores first win over Jack Chase came when Chase was unranked, though Chases name comes up often from there. 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. The Cincinnati Cobra competed with the elite from middleweight to heavyweight for the better part of a decade without a title shot. Along with Ring Magazine titles at featherweight, junior lightweight and junior welterweight, Pacquiao also achieved No. Nicknamed "Brown Bomber" for his fearsome fists, Joe Louis is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. Yall musta forgot Antonio Tarver shocked the boxing world in May 2004. 1-ranked fighter became the 11-point win, deduction for an unranked loss was eleven points, and unranked draws were a 5.5-point deduction. 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. 1 contender or next highest-rated contender after a division-leading Mayweather. 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. Photo: The Ring Magazine/ Getty Images. All rights reserved. Who are the rest of the best? 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 The 10 best heavyweights in the world right now Rummy's Corner 2 fights and surely would have filled a vacancy had The Ring resumed recognizing champions again before either fight. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 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. DeGrasse, before and after the loss to Salica, could occasionally be found near the bottom of the featherweight top ten. To best display the range of data, they were then divided into four groups to settle on the final 100. Florentino Fernandez UD 10 (6) 147 10/60, Jorge Fernandez TKO 9 (4) 147 01/63, Luis Rodriguez SD 15* (C) 147 07/63, Rubin Carter TKO by 1 (8+) 160 01/64, Manuel Gonzalez UD 15 (2) 147 01/66, Nino Benvenuti MD 15* (C) 160 11/67, Gypsy Joe Harris UD 12 (9) 160 09/68, Carlos Monzon TKO by 14 (C) 160 11/71, Jean Claude Bouttier DQ by 7 (4) 160 02/73, Donato Paduano UD 10 (9-) 154 01/75], Jose Luis Duran L 10 (UR) 160 07/75, Elijah Makhathini L 10 (UR) 160 09/75], Career Record: 137-24-10, 4 No Decisions (44 KOs, 1 KOBY), First Ring Ranking: #2 Bantamweight (February 1927), Last Ring Ranking: #5 Lightweight (May 1939), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 40-21-7, 1 No Decision (8 KOs), Ring Magazine Championships: Featherweight (1927-28), Lightweight (1930-33, 35-36). 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. 1 contender spot at middleweight just once, in the March 1943 issue. The No. A win over the champion of ones weight class, in a title or non-title fight, was worth 11 points, a No. Robinson would stay ranked No. Some other small corrections have been made to results and summaries but they didnt change the final results. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. He was 3-0 against ranked junior middleweights, including handing Canelo Alvarez his first and to date only loss. WebLet's go to the video: 50 Greatest: Jack Dempsey. Combining sanctioning body and lineal and/or Ring championships, Pacquiao is the only fighter with title claims in eight weight classes. Thats really earning a shot at the champ. McCallum was forced to vacate prior to a planned unification with IBF titlist James Toney. 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. Group one: anyone who finished in the top 100 of all three scoring categories or whose scoring average was higher than those who did. 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. 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. Losses worked in reverse. 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. Missing Quality: The welterweight top 10 of the early 1940s was tough to crack. Across his years in the Ring rankings, Ali would face all six of the other men The Ring recognized as heavyweight champion during those years, defeating five, along with five No. The decision in the first fight with Walcott was contentious and Louis answered the challenge with a knockout in the rematch. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. The Brooklyn bantamweight spent more than a decade in or near the top ten after winning bronze at the 1932 Olympics. For the 1925 rankings, and the period when Ring didnt recognize single champions from 1989 to 2001, only 10 fighters per weight class were ranked. Results placed between brackets [ ] denote fights that were covered in the same issue (an interesting detail that shows how often some of the earlier fighters were in action). Anton Christoforidis TKO 3 (2+) 175 02/42, Charley Burley UD 10 (3-) 147 07/42, Charley Burley UD 10 (4-) 147 08/42, Booker Beckwith KO 9 (3+) 175 09/42, Jimmy Bivins L 10 (1/4+) 175/Hvy 02/43, Lloyd Marshall TKO by 8 (4) 175 05/43, Oakland Billy Smith UD 10 (9) 175 11/46, Fitzie Fitzpatrick TKO 4 (9+) Hvy 01/48, Jersey Joe Walcott UD 15 (2) Hvy 08/49, Jersey Joe Walcott UD 15 (6) Hvy 04/51, Joey Maxim UD 15 (C-/3) 175/Hvy 07/51, Jersey Joe Walcott KO by 7* (2) Hvy 08/51, Jersey Joe Walcott L 15 (C) Hvy 07/52, Tommy Harrison TKO 9 (5-) 175 03/53, Rocky Marciano KO by 8 (C) Hvy 10/54, John Holman TKO by 9 (UR) Hvy 06/55, Young Jack Johnson TKO by 6 (UR) Hvy 02/56, First Ring Ranking: #9 Featherweight (August 1942), Last Ring Ranking: #10 Featherweight (February 1959), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 29-10-1 (7 KOs, 6 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Featherweight (1942-48, 49-50). 1 contender to champion Freddie Red Cochrane. 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