A formula based on body weight percentage differences between divisions of ranked fighters, rather than scale weights of the fighters, was applied. 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. During that five-year period, he was stripped of his boxing titles and banned from fighting. 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. 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. Thats really earning a shot at the champ. Davis was ranked fifth at welterweight in the July 1944 issue but not at all in the following issue. Missing Quality: Lesnevich posted wins in 1936 and 37 over Young Stuhley. Moore made the most of his opportunity and would be recognized by The Ring as champion for the next decade. 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. Two issues later, Robinsons defeat of former welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic resulted in Robinson being ranked the No. 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). Charles never faced Mills, but against the other three his record was 9-0. Chatchai Sasakul KO 8 (2) 112 03/99, Medgoen Singsurat TKO by 3 (UR) 112 Holiday/99, Agapito Sanchez Tech. 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 Magazine/ Getty Images. 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. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Ali was Rings 1963 (as Cassius Clay), 1966 (retroactively), 1972 (with Carlos Monzon), 1974, 1975 and 1978 Fighter of the Year. 31 Ezzard Charles. Along with Ring Magazine titles at featherweight, junior lightweight and junior welterweight, Pacquiao also achieved No. Wilsons final Ring ranking, ninth at featherweight, came in the February 1946 issue. 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. Missing Quality: The welterweight top 10 of the early 1940s was tough to crack. Above welterweight, Nino Benvenuti won their series 2-1. Basilio also had wins over former lightweight champions Lew Jenkins and Ike Williams after both had left contention. [California Jackie Wilson MD 10 (3) 147, Henry Armstrong UD 10 (3) 147 10/43, Vic Dellicurti UD 10 (10+) 160 01/45, Georgie Abrams SD 10 (3+) 160 07/47, Bernard Docusen UD 15 (1) 147 08/48, Steve Belloise RTD 7 (2+) 160 10/49, Robert Villemain UD 15 (3) 160 07/50, Robert Villemain TKO 9 (5) 160 02/51, Joey Maxim RTD by 13 (C+) 175 08/52, Rocky Castellani SD 10 (2) 160 09/55, Carmen Basilio L 15* (C-) 147 10/57, Carmen Basilio SD 15* (C) 160 04/58. It has been two months since the initial publication of the 100th anniversary edition of The Ring and with it the first quarter of a study of Rings rankings since their launch in the February 1925 issue. Toney would briefly rise to number one after a draw in the first of three fights with Mike McCallum, only to fall to number two after a controversial win over Dave Tiberi. Charles had some big wins and losses in the first three years of his career, reaching The Rings No. Basilio was ranked fourth when he unsuccessfully challenged Kid Gavilan for the welterweight title. Draws against ranked opponents were worth half a win; draws against unranked opponents were a six-point deduction. Joe Calzaghe won Ring Magazine championships at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Griffiths 1962 win over Ted Wright crowned the first junior middleweight titlist (at least in Austria, where the bout took place, and other parts of Europe), though the WBA wouldnt recognize the title on a global scale until soon after when Moyer defeated Joey Giambra. Corrections to the initial findings of Peter Kane, Benny Lynch, and Jake LaMotta changed the position of each. 32 Packey McFarland. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. 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. We have used BoxRec.com as our source. 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. 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. Hernandez would go on to be ranked, and win a belt, in the 130-pound class in the years after that fight. 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. 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). 1 contender to champion Freddie Red Cochrane. Historians recognize Canzoneri as a three-division champion. Griffith was Rings 1964 Fighter of the Year. Missing Quality: Charles is lauded by many, including biographer William Dettloff while writing for The Ring, as the greatest light heavyweight of all time. Losses to unranked opponents drew a universal 12-point deduction. Note: With some fighters of the more-distant past, there is often disagreement about their final records. Sugar Ray Robinson graces the cover of the December 1949 cover of The Ring. 8. 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. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. Photo / THE RING archives. Following the loss, he was ranked first or second in every issue until defeating DeMarco for his first of two welterweight crowns. Whitaker retired in 2001 with a record of 40-4-1-1 with 17 knockouts. 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. 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. All rights reserved. WebThe Ring enlisted the services of various historians and writers, including Farhood, Seven months later, Pep defeated him by wide decision. The points scale shifted for those years. 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. Of note, the parameters of this study exclude Alis final loss to a rated Trevor Berbick. He would remain recognized as Rings champion until his retirement following the only knockout loss of his career to heavyweight champion Joe Louis. 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. A formula based on body weight percentage differences between divisions of ranked fighters, rather than scale weights of the fighters, was applied. Those were treated as that months rankings and, if needed, were reordered as champion and top 10 to maintain consistency. 1 contender, along with a win over reigning light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis. For instance, champions havent automatically secured the top spot in every era of Ring rankings. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. This has been a pleasure to put together. Top 10 Lightweights of All Time!Check out the best bookmakers for betting on Boxing! Moore suffered defeats to Teddy Yarosz and Shorty Hogue as well before breaking through at middleweight with a win over Ron Richards. Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. In 2002, the writers of Ring Magazine published a ranking of the 80 best fighters of the previous 80 years. 1 contender at heavyweight from the July 1955-January 1957 issues, though boxings highest honor eluded him. Thanks for signing up! Benitez then captured the welterweight crown from Carlos Palomino before losing in his first defense to Sugar Ray Leonard. McCallum was forced to vacate prior to a planned unification with IBF titlist James Toney. 1 contender at lightweight for all but two issues from October 1929 to July 1930 following his title reign at featherweight. To be the best, you have to beat the best. Max Baer, Max Schmeling, James J. Braddock and Jersey Joe Walcott all felt Louis wrath. He topped Tim Bradley in two of their three fights. 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. 29 Bob Fitzsimmons. History could have played differently for both with just a few rounds of difference. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. That included a 1941 campaign where Louis set a heavyweight record with seven defenses in a single year, five of them against Ring-rated contenders. Bud [Terence Crawford] is the best fighter in boxing, said Stevenson during an interview with BoxingInsider.com. Alvarez, now 31, seemingly solidified his placement as the best fighter in the world following his recent run at 168 pounds. After 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. a champion and the top 10 contenders). 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. However, in editing the remainder of the study, the Armstrong knockout of Davis was also found in the results of the August 1944 issue. 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. 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. In 2005, Joe Louis was named the greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. One of her most memorable fights was when she had the greatest knockout in female boxing history after she sent Vanda Ward to the ground, unconscious, with one punch. Often regarded as the greatest fighter of all time, Robinsons results highlight just how dominant he was in his prime. 1 contender or next highest-rated contender after a division-leading Mayweather. How tough? 33 Ted (Kid) Lewis. 1-ranked heavyweight Nino Valdez to set up an ill-fated shot at Rocky Marciano. 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. Tony Canzoneri was Rings 1934 co-Fighter of the Year (with Barney Ross). 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. Former champion Joey Archibald received his final Ring ranking, at No. Louis was 10-1 against Ring-ranked opposition before defeating James Braddock for the crown. Mike McTigue was the light heavyweight champion for the inaugural rankings in 1925 and was rated fourth. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Remarkably, after more than three years of political exclusion from the game, Ali skipped tune-ups and defeated two prominent contenders to set up his first of three fights with Joe Frazier. He was a Ring-rated fighter from bantamweight to lightweight. 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. Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao According to the editors at Ring Magazine, this is how the rest of the top 80 shakes out. However there is no denying that the current crop a field that includes 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. He won the world welterweight title in 1946 and held it for five years, then captured the world middleweight title in 1957. Antonio Cervantes SD 15* (C) 140 04/76, Tony Petronelli TKO 3 (9) 140 12/76, Guerrero Chavez TKO 15 (10+) 147 09/77, Carlos Palomino SD 15* (C+) 147 03/79, Ray Leonard TKO by 15* (1) 147 01/80, Tony Chiaverini TKO 8 (3+) 154 09/80, Davey Moore TKO by 2 (10) 154 08/84, Matthew Hilton KO by 9 (10-) 154 04/86, First Ring Ranking: #10 Bantamweight (July 1934), Last Ring Ranking: #3 Bantamweight (February 1945), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 21-16-11 (5 KO, 1 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Bantamweight (1941-42). 1 contender at lightweight in the October 1941 issue following a win over future champion Sammy Angott. Lesnevich recaptured the top spot the issue before assuming the mantle left vacant in The Ring by Billy Conns move to heavyweight. 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. Losses worked in reverse. After leaving boxing, he became the first African-American to play on the Professional Golfers Association tour. When he retired in 1966, he had a record of 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. 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. 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. WebThere were many undisputed champions before the number of sanctioning bodies increased to four, but there have only been five boxers to hold all four titles simultaneously. Louis knocked out seven of them. T o celebrate its centenary, boxing magazine The Ring has ranked the Fernandez had been ranked at welterweight and then middleweight between 1959 and 1962. Heavyweight. 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. Basilio also beat Gaspar Ortega in 1961 between stretches in the top ten at welterweight for Ortega. Their rankings in each category were then averaged into a final score. That included wins at welterweight over the reigning lightweight (Juan Manuel Marquez) and junior welterweight (Ricky Hatton) champions. 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. For instance, champions havent automatically secured the top spot in every era of Ring rankings. The Yonker fight was for an interim WBC belt and set up McCallums shot at Jeff Harding to win the title outright. "Willie Pep" was the stage name ofGuglielmo Papaleo, an American boxer and two-time world featherweight champion. 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). He also won a gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Robinson would stay ranked No. He is a 2-time Ring magazine fighter of the Year and was inducted into the International Boxing hall of fame in 2011. It references the cover story to the February 2022 issue of The Ring, which celebrated the magazines 100 years of publication. Between reigns at lightweight, Canzoneri would hold the top contender slot from the August 1933-April 1935 editions. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Benitez would earn a number one ranking at Jr. middleweight after stopping Maurice Hope for the WBC belt, Benitezs last championship. Who are the rest of the best? Moore would also have a lengthy stint as the No. A missing win in the initial tabulation for former lightweight champion Ken Buchanan was also identified and incorporated, pushing Buchanan into the top 100. Charles also posted an early career win over Teddy Yarosz just one month after Yarosz exited the Ring rankings for the last time. 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. Moores first win over Jack Chase came when Chase was unranked, though Chases name comes up often from there. Assuming that would have crowned a king, the straight line from there would have ended at Mayweather-Hernandez. This one came down to fine print. A 1938 win over Lou Brouillard missed credit by a single issue. 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. He turned pro that same year, winning his first 19 matches and capturing the world heavyweight title in 1964. WebHe is a two-time heavyweight world champion, and also held the unified WBA, WBC, WebBoxing legends Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis have all secured a place in the top 10 heavyweight boxers of all time.The 10 Best Heavyweight Boxers In The World Right Now, Named And Ranked. 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 also avenged pre-war losses to Jimmy Bivins and Lloyd Marshall multiple times apiece while winning all three battles with Archie Moore. 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 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). WebTo Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (50-41) #50 DeGrasse, before and after the loss to Salica, could occasionally be found near the bottom of the featherweight top ten. Where does Joe Rogan rank among the greatest boxers of all time?.. He posted five wins over The Rings No. The No. 1 contenders. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. The 10 best heavyweights in the world right now Rummy's Corner Of the 25 fighters identified with between 20 and 29 wins against ranked foes, Mayweather finished the highest. 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. 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. 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. 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. Pep was Rings 1945 Fighter of the Year. It cost him a fourth divisional crown from the publication. 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.
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