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Robinson was Rings 1942 and 1951 Fighter of the Year. Twelve of those 23 wins came against men The Ring recognized in their division as champion, No. 8. Calzaghe captured every major sanctioning body belt (if not all at the same time), and earned recognition as champion from The Ring over the course of a decade. The study is primarily based on monthly rankings. 7. Jack Johnson. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. Where does Joe Rogan rank among the greatest boxers of all 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. Thanks for signing up! 1-rated lightweight, as of the September 1941 issue, when Robinson beat him by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout. Hall of famers James Toney (right) and Mike McCallum are Nos. 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. He would remain recognized as Rings champion until his retirement following the only knockout loss of his career to heavyweight champion Joe Louis. Its not a reflection of a change of opinion about anyones placement. Thats really earning a shot at the champ. Just three years later, he won the world heavyweight title, which he would retain until 1949 when he retired. 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. Moore had slipped from the middleweight top 10 after a knockout loss to Eddie Booker. That same year, he won the world featherweight title. Antonio Tarver. 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. 10) Was anything from 30 to 40 out of the question? That included his most legendary win, the first-round knockout of Max Schmeling in their rematch. His 1935 win over Sixto Escobar earned Salica the NBAs bantamweight crown and Salica regained the honors in 1940 with a win over Georgie Pace. Robinson turned professional in October 1940 and rose to No. He also avenged pre-war losses to Jimmy Bivins and Lloyd Marshall multiple times apiece while winning all three battles with Archie Moore. 3. Missing Quality: Basilio took a hard road to contention, picking up some losses along the way including decision defeats to a ranked Chuck Davey and Bill Graham. Yall musta forgot Antonio Tarver shocked the boxing world in May 2004. 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. The points scale shifted for those years. Among them Sugar Ray Robinsons draw versus Henry Brimm was omitted in the initial findings and is added here and the ranking for Henry Cooper prior to his rematch with Muhammad Ali is updated (it was off by one issue; credit to historian Henry Hascup). Two issues later, Robinsons defeat of former welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic resulted in Robinson being ranked the No. Their rankings in each category were then averaged into a final score. Antonio Margarito was not ranked by The Ring in the top 10 at junior middleweight when Pacquiao defeated him at a catchweight for a belt in that class but had been a fixture in the welterweight top 10 for nearly a decade. Corrections to the initial findings of Peter Kane, Benny Lynch, and Jake LaMotta changed the position of each. 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 example from the Sugar Ray Robinson section: Opponents name and fight result (Ring ranking at the time of the bout) weight class cover date. 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. Basilio also had a win that didnt count toward him versus then-10th ranked welterweight Don Jordan in 1961. 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. Cecilia Braekhaus. As an amateur, he made a name for himself by going 86-0 before turning pro in 1940. 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. The 10 best heavyweights in the world right now Rummy's Corner Basilio also beat Gaspar Ortega in 1961 between stretches in the top ten at welterweight for Ortega. 50. Both active fighters improved their ranking in all three scoring categories. 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. The No. 23, 2006), Harry Greb (June 6, 1894Oct. 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. Career Record: 31-6-1 (22 KO) First Ring Ranking: #10 Light Heavyweight 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. Mayweather was 8-0 against ranked welterweights, including a feud-settling decision over his most prominent contemporary in Manny Pacquiao to unify the WBA, WBC and WBO belts. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. 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. "Willie Pep" was the stage name ofGuglielmo Papaleo, an American boxer and two-time world featherweight champion. When he retired in 1966, he had a record of 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts. 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. Missing Quality: Benitez can often be treated like his eras equivalent of the fifth Beatle. Missing Quality: A bout with Lateef Kayode result was initially a draw but changed to a No Contest when Tarver tested positive for a banned substance. In 2005, Joe Louis was named the greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. The final average score was used to order the fighters in each group for those who made the top 100. 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). 1 contenders. 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 111-fight career, nearly half of Griffiths opponents could be found ranked in the pages of Ring Magazine. WebThe Super Fight was a fictional boxing match between Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali shot in 1969 and released in 1970. WebTop 10 greatest pound-for-pound fighters of all time according to Ring Magazine the 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. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 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. WebIn 2005, Louis was ranked as the best heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization, and was ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of the "100 greatest punchers of all time". Armstrong, born Henry Jackson Jr., turned pro in 1931. 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). 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. 1 contender at heavyweight from the July 1955-January 1957 issues, though boxings highest honor eluded him. The inexhaustible Welshman tied the record for defenses of a title at super middleweight with Germanys Sven Ottke. 1 contender to champion Freddie Red Cochrane. 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. 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 contender for only an issue before snagging his first title from Benny Paret. Toney was ranked seventh when he shocked Michael Nunn for the IBF belt less than three years into his career. Joe Calzaghe won Ring Magazine championships at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Basilio was ranked fourth when he unsuccessfully challenged Kid Gavilan for the welterweight title. A thrilling boxer-puncher with exceptional physical strength and stamina, Griffith was No. 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. The decision in the first fight with Walcott was contentious and Louis answered the challenge with a knockout in the rematch. 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. 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. 1 contender at lightweight in the October 1941 issue following a win over future champion Sammy Angott. Davis was not ranked in the August issue and the result of the fight was reported in the September issue, so it was not recorded as a ranked win. 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. Sasakul was the man who beat the man dating back to Miguel Canto. Lulu Constantino UD 10 (6+) 135 09/44], Jimmy McAllister D 10 (UR) 126 01/46, Humberto Sierra UD 10 (8) 126 09/47, Humberto Sierra TKO 10 (1) 126 04/48, Sandy Saddler KO by 4* (1) 126 12/48, Sandy Saddler RTD by 8* (1) 126 10/50, Corky Gonzales UD 10 (10) 126 10/51, Sandy Saddler RTD by 9 (C) 126 11/51, Tommy Collins TKO by 6 (10) 126 08/52, Hogan Bassey TKO by 9 (C) 126 11/58, First Ring Ranking: #10 Jr. Lightweight (July 1998), Last Ring Ranking: Welterweight Champion (December 2015), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 23-0 (8 KOs), Ring Magazine Championships: Lightweight (2002-04), Welterweight (2006-08, 13-15), Jr. Middleweight (2013-15). He also hosts TV and radio sports talk shows. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Photo / THE RING archives. All rights reserved. There are, after all, several active fighters on the list. 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. Explaining some of the changes you will read: All-time great Henry Armstrong held featherweight, lightweight and welterweight titles simultaneously. Mario Veit was unranked prior to two title challenges of Calzaghe but would crack the top ten briefly in 2007. Benitez then captured the welterweight crown from Carlos Palomino before losing in his first defense to Sugar Ray Leonard. A loss to the champion was a one-point deduction sliding to 11 for a loss to the No. Pierre Langlois D 10 (UR+) 160 01/54, Italo Scortichini D 10 (UR) 147 02/54, Pierre Langlois UD 10 (10+) 160 06/54, Sugar Ray Robinson SD 15* (C+) 160 10/57, Sugar Ray Robinson L 15 (1) 160 04/58, Gene Fullmer TKO by 14 (2) 160 10/59, First Ring Ranking: #10 Jr. Middleweight (August 1982), Last Ring Ranking: #9 Light Heavyweight (May 1997), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 10-5-1 (6 KO). Griffith could be defeated, but his ability to consistently rebound from losses was remarkable. The biggest box-office attraction of his time, Mayweather won major titles in five weight classes, partially unifying welterweight and junior middleweight, without a defeat over nearly 20 years as a pro. Canzoneri was the No. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 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. 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. 100-91, counting down by sets of 10 to the top 10 rated fighters. The entry of Lomachenko and Buchanan bumped Fidel LaBarba and Lou Brouillard out of the top 100. His back-to-back middleweight title wars with Carmen Basilio won Rings 1957 and 1958 Fight-of-the-Year award. Salica posted a win over unranked future bantamweight champion Manuel Ortiz in 1939. When he resumed his career in 1946, he engaged in one of historys greatest runs. Often regarded as the greatest fighter of all time, Robinsons results highlight just how dominant he was in his prime. A native of Panama, Duran is considered to be the best lightweight fighter in modern boxing history. Nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", Louis' 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. WebThe International Boxing Research Organization rates Foreman as the eighth greatest heavyweight of all time. Ali would defend the title successfully 10 times in his second reign, with seven wins against The Rings top 10. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. The hope was to present the results in a way that gives something for everyone to sink their teeth into with the centerpiece being the identification of the rankings of the opponents of individual fighters, for the years when they were in the rankings of The Ring. Armstrong defeated Al Bummy Davis on June 15, 1944. Pacquiao couldnt solve the riddle of Mayweather in the richest fight of all time, but several multi-fight rivalries magnified the greatness of Pacquiao. A loss to the champion was a one-point deduction sliding to 11 for a loss to the No. 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. 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. When Robinson handed 42-0 future welterweight champion Marty Servo his first loss in September 1941, Servo had yet to crack Rings top 10. The study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. (Getty Images). 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). Thanks for signing up! 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. 1 contenders at welterweight (Harry Dublinsky, McLarnin). Sammy Angott handed him his first defeat in a lightweight contest in March 1943. During his career, went 66-3 with 52 knockouts. 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). Pep won his first 62 fights with four wins against Ring-ranked opposition, including his featherweight title win over Chalky Wright, before his career was three years old. However there is no denying that the current crop a field that includes He would never be unknown by anyone again. Career Record: 186-23-10, 1 No Contest (132 KOs, 7 KOBY), First Ring Ranking: #5 Middleweight (July 1940), Last Ring Ranking: #9 Heavyweight (May 1963), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 39-19-7 (18 KOs, 7 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Light Heavyweight (1952-62), Archie Moore was a Ring-rated fighter from middleweight to heavyweight during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. 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. Sugar Ray Robinson graces the cover of the December 1949 cover of The Ring. He posted five wins over The Rings No. 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. 32 Packey McFarland. As the title To Be the Best suggests, the feature looked back at 100 men who personified that phrase by facing the best opposition of their respective weight classes and eras. 1-ranked heavyweight Nino Valdez to set up an ill-fated shot at Rocky Marciano. 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. In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. Group two was anyone else who finished in the top 100 for peak score and ranked wins but not overall points (65-69). By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Seventeen of Louis 25 defenses came against ranked heavyweights, seven of them Rings No. Scoring for total points and peak points relied on a base 11-point scale (i.e. Montell Griffin UD 12 (4) 175 08/03, Bernard Hopkins L 12* (2) 160 09/06. Wilsons final Ring ranking, ninth at featherweight, came in the February 1946 issue. 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. That included wins at welterweight over the reigning lightweight (Juan Manuel Marquez) and junior welterweight (Ricky Hatton) champions. Of his 40 wins against ranked opposition, 11 were against reigning champions or fighters ranked No. For now, thank you again for taking the time to read and thank you to the editors at The Ring for their support of this project. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 2023 RING TV LIVE. Photo: The Ring Magazine/ Getty Images. Following the loss, he was ranked first or second in every issue until defeating DeMarco for his first of two welterweight crowns. 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. The exception was fighters moving up to face heavyweights. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao were the Fighters of the Decade for the 2000s and the 2010s. The 18-year-old Canzoneris 1927 draw with Bud Taylor was for the vacant NBA bantamweight title, though The Ring recognized no one as champion between Charley Rosenberg earlier in the year and Panama Al Brown in 1931. 10-rated middleweight as of the November 1942 issue when Robinson, who was rated at welterweight, faced him in a middleweight bout and won by unanimous decision. Assuming that would have crowned a king, the straight line from there would have ended at Mayweather-Hernandez. 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). 1-ranked contender at light heavyweight, four in defense of the crown, five more over No. Puerto Ricos El Radar was a prodigious talent, capturing the Jr. welterweight crown at just seventeen years old before engaging in a four-way rivalry with Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran at welterweight and Jr. middleweight. All rights reserved. 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. Their rankings in each category were then averaged into a final score. A win over the champion of ones weight class, in a title or non-title fight, was worth 11 points, a No. 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. The stretch to Marciano was one of Moores most impressive. 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. The study is primarily based on monthly rankings. After a standout amateur career, he turned pro in 1934. Over the next several days, RingTV.com will present Rolds list in its entirety, beginning with Nos. 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. 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). Web13 Jack Johnson. Greb, whose face had taken a beating over the years, died later that year during cosmetic surgery. From 1930-1956, nine men would hold the heavyweight crown. Robinson retired 25 years later with a record of 175-19 and 110 knockouts.. 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