While the nickname Bum of the Month Club lingers on, a deeper look reveals those bums to be an assortment of the best heavyweights in the world for a generation. 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. All fighters who finished in the top 100 of each scoring category were included in the first grouping. 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. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. The entry of Lomachenko and Buchanan bumped Fidel LaBarba and Lou Brouillard out of the top 100. Over the next several days, RingTV.com will present Rolds list in its entirety, beginning with Nos. Web13 Jack Johnson. Click here to read the introduction to the rankings feature that was published in the February 2022 issue. The No. The lone loss in that stretch, a debated decision versus Elmer Ray, was avenged by knockout. 1 contender spot from the April 1949 issue until earning recognition from The Ring as heavyweight champion in the December 1950 issue following a win over an unranked and recently unretired Joe Louis. 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). Mayweather was Rings 1998 and 2007 Fighter of the Year. 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). Above welterweight, Nino Benvenuti won their series 2-1. Note: With some fighters of the more-distant past, there is often disagreement about their final records. Photo: The Ring archive. Digging into pro boxing in 1998, Ann boasts one of the most successful careers, with a 24-1-1 record. Lesnevich also posted a win in 1937 over Atilio Sabatino; Sabatino would go on to be ranked for chunks of time at middleweight between 1938 and 1940. Photo / THE RING archives. Benitez would be ranked number one or two at Jr. middleweight well into 1984. Yall musta forgot Antonio Tarver shocked the boxing world in May 2004. Losses and draws to unranked fighters are part of that total and it doesnt reflect results against ranked opponents outside the scope of the study. Bivins just missed being another contender on the ledger for Louis here. To be the best, you have to beat the best. Missing Quality: On the way to Nunn, Toney defeated a Merqui Sosa who would later be ranked at super middleweight and light heavyweight. He was in Rings 1963, 1964, 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1978 Fights of the Year. The big punching Ray turned pro in 1933 and would spend most of the second half of the 1940s as a heavyweight contender. Draws against ranked opponents were worth half a win; draws against unranked opponents were a six-point deduction. Seventeen of Louis 25 defenses came against ranked heavyweights, seven of them Rings No. A native of Panama, Duran is considered to be the best lightweight fighter in modern boxing history. All rights reserved. Group one: anyone who finished in the top 100 of all three scoring categories or whose scoring average was higher than those who did. Sakio Bika was unranked prior to a loss to Calzaghe in 2006 but Bika would be ranked continuously for a long stretch between 2007 and 2014. 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 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. Robinson went on to win his first 40 matches. The final average score was used to order the fighters in each group for those who made the top 100. 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 33 Ted (Kid) Lewis. Thanks for signing up! The Brooklyn bantamweight spent more than a decade in or near the top ten after winning bronze at the 1932 Olympics. 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. He turned pro after the Olympics and went on to win titles in the lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight divisions. 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. 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). The points scale shifted for those years. 3. 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. 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. 10 contender. 30 Terry McGovern. 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. 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. a champion and the top 10 contenders). 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. Mayweather was nearly untouchable in the class. 2 bantamweight in the world and was ranked the top contender at junior lightweight from the March to August 1929 issues. The Filipino icon cracked Ring Magazine top 10s in four different decades from the 1990s to the 2020s with wins over reigning champions or opponents ranked in the top two of every weight class he competed in from flyweight to welterweight. 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. The Ring ranked him as 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. 2 contender spot at light heavyweight in the January 1943 issue. However there is no denying that the current crop a field that includes In 2005, Joe Louis was named the greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. Oh my god! so that Who is the WWE world heavyweight champion 2020? Moores first win over Jack Chase came when Chase was unranked, though Chases name comes up often from there. While lag time for results of a week or so was common in the era for fights contested outside the U.S., it wasnt common for fights contested in the States. Combining sanctioning body and lineal and/or Ring championships, Pacquiao is the only fighter with title claims in eight weight classes. It cost him a fourth divisional crown from the publication. 7. 1 contender at lightweight for all but two issues from October 1929 to July 1930 following his title reign at featherweight. WebLet's go to the video: 50 Greatest: Jack Dempsey. 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. As an amateur, he made a name for himself by going 86-0 before turning pro in 1940. Randall Yonker had previously been ranked at both super middleweight and light heavyweight but was unranked when McCallum defeated him in 1994. 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. The exception was fighters moving up to face heavyweights. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as well. 27 Abe Attell. Across the years he was part of the Ring rankings, Robinson would post 14 wins over reigning champions or men ranked as the No. Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! Twenty-five consecutive title defenses more than imprinted Louis as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. These are the best of the best. 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. 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. 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 study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. 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. For instance, champions havent automatically secured the top spot in every era of Ring rankings. 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. Griffith could be defeated, but his ability to consistently rebound from losses was remarkable. 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 as of date for the rankings in the August 1944 issue was likely incorrect and the results were amended accordingly. Charles never faced Mills, but against the other three his record was 9-0. While Pacquiao was widely unknown when he received his second title shot against Lehlo Ledwaba at junior featherweight, its easy to overlook that he was a fixture in The Rings junior featherweight top 10 for almost two years prior to the fight. Mayweathers junior lightweight run came during the era where The Ring didnt render championships. The following Authors Note was penned on January 21, 2022. An illustrated portrait of Ezzard Charles graces the December 1950 issue of The Ring. The study is primarily based on monthly rankings. Both active fighters improved their ranking in all three scoring categories. A force from bantamweight to lightweight with big wins against welterweights to go with it, Canzoneri spent more than a decade in the rankings. Of his 40 wins against ranked opposition, 11 were against reigning champions or fighters ranked No. Missing Quality: Peps dominance at featherweight included recognizable names who werent far removed from contention when Pep defeated them. 1 contender for only an issue before snagging his first title from Benny Paret. 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. DeGrasse, before and after the loss to Salica, could occasionally be found near the bottom of the featherweight top ten. 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. Pep posted two wins over Jackie Wilson, in 1943 and 1946, both with Wilson outside the rankings. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. 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. Toneys cruiserweight run culminated with a number one ranking after defeating Vasily Jirov for the IBF belt. Where does Joe Rogan rank among the greatest boxers of all time?.. 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. 1 contenders in their weight class from lightweight to light heavyweight. Armstrong, born Henry Jackson Jr., turned pro in 1931. Fernandez had been ranked at welterweight and then middleweight between 1959 and 1962. Thanks for signing up! 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. 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 an era when segregation was still legal, Louis' athleticism made him one of the few African-American celebrities of his time. There are, after all, several active fighters on the list. 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 decision in the first fight with Walcott was contentious and Louis answered the challenge with a knockout in the rematch. Often regarded as the greatest fighter of all time, Robinsons results highlight just how dominant he was in his prime. He also avenged pre-war losses to Jimmy Bivins and Lloyd Marshall multiple times apiece while winning all three battles with Archie Moore. 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). 100-91, counting down by sets of 10 to the top 10 rated fighters. The exception was fighters moving up to face heavyweights. Pacquiao entered the rankings winning his first major title at age 19 with a come-from-behind knockout of Chatchai Sasakul. Greb, whose face had taken a beating over the years, died later that year during cosmetic surgery. Fights in italics denote results using rankings taken from KO Magazine. 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. Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time As selected by The Meet Ring Magazine's top 10 fighteres. After a standout amateur career, he turned pro in 1934. 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. McCallum is in the conversation for the greatest Jr. middleweight in the divisions history. Moores record entering his challenge of Maxim was 133-19-8. Canzoneri was the No. Sugar Ray Robinson graces the cover of the December 1949 cover of The Ring. He also won a gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. His back-to-back middleweight title wars with Carmen Basilio won Rings 1957 and 1958 Fight-of-the-Year award. This is a project intended to be kept up for as long as Ring continues to issue rankings and there is thought to publishing all of the findings of the study, in an expanded format, later on. Joe Louis was Rings 1936, 1938, 1939 and 1941 Fighter of the Year. The entirely subjective nature of any list comparing fighters across different weight categories and different eras is bound to be fodder for debate. Jack Johnson. Mike McTigue was the light heavyweight champion for the inaugural rankings in 1925 and was rated fourth. Lesnevich recaptured the top spot the issue before assuming the mantle left vacant in The Ring by Billy Conns move to heavyweight. Prior to championships at featherweight and lightweight, Canzoneri was rated the No. A loss to the champion was a one-point deduction sliding to 11 for a loss to the No. 1 contenders at welterweight (Harry Dublinsky, McLarnin). He is a 2-time Ring magazine fighter of the Year and was inducted into the International Boxing hall of fame in 2011. Gus Lesnevich, Ring Magazines 1947 Fighter of the Year. Robinson would stay ranked No. 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. 1 in title and non-title affairs. 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. 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. 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 Losses worked in reverse. Lewis also defeated future, but then unranked, heavyweight champion Jim Braddock that year in the first of their two contests. He also hosts TV and radio sports talk shows. That same year, he won the world featherweight title. 1 contenders. 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. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. Fighters were then given a ranking in each scoring category: overall total, peak score (the highest point their points for wins and losses reached), and ranked wins. Armstrong retired in 1946 with a record of 151-21-9 with 101 knockouts. He entered the heavyweight ratings at No. Muhammad Ali. [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. Nicknamed "Brown Bomber" for his fearsome fists, Joe Louis is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. Basilio was ranked fourth when he unsuccessfully challenged Kid Gavilan for the welterweight title. Benitez was unranked when he defeated Antonio Cervantes for his first title, spending his entire tenure in The Rings rankings at Jr. welterweight as champion. 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. 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. 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. Moore suffered defeats to Teddy Yarosz and Shorty Hogue as well before breaking through at middleweight with a win over Ron Richards. The study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. 1 contender in their division. Explaining some of the changes you will read: All-time great Henry Armstrong held featherweight, lightweight and welterweight titles simultaneously. Missing Quality: Louis could easily have been historys first two-time heavyweight king. Twenty-seven of those wins came against ranked opposition after Moore entered the rankings for the first time. That included his most legendary win, the first-round knockout of Max Schmeling in their rematch. 1 contender spot at middleweight just once, in the March 1943 issue. Lynch was credited with one too many. The 1926 and subsequent annual rankings prior to the introduction of monthly rankings included more than 10 fighters so the first 11 were all factored in. Following the loss, he was ranked first or second in every issue until defeating DeMarco for his first of two welterweight crowns. 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). Sometimes, fighters were separated by fractions of points in the total or peak points categories so single wins and losses were impactful in the scoring. Other new names will enter with the passage of time. Stuhley was unranked before either contest but had been ranked at middleweight earlier in 1936 and occasionally since 1932. Griffiths career was marked by several multi-fight rivalries. 1 contender was worth 10, etc. The study is primarily based on monthly rankings. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. However, there was only room to present the detailed accomplishments of the top 25 fighters rated according to Cliff Rolds criteria which was based on their records vs. fellow Ring-rated opposition dating back to 1925, when the magazine began posting divisional rankings. Louis began facing contenders just a dozen fights into his career and kept facing them for the rest of it. 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). 1 contender at lightweight in the October 1941 issue following a win over future champion Sammy Angott. Losses to unranked opponents drew a universal 12-point deduction. 92 and 93 on this very special list of greats. a champion and the top 10 contenders). 50. 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. 1-contender rankings at junior featherweight and welterweight along with a No. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

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