Mayweather was Rings 1998 and 2007 Fighter of the Year. He won the world welterweight title in 1946 and held it for five years, then captured the world middleweight title in 1957. Pacquiao entered the rankings winning his first major title at age 19 with a come-from-behind knockout of Chatchai Sasakul. Missing Quality: Richie Woodhall fell out of the top ten just a few months before a loss to Calzaghe in 2000 but had been a titlist in the class just two fights prior. Josh Taylor is the undisputed light welterweight champion, currently the only undisputed champion. Emile Griffith graces the cover of the March 1965 issue of The Ring. Bivins just missed being another contender on the ledger for Louis here. A native of Panama, Duran is considered to be the best lightweight fighter in modern boxing history. 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. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. The exception was fighters moving up to face heavyweights. His success continued well after he moved up the scale. Late in Lewiss career, Lewis would stop Elmer Ray well before Ray cracked the top ten at heavyweight. Alejandro Lavorante KO 5 (10) Hvy 09/62, Floyd Patterson TKO 12 (1) Hvy 12/65, Karl Mildenberger TKO 12 (3) Hvy 9/66, Cleveland Williams TKO 3 (3) Hvy 01/67, Oscar Bonavena TKO 15 (3) Hvy 02/71, Floyd Patterson RTD 7 (3) Hvy 11/72, Larry Holmes RTD by 10 (C) Hvy 10/80, First Ring Ranking: #9 Heavyweight (February 1935), Last Ring Ranking: #6 Heavyweight (March 1952), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 31-3 (24 KOs, 2 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Heavyweight (1937-49). This has been a pleasure to put together. 1-ranked heavyweight Nino Valdez to set up an ill-fated shot at Rocky Marciano. The 10 best heavyweights in the world right now Rummy's Corner Losses worked in reverse. 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. 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. 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). Click here to read the introduction to the rankings feature that was published in the February 2022 issue. Kane and LaMotta were each missing a result. 2 contenders, and bested No. 3. 29 Bob Fitzsimmons. 10 contender. WebThe Super Fight was a fictional boxing match between Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali shot in 1969 and released in 1970. 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. Thanks for signing up! Mike McTigue was the light heavyweight champion for the inaugural rankings in 1925 and was rated fourth. The rankings of the August 1944 issue of The Ring carried an as of date of June 10. 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. From that win over Genaro Hernandez to his farewell against mixed martial artist Conor McGregor, Mayweather would face 23 men found in the Ring rankings across 33 fights. 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. 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. He won 11 straight matches in 1933 and then 22 consecutive bouts in 1937. As selected by The Ring magazine in the 2003 Ring Yearbook. WebTop 10 greatest pound-for-pound fighters of all time according to Ring Magazine the 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. 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 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). Pep regained the crown from Saddler after two quick tune-ups in his most memorable win and added four more victories over ranked opponents in 15 more wins before losing the title to Saddler for the second time. Louis might have been unranked when Charles defeated him, but Louis would immediately return to the top 10 after the loss and added two more top 10 wins before his career was complete. That included wins at welterweight over the reigning lightweight (Juan Manuel Marquez) and junior welterweight (Ricky Hatton) champions. 27 Abe Attell. Thats really earning a shot at the champ. 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. 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. For instance, if a No. In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. During that five-year period, he was stripped of his boxing titles and banned from fighting. Robinson would stay ranked No. 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. 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. A plus symbol + next to an opponents ranking means he was ranked in the weight class above the fighter being examined. A force from bantamweight to lightweight with big wins against welterweights to go with it, Canzoneri spent more than a decade in the rankings. As an additional clarification based on a question from a reader, the totals assigned to the Record vs. Ring-rated opponents correspond to the scoring results section for each fighter. 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. Group two was anyone else who finished in the top 100 for peak score and ranked wins but not overall points (65-69). The final average score was used to order the fighters in each group for those who made the top 100. Pep, who went pro in 1940, fought in an era when matches were scheduled far more often than today. 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). Explaining some of the changes you will read: All-time great Henry Armstrong held featherweight, lightweight and welterweight titles simultaneously. Missing Quality: Pacquiao is one of the most decorated fighters in history and the highest-finishing southpaw in this study. 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. Scoring results key: Most of the fighters listed in the Scoring Results section were in The Rings ratings at the time the examined ranked fighters of this feature faced them. "Willie Pep" was the stage name ofGuglielmo Papaleo, an American boxer and two-time world featherweight champion. A win over the champion of ones weight class, in a title or non-title fight, was worth 11 points, a No. Nicknamed "Brown Bomber" for his fearsome fists, Joe Louis is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. Canzoneris record is loaded with multi-fight rivalries, including a four-way round robin with Jimmy McLarnin, Barney Ross and Billy Petrolle. 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. In a 111-fight career, nearly half of Griffiths opponents could be found ranked in the pages of Ring Magazine. Between reigns at lightweight, Canzoneri would hold the top contender slot from the August 1933-April 1935 editions. Charles also posted an early career win over Teddy Yarosz just one month after Yarosz exited the Ring rankings for the last time. 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. Missing Quality: Peps dominance at featherweight included recognizable names who werent far removed from contention when Pep defeated them. 2023 RING TV LIVE. 1 contender to champion Freddie Red Cochrane. 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. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as well. Above welterweight, Nino Benvenuti won their series 2-1. results from January-June 1925 used the 1925 annual and the rest of the year used 1926s. 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 No. Scoring for total points and peak points relied on a base 11-point scale (i.e. A formula based on body weight percentage differences between divisions of ranked fighters, rather than scale weights of the fighters, was applied. From his entry into the Ring rankings until the Saddler loss, Peps record against champions and contenders from bantamweight to lightweight was 22-1-1, included wins over one of the dominant bantamweight champions ever in Manuel Ortiz and future lightweight champion Paddy DeMarco. a champion and the top 10 contenders). 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. 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. 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. He would never be unknown by anyone again. Their rankings in each category were then averaged into a final score. For instance, if a No. Toney was ranked number one at super middleweight from his IBF title win over Barkley through the loss to Roy Jones Jr., fell out of the light heavyweight rankings in 1997 after a loss to Drake Thadzi, and then returned to the cruiserweight top ten in 1999. Of his 40 wins against ranked opposition, 11 were against reigning champions or fighters ranked No. 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. Missing Quality: On the way to Nunn, Toney defeated a Merqui Sosa who would later be ranked at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Joe Calzaghe won Ring Magazine championships at super middleweight and light heavyweight. 2-ranked featherweight, 126 was divided by 118 and then multiplied by standard win/loss points, making the win worth 9.61 points to the bantamweight and the loss a deduction of 3.2 points for the featherweight. Web1. Scoring for total points and peak points relied on a base 11-point scale (i.e. 2 bantamweight in the world and was ranked the top contender at junior lightweight from the March to August 1929 issues. Mayweathers wins over Angel Manfredy and Diego Corrales were also No. Basilios defeats in the second Fullmer fight, and versus Pender, came after Basilios final Ring ranking and didnt work against him here. 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". A win over the champion of ones weight class, in a title or non-title fight, was worth 11 points, a No. A loss to the champion was a one-point deduction sliding to 11 for a loss to the No. 33 Ted (Kid) Lewis. Sammy Angott handed him his first defeat in a lightweight contest in March 1943. Missing Quality: The welterweight top 10 of the early 1940s was tough to crack. Griffith was Rings 1964 Fighter of the Year. 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. Saddler ended a 73-fight unbeaten streak. 1 contender at heavyweight from the July 1955-January 1957 issues, though boxings highest honor eluded him. 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. 1 contenders at welterweight (Harry Dublinsky, McLarnin). After representing Jamaica at the 1976 Olympics, the Body Snatcher would win titles at Jr. middleweight, middleweight, and light heavyweight. Seventeen of Louis 25 defenses came against ranked heavyweights, seven of them Rings No. 2 fights and surely would have filled a vacancy had The Ring resumed recognizing champions again before either fight. 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. Note: With some fighters of the more-distant past, there is often disagreement about their final records. 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. 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. Mayweather was nearly untouchable in the class. 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. He held the welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight titles during a career that began in 1913 and lasted until 1926 when he retired. Missing Quality: Canzoneri came close to being the first fighter with titles in four weight classes. Conversely, some scoring luck in Alis second reign against Jimmy Young and Ken Norton contributed to his placement here. 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. a champion and the top 10 contenders). The most formidable challenger in the war years may have been Jimmy Bivins. A 1956 silver medalist at light middleweight for the United States, Torres fought most of his first six years at middleweight, peaking at a number six ranking. 1 contender in their division. An illustrated portrait of Ezzard Charles graces the December 1950 issue of The Ring. Heavyweight. 1 in all but one issue from cover dates January 1942 to March 1944. Missing Quality: Before he entered the rankings for the first time, Moore split fights with Johnny Bandit Romero in 1938. 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). 10) 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. 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. 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. Group one: anyone who finished in the top 100 of all three scoring categories or whose scoring average was higher than those who did. A 1938 win over Lou Brouillard missed credit by a single issue. Mario Veit was unranked prior to two title challenges of Calzaghe but would crack the top ten briefly in 2007. Moore suffered defeats to Teddy Yarosz and Shorty Hogue as well before breaking through at middleweight with a win over Ron Richards. A formula based on body weight percentage differences between divisions of ranked fighters, rather than scale weights of the fighters, was applied. 30 Terry McGovern. 22, 1926) Known for his ability to deliver (and Salica posted a win over unranked future bantamweight champion Manuel Ortiz in 1939. Toney was never stopped in more than 90 professional starts. Over the next several days, RingTV.com will present Rolds list in its entirety, beginning with Nos. The world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, Joe Louis is one of Reggie Johnson SD 12 (10) 160 10/91, Charles Williams KO 12 (4+) 175 11/94, Montell Griffin L 12 (10) 175 06/95, Evander Holyfield TKO 9 (5+) Hvy 01/04, First Ring Ranking: #10 Light Heavyweight (November 1998), Last Ring Ranking: #5 Cruiserweight (December 2012), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 9-6-1, 1 No Contest (4 KO), Ring Magazine Championships: Light Heavyweight (2004, 05-06). Greb, whose face had taken a beating over the years, died later that year during cosmetic surgery. Sugar Ray Robinson (May 3, 1921April 12, 1989), Henry Armstrong (Dec. 12, 1912Oct. Randall Yonker had previously been ranked at both super middleweight and light heavyweight but was unranked when McCallum defeated him in 1994. Him here nearly half of Griffiths opponents could be found ranked in the weight class, in lightweight. But one issue from cover dates January 1942 to March 1944 class, in a lightweight in. 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