Moore had slipped from the middleweight top 10 after a knockout loss to Eddie Booker. 1 vs. No. Nicknamed "Brown Bomber" for his fearsome fists, Joe Louis is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. Note: With some fighters of the more-distant past, there is often disagreement about their final records. Missing Quality: On the way to Nunn, Toney defeated a Merqui Sosa who would later be ranked at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Andrew Eisele is a boxing writer who has covered the sport for Time, Inc. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. Toney was ranked seventh when he shocked Michael Nunn for the IBF belt less than three years into his career. Digging into pro boxing in 1998, Ann boasts one of the most successful The world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, Joe Louis is one of 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. Prior to championships at featherweight and lightweight, Canzoneri was rated the No. When Robinson handed 42-0 future welterweight champion Marty Servo his first loss in September 1941, Servo had yet to crack Rings top 10. McCallum was forced to vacate prior to a planned unification with IBF titlist James Toney. 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 turned pro after the Olympics and went on to win titles in the lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight divisions. 30 Terry McGovern. Seventeen of Louis 25 defenses came against ranked heavyweights, seven of them Rings No. 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. 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). Yall musta forgot Antonio Tarver shocked the boxing world in May 2004. A 1963 win over ranked welterweight Ralph Dupas was outside the study scope. By the time Pep lost again versus Sandy Saddler in October 1948, overcoming injuries suffered in a January 1947 plane crash along the way, Pep had run his record to 134-1-1. To be the best, you have to beat the best. So, LaMotta was The Rings No. WebThe Ring enlisted the services of various historians and writers, including Farhood, 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. Six of the nine fights in the Benitez version took place before Duran-Hagler added the Marvelous one to the mix. He was a damn good boxer and a great man thanks for your time in the ring. 2 contender spot at light heavyweight in the January 1943 issue. 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). 2023 RING TV LIVE. Bivins just missed being another contender on the ledger for Louis here. According to the editors at Ring Magazine, this is how the rest of the top 80 shakes out. History could have played differently for both with just a few rounds of difference. All rights reserved. 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. Saddler ended a 73-fight unbeaten streak. Mario Veit was unranked prior to two title challenges of Calzaghe but would crack the top ten briefly in 2007. He posted five wins over The Rings No. Career Record: 85-24-2, 1 No Contest (23 KOs, 2 KOBY) First Ring Ranking: Lynch was credited with one too many. 1 contender at lightweight for all but two issues from October 1929 to July 1930 following his title reign at featherweight. Often regarded as the greatest fighter of all time, Robinsons results highlight just how dominant he was in his prime. The Ring recognized only four men as light heavyweight champion from August 1941 to March 1962: Gus Lesnevich, Freddie Mills, Joey Maxim and Moore. Group two was anyone else who finished in the top 100 for peak score and ranked wins but not overall points (65-69). 1-ranked heavyweight Nino Valdez to set up an ill-fated shot at Rocky Marciano. His back-to-back middleweight title wars with Carmen Basilio won Rings 1957 and 1958 Fight-of-the-Year award. BornCassius Marcellus Clay Jr.,Muhammad Ali began boxing at the age of 12 and won a gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics. Charles never faced Mills, but against the other three his record was 9-0. Some other small corrections have been made to results and summaries but they didnt change the final results. Missing Quality: Peps dominance at featherweight included recognizable names who werent far removed from contention when Pep defeated them. 1 contender spot at middleweight just once, in the March 1943 issue. In an era when segregation was still legal, Louis' athleticism made him one of the few African-American celebrities of his time. 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. 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. Wins and losses to opponents in higher and lower divisions were included. Antonio Tarver. 1 contender for only an issue before snagging his first title from Benny Paret. 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. That included his most legendary win, the first-round knockout of Max Schmeling in their rematch. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. James Toney downs 1996 Olympic champ Vassily Jirov to win the IBF cruiserweight title in 2003, the year he earned his second Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year award. The self-proclaimed Greatest is the most documented boxer in history for good reason. 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. Joe Louis. Floyd Mayweather Jr. on the cover of the April 1999 issue of The Ring. The most formidable challenger in the war years may have been Jimmy Bivins. Of his 40 wins against ranked opposition, 11 were against reigning champions or fighters ranked No. 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. All fighters who finished in the top 100 of each scoring category were included in the first grouping. Louis was 10-1 against Ring-ranked opposition before defeating James Braddock for the crown. The biggest question for Louis might be how many more title defenses he would have had without service in World War II. 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. As an interesting footnote, a fight that has gained fame over time came at a time when Moore was unranked: his defeat at the hands of Charley Burley. He won the world lightweight title in 1916, going 15-0 during that run. Missing Quality: The welterweight top 10 of the early 1940s was tough to crack. Max Baer, Max Schmeling, James J. Braddock and Jersey Joe Walcott all felt Louis wrath. 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. 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". WebHe is a two-time heavyweight world champion, and also held the unified WBA, WBC, Toney was never stopped in more than 90 professional starts. 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. 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). Armstrong retired in 1946 with a record of 151-21-9 with 101 knockouts. 1 contenders in their weight class from lightweight to light heavyweight. 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. Charles was The Rings leading light heavyweight contender for all but two issues from August 1946 to October 1948 without ever receiving a title shot. 1 contender in their division. 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. A 1938 win over Lou Brouillard missed credit by a single issue. Griffiths career was marked by several multi-fight rivalries. 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. 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 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. Combining sanctioning body and lineal and/or Ring championships, Pacquiao is the only fighter with title claims in eight weight classes. 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). Armstrong defeated Al Bummy Davis on June 15, 1944. The Yonker fight was for an interim WBC belt and set up McCallums shot at Jeff Harding to win the title outright. Louis is one of a group of seven fighters identified with between 30 and 39 wins against ranked opponents in the study. Muhammad Ali graces the cover of the December 1972 issue of The Ring. 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. 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). 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). 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. 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. 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). 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. 1 contender at lightweight in the October 1941 issue following a win over future champion Sammy Angott. Late in Lewiss career, Lewis would stop Elmer Ray well before Ray cracked the top ten at heavyweight. 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. Losses to unranked opponents drew a universal 12-point deduction. 1 contender was worth 10, etc. Following the loss, he was ranked first or second in every issue until defeating DeMarco for his first of two welterweight crowns. Missing Quality: A little luck goes a long way, and Griffiths three wins over Rodriguez were all by split decision. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. WebHe is a two-time heavyweight world champion, and also held the unified WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring heavyweight titles in 1989. Charles also posted an early career win over Teddy Yarosz just one month after Yarosz exited the Ring rankings for the last 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. WebThe International Boxing Research Organization rates Foreman as the eighth greatest heavyweight of all time. 1 in all but one issue from cover dates January 1942 to March 1944. After a standout amateur career, he turned pro in 1934. Robinson was Rings 1942 and 1951 Fighter of the Year. Just three years later, he won the world heavyweight title, which he would retain until 1949 when he retired. A thrilling boxer-puncher with exceptional physical strength and stamina, Griffith was No. Carlos Monzon held off two challenges for the middleweight title while Dick Tiger came up empty-handed in two fights vs. Griffith, who held Bad Bennie Briscoe at bay with a win and a draw. 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. 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. 33 Ted (Kid) Lewis. Were here! Photo: The Ring Magazine/ Getty Images. A missing win in the initial tabulation for former lightweight champion Ken Buchanan was also identified and incorporated, pushing Buchanan into the top 100. 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. 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. 31 Ezzard Charles. 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. Benitez then captured the welterweight crown from Carlos Palomino before losing in his first defense to Sugar Ray Leonard. An additional win was identified for Henry Armstrong, forcing a flipping of position between Armstrong and Pernell Whitaker. Griffith was Rings 1964 Fighter of the Year. Chatchai Sasakul KO 8 (2) 112 03/99, Medgoen Singsurat TKO by 3 (UR) 112 Holiday/99, Agapito Sanchez Tech. Ali was Rings 1963 (as Cassius Clay), 1966 (retroactively), 1972 (with Carlos Monzon), 1974, 1975 and 1978 Fighter of the Year. Muhammad Ali. 6, in the January 1942 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. Sasakul was the man who beat the man dating back to Miguel Canto. 1-ranked contender at light heavyweight, four in defense of the crown, five more over No. 10) Mayweather was Rings 1998 and 2007 Fighter of the Year. He also avenged pre-war losses to Jimmy Bivins and Lloyd Marshall multiple times apiece while winning all three battles with Archie Moore. Over the next several days, RingTV.com will present Rolds list in its entirety, beginning with Nos. 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 was worth 10, etc. Emile Griffith graces the cover of the March 1965 issue of The Ring. 10 contender. 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. Benitez deserves remembrance as the fifth king. 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. Two + signs mean the examined fighter faced an opponent two weight classes heavier (based on the divisions The Ring ranked at the time). 2 and ultimately held the No. 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. Canzoneris record is loaded with multi-fight rivalries, including a four-way round robin with Jimmy McLarnin, Barney Ross and Billy Petrolle. Assuming that would have crowned a king, the straight line from there would have ended at Mayweather-Hernandez. There are, after all, several active fighters on the list. For instance, if a No. Twenty-seven of those wins came against ranked opposition after Moore entered the rankings for the first time. He turned pro that same year, winning his first 19 matches and capturing the world heavyweight title in 1964. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. The loss to Schmeling would be Louis only defeat from his 1934 debut until a loss to Ezzard Charles in 1950 after a brief retirement. At number one, Muhammad Ali is the greatest boxer of all time, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao were the Fighters of the Decade for the 2000s and the 2010s. Emile Griffith. Missing Quality: Canzoneri came close to being the first fighter with titles in four weight classes. 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. 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