Web1. The points scale shifted for those years. 1-rated lightweight, as of the September 1941 issue, when Robinson beat him by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout. 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. (1-64). 1 contender at lightweight for all but two issues from October 1929 to July 1930 following his title reign at featherweight. Robinson would stay ranked No. 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. 31 Ezzard Charles. 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. Charles never faced Mills, but against the other three his record was 9-0. 1 ranking at flyweight in the era when The Ring did not recognize singular champions. The study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. Robinson was Rings 1942 and 1951 Fighter of the Year. 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 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. 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. T o celebrate its centenary, boxing magazine The Ring has ranked the Missing Quality: Mannion was unranked when McCallum defeated him and never achieved a ranking in The Ring. Louis knocked out seven of them. At number one, Muhammad Ali is the greatest boxer of all time, and In 2005, Joe Louis was named the greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. Mario Veit was unranked prior to two title challenges of Calzaghe but would crack the top ten briefly in 2007. Moore would also have a lengthy stint as the No. The result in the Tiberi fight resulted in calls for a Congressional investigation and could have affected Toneys placement as a loss to an unranked opponent. (1-64). a champion and the top 10 contenders). By the time he retired in 1925, he had a record of 89-6-1 with 70 knockouts. Mayweather also briefly held the IBF belt in 2006. Tony Canzoneri was Rings 1934 co-Fighter of the Year (with Barney Ross). We have used BoxRec.com as our source. 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. 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. 1 contender in their division. Toney was ranked seventh when he shocked Michael Nunn for the IBF belt less than three years into his career. The following Authors Note was penned on January 21, 2022. 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. After leaving boxing, he became the first African-American to play on the Professional Golfers Association tour. Photo: The Ring archive. Pacquiao couldnt solve the riddle of Mayweather in the richest fight of all time, but several multi-fight rivalries magnified the greatness of Pacquiao. 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. Note: With some fighters of the more-distant past, there is often disagreement about their final records. 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. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. 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. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. After representing Jamaica at the 1976 Olympics, the Body Snatcher would win titles at Jr. middleweight, middleweight, and light heavyweight. 28 Jack Britton. 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. Combining sanctioning body and lineal and/or Ring championships, Pacquiao is the only fighter with title claims in eight weight classes. 1 contenders. 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. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Louis reached No. 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). 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. 1 contender was worth 10, etc. It cost him a fourth divisional crown from the publication. 50. The second Wilson win came shortly after that. 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. For instance, if a 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. WebThe Super Fight was a fictional boxing match between Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali shot in 1969 and released in 1970. 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. He won the world lightweight title in 1916, going 15-0 during that run. Joe Louis. 2023 RING TV LIVE. Missing Quality: Lesnevich posted wins in 1936 and 37 over Young Stuhley. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. Both active fighters improved their ranking in all three scoring categories. so that Who is the WWE world heavyweight champion 2020? Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 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. Louis is one of a group of seven fighters identified with between 30 and 39 wins against ranked opponents in the study. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. 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. At the time, Ali and Marciano were the only undefeated heavyweight champions in history and fans often debated who would win had they met in their primes. Assuming that would have crowned a king, the straight line from there would have ended at Mayweather-Hernandez. Robinson retired 25 years later with a record of 175-19 and 110 knockouts.. Torres entered ranked sixth at light heavyweight when he unseated Willie Pastrano. Canzoneris record is loaded with multi-fight rivalries, including a four-way round robin with Jimmy McLarnin, Barney Ross and Billy Petrolle. 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. Thanks for signing up! Sugar Ray Robinson graces the cover of the December 1949 cover of The Ring. The Cincinnati Cobra competed with the elite from middleweight to heavyweight for the better part of a decade without a title shot. 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. For instance, champions havent automatically secured the top spot in every era of Ring rankings. All rights reserved. Bivins just missed being another contender on the ledger for Louis here. 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). Emile Griffith graces the cover of the March 1965 issue of The Ring. In a 111-fight career, nearly half of Griffiths opponents could be found ranked in the pages of Ring Magazine. Photo / THE RING archives. Thats really earning a shot at the champ. 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. Those were treated as that months rankings and, if needed, were reordered as champion and top 10 to maintain consistency. 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 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). Josh Taylor is the undisputed light welterweight champion, currently the only undisputed champion. 2 and ultimately held the No. Max Baer, Max Schmeling, James J. Braddock and Jersey Joe Walcott all felt Louis wrath. 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. The Ring recognized only four men as light heavyweight champion from August 1941 to March 1962: Gus Lesnevich, Freddie Mills, Joey Maxim and Moore. Following the loss, he was ranked first or second in every issue until defeating DeMarco for his first of two welterweight crowns. 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. Griffith was Rings 1964 Fighter of the Year. Group one: anyone who finished in the top 100 of all three scoring categories or whose scoring average was higher than those who did. 1 contender spot at middleweight from the November 1949 issue until he won his first of five middleweight crowns in the storied St. Valentines Day Massacre versus Jake LaMotta. Wilsons final Ring ranking, ninth at featherweight, came in the February 1946 issue. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. 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. 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. Along with his five world title wins, Griffith also posted wins over No. Above welterweight, Nino Benvenuti won their series 2-1. Tyson even made a comeback in 2021 and had an exhibition fight against Roy Jones Junior. 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. Six of the nine fights in the Benitez version took place before Duran-Hagler added the Marvelous one to the mix. 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. Basilio also beat Gaspar Ortega in 1961 between stretches in the top ten at welterweight for Ortega. 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. Maxie Rosenbloom L 10 (C) 175 12/32], Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 (C) 175 08/33, Maxie Rosenbloom W 10 (C) 175 09/33, Maxie Rosenbloom L 10 (3) 175 01/36, Emilio Martinez L 10 (UR) 175 03/36, George Nichols D 10 (UR) 175 05/36], Isidoro Gastanaga L 10 (UR+) Hvy 11/37, Isidoro Gastanaga TKO 9 (8+) Hvy 01/38, First Ring Ranking: #10 Super Middleweight (January 1997), Last Ring Ranking: World Light Heavyweight Champion (April 2009), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 9-0 (2 KO), Ring Magazine Championships: Super Middleweight (2006-08), Light Heavyweight (2008-09). 22, 1926) Known for his ability to deliver (and 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. WebTo Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (50-41) #50 Chatchai Sasakul KO 8 (2) 112 03/99, Medgoen Singsurat TKO by 3 (UR) 112 Holiday/99, Agapito Sanchez Tech. Leonard retired with a record of 36-3-1 with 25 knockouts. Of his 40 wins against ranked opposition, 11 were against reigning champions or fighters ranked No. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as well. Louis began facing contenders just a dozen fights into his career and kept facing them for the rest of it. 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). Basilio also had a win that didnt count toward him versus then-10th ranked welterweight Don Jordan in 1961. Sugar Ray Robinson (May 3, 1921April 12, 1989), Henry Armstrong (Dec. 12, 1912Oct. 23, 2006), Harry Greb (June 6, 1894Oct. 2 contender spot at light heavyweight in the January 1943 issue. McCallum won the vacant WBA belt versus Sean Mannion in 1984, rose to number one in Rings rankings in the September 1984 edition, and stayed there almost a year. 2 bantamweight in the world and was ranked the top contender at junior lightweight from the March to August 1929 issues. Draws against ranked opponents were worth half a win; draws against unranked opponents were a six-point deduction. 1 contender or next highest-rated contender after a division-leading Mayweather. 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. Jack Johnson. A loss to the champion was a one-point deduction sliding to 11 for a loss to the 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. An illustration of Willie Pep adorns the July 1949 issue of The Ring. Moore made the most of his opportunity and would be recognized by The Ring as champion for the next decade. He came out ahead 2-1 in a fateful rivalry with Paret, narrowly edged Luis Rodriguez 3-1 over four fights and pounded past Denny Moyer in two of their three contests. Losses worked in reverse. 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. A plus symbol + next to an opponents ranking means he was ranked in the weight class above the fighter being examined. Joe Calzaghe won Ring Magazine championships at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Robinson was recognized as the welterweight champion until the March 1951 issue while also holding the No. The big punching Ray turned pro in 1933 and would spend most of the second half of the 1940s as a heavyweight contender. 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). 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. Along with Ring Magazine titles at featherweight, junior lightweight and junior welterweight, Pacquiao also achieved No. ROCKY MARCIANO In a career that lasted 8 years from 1947 to 1955, Marciano left quite a mark on boxing history. 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). He remained active in boxing, refereeing frequently until dying of a heart attack while officiating at a match in 1947. 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. results from January-June 1925 used the 1925 annual and the rest of the year used 1926s. Sammy Angott handed him his first defeat in a lightweight contest in March 1943. Randall Yonker had previously been ranked at both super middleweight and light heavyweight but was unranked when McCallum defeated him in 1994. 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). 1 vs. No. Calzaghe defended the WBO belt he won versus Chris Eubank 21 times. 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. Place before Duran-Hagler added the Marvelous one to the mix consent, adversely. 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