For instance, if a No. 2 and ultimately held the No. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. Basilio also had wins over former lightweight champions Lew Jenkins and Ike Williams after both had left contention. 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. 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. 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. 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. Torres entered ranked sixth at light heavyweight when he unseated Willie Pastrano. The inexhaustible Welshman tied the record for defenses of a title at super middleweight with Germanys Sven Ottke. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as well. Those were treated as that months rankings and, if needed, were reordered as champion and top 10 to maintain consistency. Robinson was Rings 1942 and 1951 Fighter of the Year. Their rankings in each category were then averaged into a final score. 2 contenders, and bested No. 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. Sugar Ray Robinson set the bar by which all other modern boxers are judged. 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. 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. results from January-June 1925 used the 1925 annual and the rest of the year used 1926s. 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. The second Wilson win came shortly after that. Two + signs mean the examined fighter faced an opponent two weight classes heavier (based on the divisions The Ring ranked at the time). A plus symbol + next to an opponents ranking means he was ranked in the weight class above the fighter being examined. Larry Holmes (69-6, 44 KO) Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to Nicknamed "Brown Bomber" for his fearsome fists, Joe Louis is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. Toney was never stopped in more than 90 professional starts. The first two wins against Maxim came in 1942 when Maxim was unranked and often competing at heavyweight. Leonard learned how to fight on the streets of New York City, where he grew up in the Jewish enclave on the Lower East Side. He turned pro that same year, winning his first 19 matches and capturing the world heavyweight title in 1964. Losses worked in reverse. For instance, champions havent automatically secured the top spot in every era of Ring rankings. 50. 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. Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time As selected by The Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Mike McTigue was the light heavyweight champion for the inaugural rankings in 1925 and was rated fourth. 1 contender for only an issue before snagging his first title from Benny Paret. 34 Marcel Cerdan. 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). 31 Ezzard Charles. 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. Meet Ring Magazine's top 10 fighteres. A formula based on body weight percentage differences between divisions of ranked fighters, rather than scale weights of the fighters, was applied. Carmen Basilio, between rounds of his fight-of-the-year rematch with Sugar Ray Robinson, is the epitome of the blood-and-guts warrior. To be the best, you have to beat the best. a champion and the top 10 contenders). How tough? 1-ranked heavyweight Nino Valdez to set up an ill-fated shot at Rocky Marciano. Toney was ranked seventh when he shocked Michael Nunn for the IBF belt less than three years into his career. Antonio Tarver. The study tried to respect the varying standards The Ring has used to rank fighters over the last century. 1 contender at heavyweight from the July 1955-January 1957 issues, though boxings highest honor eluded him. 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. Click here to purchase a copy of the Collectors Issue from the Ring Shop. Mayweathers wins over Angel Manfredy and Diego Corrales were also No. 1 contender at lightweight for all but two issues from October 1929 to July 1930 following his title reign at featherweight. Between reigns at lightweight, Canzoneri would hold the top contender slot from the August 1933-April 1935 editions. Mayweather was Rings 1998 and 2007 Fighter of the Year. That championship is sorely missing from his resume. 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. He remained active in boxing, refereeing frequently until dying of a heart attack while officiating at a match in 1947. 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. 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. Duran retired with a record of 103-16 with 70 knockouts. Fights in italics denote results using rankings taken from KO Magazine. Muhammad Ali. 8. Thats really earning a shot at the champ. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. He won the world welterweight title in 1946 and held it for five years, then captured the world middleweight title in 1957. The Brooklyn bantamweight spent more than a decade in or near the top ten after winning bronze at the 1932 Olympics. 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. 32 Packey McFarland. 15 Vitali Klitschko. A missing win in the initial tabulation for former lightweight champion Ken Buchanan was also identified and incorporated, pushing Buchanan into the top 100. Missing Quality: Benitez can often be treated like his eras equivalent of the fifth Beatle. Cecilia Braekhaus. 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. Results are now current as of January 21, 2022. 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). Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! 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. 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. Over the next several days, RingTV.com will present Rolds list in its entirety, beginning with Nos. The most formidable challenger in the war years may have been Jimmy Bivins. The entirely subjective nature of any list comparing fighters across different weight categories and different eras is bound to be fodder for debate. Thanks for signing up! The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The Ring ranked him as Losses to unranked opponents drew a universal 12-point deduction. In other words, Angott was The Rings No. 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. The Yonker fight was for an interim WBC belt and set up McCallums shot at Jeff Harding to win the title outright. 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. His back-to-back middleweight title wars with Carmen Basilio won Rings 1957 and 1958 Fight-of-the-Year award. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. Just as the men who ranked from #20 to #11 were beyond mere hall of famers, each individual in the top 10 is a bonafide all-time great the man the world knows as THE GREATEEST and the Sweet Scientist that The Greatest and most boxing historians called the G.O.A.T are among the near-mythical legends and modern icons in this group. Known for his ability to deliver (and withstand) a furious beating, Harry Greb was a remarkably physical fighter. 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. so that Who is the WWE world heavyweight champion 2020? 1-rated lightweight, as of the September 1941 issue, when Robinson beat him by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout. The Ring recognized only four men as light heavyweight champion from August 1941 to March 1962: Gus Lesnevich, Freddie Mills, Joey Maxim and Moore. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao were the Fighters of the Decade for the 2000s and the 2010s. Missing Quality: On the way to Nunn, Toney defeated a Merqui Sosa who would later be ranked at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 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. 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. (Getty Images). These are the best of the best. Missing Quality: Charles is lauded by many, including biographer William Dettloff while writing for The Ring, as the greatest light heavyweight of all time. Where does Joe Rogan rank among the greatest boxers of all time?.. 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. The self-proclaimed Greatest is the most documented boxer in history for good reason. 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. Twelve of those 23 wins came against men The Ring recognized in their division as champion, No. 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. 22, 1926) Known for his ability to deliver (and Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Moore would also have a lengthy stint as the No. The entry of Lomachenko and Buchanan bumped Fidel LaBarba and Lou Brouillard out of the top 100. (Photo: Ring/Getty Images). 7. Web26 Eder Jofre. Draws against ranked opponents were worth half a win; draws against unranked opponents were a six-point deduction. Kocsis had been ranked previously at flyweight and bantamweight, the latter as late as 1932. In a pro career that began in 1968 and lasted until 2001, he won titles in four different divisions: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight, and middleweight. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. 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. Moore suffered defeats to Teddy Yarosz and Shorty Hogue as well before breaking through at middleweight with a win over Ron Richards. To best display the range of data, they were then divided into four groups to settle on the final 100. 1 contender was worth 10, etc. He would remain recognized as Rings champion until his retirement following the only knockout loss of his career to heavyweight champion Joe Louis. 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. Moores record entering his challenge of Maxim was 133-19-8. Griffith could be defeated, but his ability to consistently rebound from losses was remarkable. 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). 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. Charles had won the NBAs recognition as champion in June 1949 following his first win over Walcott. Ali was Rings 1963 (as Cassius Clay), 1966 (retroactively), 1972 (with Carlos Monzon), 1974, 1975 and 1978 Fighter of the Year. Hernandez would go on to be ranked, and win a belt, in the 130-pound class in the years after that fight. Jack Johnson. 29 Bob Fitzsimmons. 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. All rights reserved. 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. Late in Lewiss career, Lewis would stop Elmer Ray well before Ray cracked the top ten at heavyweight. Note: With some fighters of the more-distant past, there is often disagreement about their final records. Thanks for signing up! Wins and losses to opponents in higher and lower divisions were included. 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. 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. All rights reserved. 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. Mayweather was nearly untouchable in the class. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. 1 contender spot at middleweight just once, in the March 1943 issue. Following the loss, he was ranked first or second in every issue until defeating DeMarco for his first of two welterweight crowns. (1-64). Tyson even made a comeback in 2021 and had an exhibition fight against Roy Jones Junior. Of the 25 fighters identified with between 20 and 29 wins against ranked foes, Mayweather finished the highest. In 2005, Joe Louis was named the greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. Charles had some big wins and losses in the first three years of his career, reaching The Rings No. Six of the nine fights in the Benitez version took place before Duran-Hagler added the Marvelous one to the mix. WebHeavyweight Ring career: 1947-56 Record: 49-0 (43 KOs) Career notes: Only Joe Calzaghe won Ring Magazine championships at super middleweight and light heavyweight. 10 contender. 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. Yall musta forgot Antonio Tarver shocked the boxing world in May 2004. Digging into pro boxing in 1998, Ann boasts one of the most successful careers, with a 24-1-1 record. 1-contender rankings at junior featherweight and welterweight along with a No. Conversely, some scoring luck in Alis second reign against Jimmy Young and Ken Norton contributed to his placement here. 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. 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. Stuhley was unranked before either contest but had been ranked at middleweight earlier in 1936 and occasionally since 1932. At the time of his first retirement in 1952, Robinsons career record stood at 132-3-2 with no losses versus welterweights, unbeaten streaks of 40 and then 91 contests, and a record against champions and ranked opposition from lightweight to light heavyweight of 35-3-2. Emile Griffith. Anton Christoforidis TKO 3 (2+) 175 02/42, Charley Burley UD 10 (3-) 147 07/42, Charley Burley UD 10 (4-) 147 08/42, Booker Beckwith KO 9 (3+) 175 09/42, Jimmy Bivins L 10 (1/4+) 175/Hvy 02/43, Lloyd Marshall TKO by 8 (4) 175 05/43, Oakland Billy Smith UD 10 (9) 175 11/46, Fitzie Fitzpatrick TKO 4 (9+) Hvy 01/48, Jersey Joe Walcott UD 15 (2) Hvy 08/49, Jersey Joe Walcott UD 15 (6) Hvy 04/51, Joey Maxim UD 15 (C-/3) 175/Hvy 07/51, Jersey Joe Walcott KO by 7* (2) Hvy 08/51, Jersey Joe Walcott L 15 (C) Hvy 07/52, Tommy Harrison TKO 9 (5-) 175 03/53, Rocky Marciano KO by 8 (C) Hvy 10/54, John Holman TKO by 9 (UR) Hvy 06/55, Young Jack Johnson TKO by 6 (UR) Hvy 02/56, First Ring Ranking: #9 Featherweight (August 1942), Last Ring Ranking: #10 Featherweight (February 1959), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 29-10-1 (7 KOs, 6 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Featherweight (1942-48, 49-50). Benitez would be ranked number one or two at Jr. middleweight well into 1984. 1 ranking at flyweight in the era when The Ring did not recognize singular champions. Was anything from 30 to 40 out of the question? 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. Missing Quality: Louis could easily have been historys first two-time heavyweight king. An asterisk * is used to note a Ring championship title change or a vacancy being filled. [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. He would never be unknown by anyone again. Draws against ranked opponents were worth half a win; draws against unranked opponents were a six-point deduction. Lynchs change has the more dramatic outcome because of the way the results were grouped. 1 contender in their division. Career Record: 31-6-1 (22 KO) First Ring Ranking: #10 Light Heavyweight Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! Photo: The Ring archive. A 1963 win over ranked welterweight Ralph Dupas was outside the study scope. Sammy Angott handed him his first defeat in a lightweight contest in March 1943. Robinson retired 25 years later with a record of 175-19 and 110 knockouts.. 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. Top 10 Greatest Boxers Of All TimeMuhammad Ali. Image Credits: blackhistorymonth.org.uk Muhammad Ali is not only regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time but also the greatest athlete to ever exist.Sugar Ray Robinson. Image Credits: theepochtimes.com Speaking of great records, Sugar Ray Robinson. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny Pacquiao. Mike Tyson. Joe Louis. Sugar Ray Leonard. More items 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. Historians recognize Canzoneri as a three-division champion. 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. 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. Who are the rest of the best? 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 It references the cover story to the February 2022 issue of The Ring, which celebrated the magazines 100 years of publication. Wins and losses to opponents in higher and lower divisions were included. Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! Genius is a word easily abused, but not when it comes to Peps best years at featherweight. a champion and the top 10 contenders). The Cincinnati Cobra competed with the elite from middleweight to heavyweight for the better part of a decade without a title shot. Pep, who went pro in 1940, fought in an era when matches were scheduled far more often than today. 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. 33 Ted (Kid) Lewis. 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. 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. As selected by The Ring magazine in the 2003 Ring Yearbook. 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. Two issues later, Robinsons defeat of former welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic resulted in Robinson being ranked the No. Some other small corrections have been made to results and summaries but they didnt change the final results. 1 contender, before winning a title he would hold in his first reign for almost six years. Joe Louis. Prior to championships at featherweight and lightweight, Canzoneri was rated the No. Tarver posted a win and draw against Johnathon Banks and Steve Cunningham to close his career. With Berbick, Ali can be said to have faced ranked opponents in 37 of 61 fights, a staggering 61 percent of his total professional starts. Griffiths career was marked by several multi-fight rivalries. 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. Lesnevich was out of action for almost four years between 1942-46 for service in World War II but would return to defend the title a few times before losing it to Freddie Mills. Twenty-five consecutive title defenses more than imprinted Louis as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. 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. Ali was Rings 1963 (as Cassius Clay), 1966 (retroactively), 1972 (with Carlos Monzon), 1974, 1975 and 1978 Fighter of the Year.He was in Rings 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. 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). 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). 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. Were here! Digging into pro boxing in 1998, Ann boasts one of the most successful Combining sanctioning body and lineal and/or Ring championships, Pacquiao is the only fighter with title claims in eight weight classes. Moore moved in and out of the middleweight top 10 from 1940 to 1944, reaching the No. From 1930-1956, nine men would hold the heavyweight crown. A loss to the champion was a one-point deduction sliding to 11 for a loss to the No. BornCassius Marcellus Clay Jr.,Muhammad Ali began boxing at the age of 12 and won a gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics. McCallum is in the conversation for the greatest Jr. middleweight in the divisions history. IV/05, Marco Antonio Barrera UD 12 (3) 130 01/08, Juan Manuel Marquez SD 12* (2) 130 06/08, Oscar De La Hoya RTD 8 (3+++) 154 02/09, Juan Manuel Marquez MD 12 (C) 135 01/12, Timothy Bradley L 12 (1-) 140 08/12, Juan Manuel Marquez KO by 6 (4-) 140 02/13, Timothy Bradley UD 12 (1) 147 06/14, Floyd Mayweather L 12 (C/C+) 147/154 07/15, Timothy Bradley UD 12 (4) 147 07/16, Lucas Matthysse TKO 7 (9) 147 09/18, First Ring Ranking: #2 Middleweight (March 1942), Last Ring Ranking: #10 Heavyweight (April 1956), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 36-16-1 (19 KOs, 5 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Heavyweight (1950-51). Into a final score recognized as Rings champion until his retirement following loss... 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