Ring Magazine's Top 80 fighters of 80 Years 1922 - 2002

In 2002, the writers of Ring Magazine published a ranking of the 80 best fighters of the previous 80 years.

What do you think of the list?

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Joe Louis
5. Roberto Duran
6. Willie Pep
7. Harry Greb
8. Benny Leonard
9. Sugar Ray Leonard
10. Pernell Whitaker
11. Carlos Monzon
12. Rocky Marciano
13. Ezzard Charles
14. Archie Moore
15 Sandy Saddler
16. Jack Dempsey
17. Marvin Hagler
18. Julio Cesar Chavez
19. Eder Jofre
20. Alexis Arguello
21. Barney Ross
22. Evander Holyfield
23. Ike Williams
24. Salvador Sanchez
25. George Foreman
26. Kid Gavilian
27. Larry Holmes
28. Mickey Walker
29. Ruben Olivares
30. Gene Tunney
31. Dick Tiger
32. Fighting Harada
33. Emile Griffith
34. Tony Canzoneri
35. Aaron Pryor
36. Pascual Perez
37. Miguel Canto
38. Manuel Ortiz
39. Charley Burley
40. Carmen Basilio
41. Michael Spinks
42. Joe Frazier
43. Khaosai Galaxy
44. Roy Jones Jr.
45. Tiger Flowers
46. Panama Al Brown
47. Kid Chocolate
48. Joe Brown
49. Tommy Loughran
50. Bernard Hopkins
51. Felix Trinidad
52. Jake LaMotta
53. Lennox Lewis
54. Wilfredo Gomez
55. Bob Foster
56. Jose Napoles
57. Billy Conn
58. Jimmy McLarnin
59. Pancho Villa
60. Carlos Ortiz
61. Bob Montgomery
62. Freddie Miller
63. Benny Lynch
64. Beau Jack
65. Azumah Nelson
66. Eusebio Pedroza
67. Thomas Hearns
68. Wilfred Benitez
69. Antonio Cervantes
70. Ricardo Lopez
71. Sonny Liston
72. Mike Tyson
73. Vicente Saldivar
74. Gene Fullmer
75. Oscar De La Hoya
76. Carlos Zarate
77. Marcel Cerdan
78. Flash Elorde
79. Mike McCallum
80. Harold Johnson



Where do I start ;D

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Originally Posted by BIG H

In 2002, the writers of Ring Magazine published a ranking of the 80 best fighters of the previous 80 years.

What do you think of the list?

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Joe Louis
5. Roberto Duran
6. Willie Pep
7. Harry Greb
8. Benny Leonard
9. Sugar Ray Leonard
10. Pernell Whitaker
11. Carlos Monzon
12. Rocky Marciano
13. Ezzard Charles
14. Archie Moore
15 Sandy Saddler
16. Jack Dempsey
17. Marvin Hagler
18. Julio Cesar Chavez
19. Eder Jofre
20. Alexis Arguello
21. Barney Ross
22. Evander Holyfield
23. Ike Williams
24. Salvador Sanchez
25. George Foreman
26. Kid Gavilian
27. Larry Holmes
28. Mickey Walker
29. Ruben Olivares
30. Gene Tunney
31. Dick Tiger
32. Fighting Harada
33. Emile Griffith
34. Tony Canzoneri
35. Aaron Pryor
36. Pascual Perez
37. Miguel Canto
38. Manuel Ortiz
39. Charley Burley
40. Carmen Basilio
41. Michael Spinks
42. Joe Frazier
43. Khaosai Galaxy
44. Roy Jones Jr.
45. Tiger Flowers
46. Panama Al Brown
47. Kid Chocolate
48. Joe Brown
49. Tommy Loughran
50. Bernard Hopkins
51. Felix Trinidad
52. Jake LaMotta
53. Lennox Lewis
54. Wilfredo Gomez
55. Bob Foster
56. Jose Napoles
57. Billy Conn
58. Jimmy McLarnin
59. Pancho Villa
60. Carlos Ortiz
61. Bob Montgomery
62. Freddie Miller
63. Benny Lynch
64. Beau Jack
65. Azumah Nelson
66. Eusebio Pedroza
67. Thomas Hearns
68. Wilfred Benitez
69. Antonio Cervantes
70. Ricardo Lopez
71. Sonny Liston
72. Mike Tyson
73. Vicente Saldivar
74. Gene Fullmer
75. Oscar De La Hoya
76. Carlos Zarate
77. Marcel Cerdan
78. Flash Elorde
79. Mike McCallum
80. Harold Johnson



Where do I start ;D

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cc, interesting read, but herns that far down? no jimmy wilde o0 de la hoya only 75? alot of others i question to, but alot of name si never seen fight ^^

Jimmy Wilde is pre 1922 buddy ;)

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Originally Posted by BIG H

Jimmy Wilde is pre 1922 buddy ;)

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see, if you don't read the title in full you end up looking a tw@ lol^^

cheers for the correction:P

;D

Foreman ahead of Holmes? Not. Spinks ahead of Frazier? Not. Emile Griffith at 33? Where did that come from? No James Toney? No Eric Eche?

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Originally Posted by SeanE

Foreman ahead of Holmes? Not. Spinks ahead of Frazier? Not. Emile Griffith at 33? Where did that come from? No James Toney? No Eric Eche?

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Hahaha


Jones should be higher than 47 and perhaps B-Hop higher than 50

toney should be in there somewhere and im hoping that eric esch part was a joke.

Good work BIG H I have this issue in my collection.

I thought Ismael Laguna would have appeared in there somewhere but other than that I thought they done ok, it's always difficult to rank fighters from the past and medern fighters in the same list.

I think the top 5 is accurate.

One thing that stuck out to me is that Jones is at #44 and Trinidad is at #51. Believe me, I'm a huge Trinidad fan, but there's no way he should be only 7 spots behind Jones.
Jones was a far superior fighter.
It's even weirder when you consider that this list came out in 2002, before Jones suffered the 3 losses, and Tito had already been demolished by Hopkins.

Charley Burley is far to low

its not the worst list i've ever seen (See rolling stones 100 greatest guitarists)

Although there a few mistakes/questionable decisions,it's not the worst list I have ever seen and I'm just glad I don't see Oscar in the top 20. I love the guy as a fighter but NO WAY is he in the top 20 fighters that ever lived. He fought the best,he didn't beat the best.

Loving Duran @ 5. Rightfully so taking his place where he belongs....

Holyfield at 22 (ahead of Larry Holmes, a full 22 spots ahead of Roy Jones, and like 50 spots ahead of Tyson) was the most glaringly wrong looking thing to me on a quick skim.