My 2015 list of the top 100 fighters of the Queensberry Rules era

[Britkid]

Having Jem Mace at 100 discredits your entire list.

I decided as of 2011, as the de-facto inventor of the gloved sport he would always be my #100.

It is a recognition of achievement. As the first time I did it, it soon became obvious an already almost impossible task is made even harder if you try and work out if a fighter from 1870 could beat a fighter from 2000, when they basically are involved in different sports. But I decided as a starting point, that the one thing all fighters have in common, no matter what era they fought in or the weight division, was the opportunity to win titles and beat title holders*.



*Of course that too is complicated by politics and discrimination.