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    Default 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



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

    Quote 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



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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 ^^

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

    Jimmy Wilde is pre 1922 buddy
    God is a concept, By which we can measure, Our pain, I'll say it again, God is a concept, By which we can measure, Our pain, I don't believe in magic, I don't believe in I-ching, I don't believe in bible, I don't believe in tarot, I don't believe in Hitler, I don't believe in Jesus, I don't believe in Kennedy, I don't believe in Buddha, I don't believe in mantra, I don't believe in Gita, I don't believe in yoga, I don't believe in kings, I don't believe in Elvis, I don't believe in Zimmerman, I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me!!


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

    Quote Originally Posted by BIG H
    Jimmy Wilde is pre 1922 buddy
    see, if you don't read the title in full you end up looking a tw@ lol^^

    cheers for the correction:P

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    God is a concept, By which we can measure, Our pain, I'll say it again, God is a concept, By which we can measure, Our pain, I don't believe in magic, I don't believe in I-ching, I don't believe in bible, I don't believe in tarot, I don't believe in Hitler, I don't believe in Jesus, I don't believe in Kennedy, I don't believe in Buddha, I don't believe in mantra, I don't believe in Gita, I don't believe in yoga, I don't believe in kings, I don't believe in Elvis, I don't believe in Zimmerman, I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me!!


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

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

    Quote 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?

    Hahaha


    Jones should be higher than 47 and perhaps B-Hop higher than 50
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    Default Re: Ring Magazine's Top 80 fighters of 80 Years 1922 - 2002

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

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    Charley Burley is far to low
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    Default Re: Ring Magazine's Top 80 fighters of 80 Years 1922 - 2002

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

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

    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.

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

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

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

    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.

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