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re: Ring Magazine ranking of best boxers since World War II

Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:31 am to
Posted by TigerintheNO
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Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:31 am to
Here is the list from 2002 by Ring magazine- (from the last 80 years)

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



Others of note-
#51. Felix Trinidad
#52. Jake LaMotta
#53 Lennox Lewis
#67 Tommy Hears
#71 Sonny Liston
#72 Mike Tyson
#75 Oscar De La Hoya
This post was edited on 4/24/15 at 10:42 am
Posted by Jamohn
Das Boot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:36 am to
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Here is the list from 2002 by Ring magazine-

caveat there is that it was the greatest boxers of the last 80 years, meaning it leaves off Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, Stanley Ketchel, Joe Jeanette, Sam Langford, etc.
Posted by Jwho77
cyperspace
Member since Sep 2003
76801 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 1:43 pm to
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4. Joe Louis
5. Roberto Duran


And these two should not have flip-flopped on the list since then.
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