During a pro career that ran from 1977 to 1997, "Sugar" Ray Leonard won titles in a remarkable five divisions: welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight. 1 contender was worth 10, etc. 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. 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. The Yonker fight was for an interim WBC belt and set up McCallums shot at Jeff Harding to win the title outright. The world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, Joe Louis is one of He remained active in boxing, refereeing frequently until dying of a heart attack while officiating at a match in 1947. The rankings of the August 1944 issue of The Ring carried an as of date of June 10. 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. Between reigns at lightweight, Canzoneri would hold the top contender slot from the August 1933-April 1935 editions. He would enter the top 10 of his signature weight class in the March 1945 issue and have several stints as the top contender in all but one issue from August 1945-July 1946; the June-August 1949 issues; and then for all but two issues from April 1950 to his victory over Maxim for the title as recognized in the February 1953 issue. 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. The first African-American light heavyweight king, Lewis rose to number one for the first time with a non-title victory of Maxie Rosenbloom, avenging a loss in the first of their five fights. 2 and ultimately held the No. Cecilia Braekhaus. As an amateur, he made a name for himself by going 86-0 before turning pro in 1940. Antonio Tarver. 27 Abe Attell. He was in Rings 1963, 1964, 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1978 Fights of the Year. 1-ranked heavyweight Nino Valdez to set up an ill-fated shot at Rocky Marciano. Ali would defend the title successfully 10 times in his second reign, with seven wins against The Rings top 10. 1 in title and non-title affairs. Thanks for signing up! Click here to read the introduction to the rankings feature, Click here to purchase a copy of the Collectors Issue. Corrections to the initial findings of Peter Kane, Benny Lynch, and Jake LaMotta changed the position of each. Of note, the parameters of this study exclude Alis final loss to a rated Trevor Berbick. Calzaghe captured every major sanctioning body belt (if not all at the same time), and earned recognition as champion from The Ring over the course of a decade. Assuming that would have crowned a king, the straight line from there would have ended at Mayweather-Hernandez. Moores record entering his challenge of Maxim was 133-19-8. Mayweather was nearly untouchable in the class. It has been two months since the initial publication of the 100th anniversary edition of The Ring and with it the first quarter of a study of Rings rankings since their launch in the February 1925 issue. Mike McTigue was the light heavyweight champion for the inaugural rankings in 1925 and was rated fourth. Robinson went on to win his first 40 matches. 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. A minus symbol - next to an opponents ranking denotes the opponent was ranked below the weight class of the fighter being examined in that issue. In three straight fights, Moore knocked out longtime rival and leading contender Harold Johnson, jumped up to decision Valdez at heavyweight and then returned to light heavyweight to knock out reigning middleweight champion Bobo Olson. At number one, Muhammad Ali is the greatest boxer of all time, and Scoring for total points and peak points relied on a base 11-point scale (i.e. During his career, he fought 241 bouts, a remarkably high number by modern standards. 1-contender rankings at junior featherweight and welterweight along with a No. As selected by The Ring magazine in the 2003 Ring Yearbook. The second Wilson win came shortly after that. Group three was derived from fighters who scored in the top 75 of any of the three scoring categories or whose final scoring average was higher than what would otherwise be the bottom ten of the top 100 (70-100). When Azumah Nelson defeated Jeff Fenech in their 1992 rematch, they were The Rings top two contenders in the class. 1-ranked fighter became the 11-point win, deduction for an unranked loss was eleven points, and unranked draws were a 5.5-point deduction. Its not a reflection of a change of opinion about anyones placement. A plus symbol + next to an opponents ranking means he was ranked in the weight class above the fighter being examined. He turned pro in 1911, still a teen. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. That championship is sorely missing from his resume. From a 12-year-old amateur to the greatest heavyweight of all time and an icon for change, Muhammad Ali conquered many worlds. It would be more fair if his place was debated more like versions of Van Halen. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. Sasakul was the man who beat the man dating back to Miguel Canto. Losses to unranked opponents drew a universal 12-point deduction. Along with Ring Magazine titles at featherweight, junior lightweight and junior welterweight, Pacquiao also achieved No. 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. However, there was only room to present the detailed accomplishments of the top 25 fighters rated according to Cliff Rolds criteria which was based on their records vs. fellow Ring-rated opposition dating back to 1925, when the magazine began posting divisional rankings. Lynch was credited with one too many. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Lewis also defeated future, but then unranked, heavyweight champion Jim Braddock that year in the first of their two contests. Group two was anyone else who finished in the top 100 for peak score and ranked wins but not overall points (65-69). Harry Greb (June 6, 1894Oct. 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. It took over five years to climb to number one in the February 1940 issue, a spot he held for almost a year before sliding as low as four. Photo: The Ring Magazine/ Getty Images. Missing Quality: Before he entered the rankings for the first time, Moore split fights with Johnny Bandit Romero in 1938. Over the next several days, RingTV.com will present Rolds list in its entirety, beginning with Nos. Scoring results key: Most of the fighters listed in the Scoring Results section were in The Rings ratings at the time the examined ranked fighters of this feature faced them. This list was no exception. 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). 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. In other words, Angott was The Rings No. Duran retired with a record of 103-16 with 70 knockouts. That same year, he won the world featherweight title. Six of the nine fights in the Benitez version took place before Duran-Hagler added the Marvelous one to the mix. 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. Benitez deserves remembrance as the fifth king. He also won a gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Kane and LaMotta were each missing a result. Missing Quality: Torres was matched tough on his way up, going to a draw with unranked future welterweight champion Benny Paret and suffering his only knockout loss to unranked veteran Florentino Fernandez in 1963. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Sakio Bika was unranked prior to a loss to Calzaghe in 2006 but Bika would be ranked continuously for a long stretch between 2007 and 2014. Along with his five world title wins, Griffith also posted wins over No. Over time, these results will continue to change. Toney was ranked number one at super middleweight from his IBF title win over Barkley through the loss to Roy Jones Jr., fell out of the light heavyweight rankings in 1997 after a loss to Drake Thadzi, and then returned to the cruiserweight top ten in 1999. Romero was ranked intermittently at light heavyweight from 1937-38 and for most of 1943. For instance, champions havent automatically secured the top spot in every era of Ring rankings. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. An illustration of Willie Pep adorns the July 1949 issue of The Ring. Bud [Terence Crawford] is the best fighter in boxing, said Stevenson during an interview with BoxingInsider.com. Alvarez, now 31, seemingly solidified his placement as the best fighter in the world following his recent run at 168 pounds. After It references the cover story to the February 2022 issue of The Ring, which celebrated the magazines 100 years of publication. 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. For instance, if a No. First Ring Ranking: #6 Light Heavyweight (November 1936), Last Ring Ranking: #2 Light Heavyweight (July 1949), Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 17-13-3 (8 KO, 5 KOBY), Ring Magazine Championships: Light Heavyweight (1941-48). Emile Griffith. Missing Quality: Prior to entering the top ten, Lewis posted a win over tenth ranked Yale Okun in April 1932 but didnt earn a ranking for the win. 1 contender or next highest-rated contender after a division-leading Mayweather. The study is primarily based on monthly rankings. 29 Bob Fitzsimmons. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Salica achieved his first number one rating at bantamweight in the September 1935 issue and he would stay up and down in the top five for most of the next five years. The following Authors Note was penned on January 21, 2022. Basilio was ranked fourth when he unsuccessfully challenged Kid Gavilan for the welterweight title. For the 1925 rankings, and the period when Ring didnt recognize single champions from 1989 to 2001, only 10 fighters per weight class were ranked. Historians recognize Canzoneri as a three-division champion. Pep won his first 62 fights with four wins against Ring-ranked opposition, including his featherweight title win over Chalky Wright, before his career was three years old. Everyone who finished in the top 100 of preliminary research for those three categories was moved into a final pool of what came out to 150 fighters. From February 1946 to losing the heavyweight title to Jersey Joe Walcott in July 1951, Charles went 39-1 overall with a 20-1 mark against opponents ranked at light heavyweight and heavyweight. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. 1 in all but one issue from cover dates January 1942 to March 1944. Rankings from 1925-1928 had no monthly movement. , 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1978 fights of the Ring, which celebrated the 100... 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