The Best Boxers Of All Time
Siege- 1
1942#1 on the ultimate list“ He may not necessarily have been a greater boxer than some of the names below, but he was, for me, the greatest Heavyweight of all-time and he just transcended the sport like nobody before or since. He changed the rules and brought boxing to a genuinely global audience. That nudges him to number one on my list. „ - 2
1921#2 on the ultimate list“ As a Welterweight he was probably the closest we have yet seen to the perfect fighting machine. „ - 3
1951#13 on the ultimate list“ Is best known for being one of the 'Fabulous Four' with Hagler, Hearns and Leonard, but he was naturally lighter than those guys and was at his best in the mid 70's as a Lightweight where he was like a wild animal. „ - 4
1969#14 on the ultimate list“ Probably the fastest power puncher of all-time with maybe only Robinson as a Welterweight to compare. Annoyed many with his arrogance but he spent a decade being almost untouchable. „ - 5
Henry Armstrong
1912#20 on the ultimate list - 6
1914#3 on the ultimate list - 7 1962#10 on the ultimate list
- 8 1954#12 on the ultimate list“ Like punching a brick wall. Unbelievable chin and a better boxer than many realise. „
- 9 1952#29 on the ultimate list
- 10 1964#26 on the ultimate list“ Surely the 'slipperiest' fighter ever. At his peak it would have been easier to pick up a soapy eel with oil covered boxing gloves than land a solid blow on him! „
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1959#28 on the ultimate list“ At 21 he beat the highly regarded 10-defence champion Danny 'Little Red' Lopez to win the title and stopped him again in a rematch. He then stopped the awesome Wilfredo Gomez and became the only man ever to beat Azumah Nelson as a Featherweight when he stopped him too. Three weeks after that bout he was killed in an automobile accident at the age of just 23. The world missed out on possible Gomez and Nelson rematches, plus a unification with Eusebio Pedroza, a match with Barry McGuigan and maybe even a Super-Featherweight match-up with JC Chavez. Tragic „ - 12 1977#27 on the ultimate list“ Exceptionally gifted but stop playing games and fight Manny! „
- 13 1942#34 on the ultimate list
- 14 1878#15 on the ultimate list
- 15 1978#9 on the ultimate list“ Titles in a ridiculous spread of divisions and some great names on his record, but has spent so much time flitting about from one category to the next that he has never hung around long enough to unify any and prove his dominance. Now stop playing games and fight Floyd! „
- 16 1922#23 on the ultimate list
- 17 1956#5 on the ultimate list“ Dazzlingly skilful, but a combination of eye-trouble (detached retina) and clever career management meant that he never stayed around long enough to be utterly dominant in any division. „
- 18 1965#25 on the ultimate list
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Azumah Nelson
1958#47 on the ultimate list - 20 1956#38 on the ultimate list“ Won 18 of 18 World title fights at Super-Bantamweight (Junior Featherweight) and all 18 by KO as well. Had a run of 32 straight KO victories which is the most managed by any world champion at any weight in history. „
- 21 1958#16 on the ultimate list
- 22 1973#22 on the ultimate list“ Excellent fighter over a number of weights, but he definitely studied at the Sugar Ray Leonard School of how to pick opponents at the right time! „
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Carlos Zarate
1951#52 on the ultimate list“ His left hook to the body used to almost cut people in half! Incredible knockout percentage for a Bantamweight „ - 24 1936#48 on the ultimate list
- 25 1949#18 on the ultimate list
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