List RulesVote for the greatest boxers in any weight class based on their performances during the '60s
Muhammad Ali emerged in the 1960s as one of the greatest boxers of all time or, as he put it, "shock the world." There were plenty of other great boxers from the '60s who also became some of the greatest boxers of all time. Other great boxers from the decade that saw the sport grow globally included names like Joe Brown, Dick Tiger, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, and Japanese boxers like Takeshi Fuji, Yoshiaka Numata, and Katsuyoshi Takayama.
The first world champions from Venezuela and Thailand were crowned during the 1960s and the WBA and WBC began competing against each other. A new division was also created in the Junior Middleweights where a high school teacher, Freddie Little, was crowned world champion. Fights were also seen on color television for the first time.
Who is the best boxer from the 1960s. It's your time to vote for who you think are the greatest boxers from the 60s. If we missed anyone, feel free to add them to the list so that other boxing fans and Rankers can vote on your additions!
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40888Muhammad Ali
Age: 772
22977Sugar Ray Robinson
Dec. at 68 (1921-1989)3
18072Sonny Liston
Dec. at 38 (1932-1970)4
14667Floyd Patterson
Dec. at 71 (1935-2006)5
10848Archie Moore
Dec. at 82 (1916-1998)6
8535Dick Tiger
Dec. at 42 (1929-1971)7
6424Paul Pender
Dec. at 73 (1930-2003)8
5215Sugar Ramos
Age: 789
7133Emile Griffith
Dec. at 75 (1938-2013)10
7338Gene Fullmer
Age: 8811
4714Pascual Pérez
Dec. at 51 (1926-1977)12
4513Duilio Loi
Dec. at 79 (1929-2008)13
6939Carmen Basilio
Dec. at 85 (1927-2012)14
4114Gabriel Elorde
Dec. at 50 (1935-1985)15
3410Johnny Famechon
Age: 7416
329Joe Brown
Dec. at 71 (1926-1997)17
4422Bob Foster
Age: 8118
4928Éder Jofre
Age: 8319
267Luis Manuel Rodríguez
Dec. at 59 (1937-1996)20
4528Nino Benvenuti
Age: 8121
4023José Nápoles
Age: 7922
249Ismael Laguna
Age: 7623
3223Carlos Ortíz
Age: 8324
2110Rubén Olivares
Age: 7225
3528Ingemar Johansson
Dec. at 77 (1932-2009)