Ring Magazines Top 100 fighters

bigfatjourneyman · Post by **bigfatjourneyman** » 06 Jan 2004, 07:38

I believe The Ring published a list recently of their top 100 fighters of all time.

Does anyone know a link where I can find this list.

Cheers

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 06 Jan 2004, 14:37

They did a top 80 fighters of all time list...and a top 100 punchers list. I will post both. Here's their top 80 fighters of all time:

01. Sugar Ray Robinson
02. Henry Armstrong
03. Muhammad Ali
04. Joe Louis
05. Roberto Duran
06. Willie Pep
07. Harry Greb
08. Benny Leonard
09. 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 Gavilan
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 Lougjran
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. Vincente Salvidar
74. Gene Fullmer
75. Oscar De La Hoya
76. Carlos Zarate
77. Marcel Cerdan
78. Flash Elorde
79. Mike McCallum
80. Harold Johnson

Their top 100 punchers are:

1. Joe Louis
2. Sam Langford
3. Jimmy Wilde
4. Archie Moore
5. Sandy Saddler
6. Stanley Ketchel
7. Jack Dempsey
8. Bob Fitzsimmons
9. George Foreman
10. Earnie Shavers
11. Sugar Ray Robinson
12. Ruben Olivares
13. Wilfredo Gomez
14. Rocky Marciano
15. Sonny Liston
16. Mike Tyson
17. Bob Foster
18. Thomas Hearns
19. Khoasai Galaxy
20. Alexis Arguello
21. Carlos Zarate
22. Max Baer
23. Rocky Graziano
24. Matthew Saad Muhammad
25. Julian Jackson
26. Danny Lopez
27. Gerald McClellan
28. Roberto Duran
29. Rodrigo Valdes
30. Felix Trinidad
31. Pipino Cuevas
32. Jim Jeffries
33. Lennox Lewis
34. Bennie Briscoe
35. Marvin Hagler
36. Edwin Rosario
37. Tommy Ryan
38. John Mugabi
39. Joe Frazier
40. Carlos Monzon
41. Tony Zale
42. Michael Spinks
43. Joe Gans
44. Elmer "Violent" Ray
45. George Godfrey
46. Naseem Hamed
47. Alfonso Zamora
48. David Tua
49. Cleveland Williams
50. Julio Cesar Chavez
51. Tiger Jack Fox
52. Joe Walcott
53. Gerry Cooney
54. Al "Bummy" Davis
55. Max Schmeling
56. Florentino Fernandez
57. Henry Armstrong
58. Bob Satterfield
59. Al Hostak
60. Jesus Pimentel
61. Eugene "Cyclone" Hart
62. Lew Jenkins
63. Harry Wills
64. Tom Sharkey
65. Terry McGovern
66. Jersey Joe Walcott
67. Kostya Tszyu
68. Leotis Martin
69. Buddy Baer
70. Razor Ruddock
71. Jose Luis Ramirez
72. Tommy Gomez
73. Jose Napoles
74. Charles "Kid" McCoy
75. Antonio Esparragoza
76. Ricardo Moreno
77. Evander Holyfield
78. Ike Williams
79. Luis Firpo
80. Ricardo Lopez
81. Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez
82. Bobby Chacon
83. Jock McAvoy
84. Eduardo Lausse
85. Eder Jofre
86. Charley Burley
87. Mike McCallum
88. Salvador Sanchez
89. Roy Jones
90. Rodolfo Gonzalez
91. Nigel Benn
92. "Irish" Bob Murphy
93. Paul Berlenbach
94. Battling Torres
95. Chalky Wright
96. George "KO" Chaney
97. Andy Ganigan
98. Fred Fulton
99. Ingemar Johansson
100. Charley White

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 08 Jan 2004, 08:25

Naz only 46th on P4P Punching??

What halfwit decided that????

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 08 Jan 2004, 08:28

thing what made naz so special was he didnt have to plant his feet to get power if was very natural and one of a kind.

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 08 Jan 2004, 08:43

On the top 80 list why is Holyfield above guys like Holmes and Emile Griffith?

No way.

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 08 Jan 2004, 08:45

Many (including me) would stick Ernie Shavers at No.1 for punching power.

On a P4P basis though it could even go to Naz of (possibily..only possibly) The G-Man.

I think most of these lists are only put together and designed to annoy people though. They just don't add up the majority of the time.

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 08 Jan 2004, 09:19

I agree with Shavers as number 1.

But how can a guy like Razor Ruddock be in there and guys like Tony Ayala Jr and Jaime Garza not?

It defies logic.

Dont tell me The Ring sell this kind of crap as Boxing journalism.

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 08 Jan 2004, 09:22

knockout artist wrote:I agree with Shavers as number 1.

But how can a guy like Razor Ruddock be in there and guys like Tony Ayala Jr and Jaime Garza not?

It defies logic.

Dont tell me The Ring sell this kind of crap as Boxing journalism.

well i hope this list was done after the klitschkos came on the scence

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 08 Jan 2004, 11:39

I would say Jimmy Wilde should be No. 1 or maybe Stanley Ketchel, but of course we cannot really rate his power because of the lack of knowledge on his opponents, saying that he did have Jack Johnson on his back in a brave Heavyweight attempt. Tommy Hearns is a little low at 18 as well i would say.

The_Power · Post by **The_Power** » 08 Jan 2004, 12:29

Thomas Hearns Is far too low on the p4p punchers list.

adamiw · Post by **adamiw** » 08 Jan 2004, 14:12

That top 80 list, is for the past 80 years, which explains why Jimmy Wilde amongst others doesn't get a mention.