The changing landscape: Top 10 Heavyweights by Decade

[Finkel]

The below animated chart shows how the Top 10 Heavyweights (Ring Magazine) have physically become larger over the decades.

(NOTE: Viewable on PC and iPad. Can be viewed on smartphone by downloading the GIF ~ sorry)

The bigger the circle, the higher in the top 10 rankings of that decade.
Gold Circle = Top fighter of the decade
Silver Circle = 2nd
Bronze Circle = 3rd
Bold Text and/or Purple Circle = That fight held the top spot in the Ring rankings for at least 1 year in a decade.
The Centre of the circle represents the fighters height and weight.



Thank you to the Youtuber: Rummy's Corner (Top 10 Heavyweights by Decade). I don't know if you saw my message, but your rankings were a huge boon as a start point to help me create this gif.

I used boxrec to source weights and heights. I am sure there will be some debate over what was each fighters optimal weight, but I tried to pick a weight (often average) that they fought at during their peak Ring position in each decade.

Finally I used a combination of community rankings from boxrec, boxingforum24 and ring magazine to rank current day (2021)

Enjoy

p.s. I welcome feedback. Spelling errors, contentious weights or heights, etc.

p.p.s. I wasn't sure which forum this was most appropriate for, so I'll leave it to the moderators to delete as they see fit

[Finkel]

Am I correct in thinking, that the gif doesn't work for people not on a PC?
It should be transitioning through the decades from 1930s to 2010s

It can be viewed by downloading...sorry about that.

[aicheligad]

Good job, interesting stuff

That's right, the gif is not working on smartphone without downloading it, but it's not a big problem.

[margaret thatcher]

Jack Johnson was called a giant in his day, at 6 feet tall, 74 inch reach, mid 180s

Meanwhile, light heavys Sully Barrera and Joe Smith were 6'2/6'1 and 190/187 pounds on fight night when they fought

[Finkel]

Good job, interesting stuff

That's right, the gif is not working on smartphone without downloading it, but it's not a big problem.

Glad to hear it worked. Took blumming hours to make

[Finkel]

Updated the 1930s to better recognize Jack Sharkey