The Top 100 Greatest Boxers Pound per Pound of All-Time

[elmersalsa]

Ted "Kid" Lewis also had wins over W15 Joe Starmer, WTKO17 Alec Lambert for the European and British Featherweight title, WKO9 Kid Graves, W20 Johnny Tillman and WTKO9 Johnny Basham for the European welterweight championship.

[elmersalsa]

OF what I have seen available on film of the great Ted "Kid" Lewis, it seems to me that the man was very skilled. HE was strong and had that jab. AND he was always rough inside. HE got great movement.

HE fought guys that were bigger than he was. And to win EUROPEAN and BRITISH championships in 4 different weight classes is an achievement in itself. HE is indeed one of the greatest EUROPEAN and BRITISH fighters ever.

[oogiebe]

He's no Eusebio Pedroza.

[elmersalsa]

SO, right now, in my countdown, we got:

100. Jersey Joe Walcott
99. Sonny Liston
98. Vicente Saldivar
97. Gene Fullmer
96. Mike Tyson
95. Eusebio Pedroza
94. Benny Lynch
93. Jack Britton
92. Tommy Ryan
91. Mike McCallum
90. James Toney
89. Tiger Flowers
88. Joe Brown
87. Ted "Kid" Lewis

AND #86 is the BLACK PRINCE, the great Peter Jackson

[oogiebe]

SO, right now, in my countdown, we got:

100. Jersey Joe Walcott
99. Sonny Liston
98. Vicente Saldivar
97. Gene Fullmer
96. Mike Tyson
95. Eusebio Pedroza
94. Benny Lynch
93. Jack Britton
92. Tommy Ryan
91. Mike McCallum
90. James Toney
89. Tiger Flowers
88. Joe Brown
87. Ted "Kid" Lewis

AND #86 is the BLACK PRINCE, the great Peter Jackson

33 posts per boxer. Light speed, my boy.

[elmersalsa]

SO, right now, in my countdown, we got:

100. Jersey Joe Walcott
99. Sonny Liston
98. Vicente Saldivar
97. Gene Fullmer
96. Mike Tyson
95. Eusebio Pedroza
94. Benny Lynch
93. Jack Britton
92. Tommy Ryan
91. Mike McCallum
90. James Toney
89. Tiger Flowers
88. Joe Brown
87. Ted "Kid" Lewis

AND #86 is the BLACK PRINCE, the great Peter Jackson

33 posts per boxer. Light speed, my boy.

Why should I? WHY don't you put an input on the great Joe Brown for example? WHAT is your take on Joe Brown? Ted "Kid" Lewis? Peter Jackson?

[oogiebe]

33 posts per boxer. Light speed, my boy.

Why should I? WHY don't you put an input on the great Joe Brown for example? WHAT is your take on Joe Brown? Ted "Kid" Lewis? Peter Jackson?

Never saw them fight. Except for some stuff on Lewis. Doesn't matter. I'll be dead and buried by the time you get to your top 10.

[elmersalsa]

Why should I? WHY don't you put an input on the great Joe Brown for example? WHAT is your take on Joe Brown? Ted "Kid" Lewis? Peter Jackson?

Never saw them fight. Except for some stuff on Lewis. Doesn't matter. I'll be dead and buried by the time you get to your top 10.

Brown is on film.

[elmersalsa]

#86. Peter Jackson
Record:42-5-3 (55NDs) with 29KOs
KO pct is 69%
Career: 1882-1899
World Titles Held: None
Highlights: Hard-hitting and smooth boxer that fought the best available heavyweight competition all over the world. Shunned by the majority of the white contenders, still had a hall of fame career beating top men. Didn't get a deserving title shot for the World Heavyweight Championship because simply, he was black. Won 21 fights in a row from July 1889 to September 1890. Record in that span was 21-0, with 13KOs. In his prime, he only lost 3 times. Fought 105 professional bouts in 17 years. Was also Australian, World Colored and Commonwealth British Empire Heavyweight Champion. Fought 2 hall of famers and 2 world champions.
Historical Impact: Rated by boxing historians as the best heavyweight boxer of the 1880s and early 1890s decade. Didn't get a shot at the heavyweight crown due to champion John L. Sullivan's color line decision.

Defining Fight: WTKO19 George "Old Chocolate" Godfrey...... August 24, 1888..."Wins Coloured World Heavyweight Championship"

Other Defining Fights: NC61 James J. Corbett, WTKO30 Tom Lees (IV), WDQ2 Jem Smith, WKO10 Frank Slavin, W5 Denver Ed Smith, and WTKO3 Peter Maher.

HE seems to be a very interesting fighter. HE only lost 3 times in his prime? Jackson could've been world champion to add the other 3 crowns that he had. GREAT fighter. ANY thoughts on him?

[Jaywheel]

Certainly in my ALL-Time P4P Top TEN list of fighters sharing their name with a movie director.

[Jaywheel]

Higher than these 2 for sure:

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/34435
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/729341

[elmersalsa]

Higher than these 2 for sure:

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/34435
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/729341

A lot of people got jokes.

[elmersalsa]

THE Heavyweight Champion of the World, John L. Sullivan from Boston, MA outright refused publicly that he wouldn't give Peter Jackson a title shot.

BUT, James J. Corbett, the Gentleman of Boxing that dethroned Sullivan in 1892, fought Jackson 61 rounds!

[elmersalsa]

LOOKING at Peter Jackson's career, I think he was probably the best fighterworlds heavyweight crown or any crown in any other weight class below heavyweight.

[elmersalsa]

LOOKING at Peter Jackson's career, I think he was probably the best fighterworlds heavyweight crown or any crown in any other weight class below heavyweight.

[oogiebe]

Higher than these 2 for sure:

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/34435
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/729341

Best post on this entire thread!!! LMFAO!!!! Brilliant!!!!

And don't forget about this guy...https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/831876

[elmersalsa]

Peter Jackson was the second best fighter pound per pound of the Virgin Islands after the great Emile Griffith.

THE best fighters from the Virgin Islands ever:
1. Emile Griffith
2. Peter Jackson
3. Julian "The Hawk" Jackson
4. Livingstone Bramble

[Jaywheel]

Higher than these 2 for sure:

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/34435
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/729341

Best post on this entire thread!!! LMFAO!!!! Brilliant!!!!

And don't forget about this guy...https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/831876

[elmersalsa]

Best post on this entire thread!!! LMFAO!!!! Brilliant!!!!

And don't forget about this guy...https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/831876

AND what's your take on the great boxer Peter Jackson, The Black Prince?

[elmersalsa]

AT #85 we got one of the best boxers from the 1940s decade: the great and one and only Beau Jack from Augusta, GA!

[elmersalsa]

#85. Beau Jack:
Record: 91-24-5 (1NC) with 44KOs
KO pct is 48%
Career: 1939-55
World Titles Held: NY World Lightweight Champion (1942-43, 1943-44)
Highlights: Two-time NY World Lightweight Champion (1942-43, 1943-44). Fought a record of 21 main events at the world's most famous arena, New York City's Madison Square Square. More than any other boxer ever. The Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year of 1944. Lost 2 fights in 36 contests from February 1941 to April 1943. Beat 5 out of 7 hall of famers (7-6-2 with 2KOs). Faced 10 world champions, beating 8 of them (10-6-2 with 4KOs).
Historical Impact: BORN Sidney Walker, was a swarming brawler with an action-packed, crowd-pleasing style that fought a record of 21 main events at Madison Square Garden. More than any boxer in history. Pound per pound, was one of the 1940s decade best. Considered by many boxing historians as one the best lightweights ever. His fourth fight with nemesis Bob Montgomery was a record gate non-title bout that grossed 35 million dollars at the Garden. The proceeds went to the War Bonds.

Defining Fight: W15 Bob Montgomery (II).... November 19, 1943....."Regains lightweight crown"
Other Defining Fights: WTKO3 Tippy Larkin, W10 Henry Armstrong, W10 Fritzie Zivic, LTKO6 Ike Williams, WTKO7 Sammy Angott, and L10 Kid Gavilan

YOUR THOUGHTS OF this guy.

[Jaywheel]

He raised a great athlete, who played both pro football and baseball. The Great Beau Jack’s son.

[elmersalsa]

He raised a great athlete, who played both pro football and baseball. The Great Beau Jack’s son.

Glad and nice to hear that. I have read in his IBHOF page that the American great golfer, Bobby Jones from the state of Georgia, sponsored his first fights as Jack went pro.

[elmersalsa]

The only fight film footage of Beau Jack is his TKO loss to the great Ike Williams for the World Lightweight Title in 1948. Williams stopped him in 6 rounds.

[elmersalsa]

Beau Jack was a shoe-shining teenager of Augusta, GA. His grandmother was the one that nicknamed him "Beau Jack"