Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers

[ThatOne]

1. Joe Louis
2. Sam Langford
3. Jimmy Wilde
4. Archie Moore
5. Sandy Saddler
6. Stanley Ketchell
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. Khaosai 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 Valdez
30. Felix Trinidad
31. Pipino Cuevas
32. Jim Jefferies
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 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. Donovan (Razor) Ruddock
71. Jose Luis Ramirez
72. Tommy Gomez
73. Jose Napoles
74. Kid McCoy
75. Antonio Esparragoza
76. Ricardo Moreno
77. Evander Holyfield
78. Ike Williams
79. Luis Firpo
80. Ricardo Lopez
81. Humberto 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 Jr.
90. Rodolfo Gonzalez
91. Nigel Benn
92. (Irish) Bob Murphy
93. Paul Berlenbach
94. Battling Torres
95. Chalky Wright
96. George (K.O.) Chaney
97. Andy Ganigan
98. Fred Fulton
99. Ingemar Johansson
100. Charley White

[Ezzard]

I just glanced down until I came to someone I thought was too high... I think Hagler and Monzon are a little too high. And I think Ezzard Charles needs to be up there. Clean KOs of Archie Moore when behind on points deserves acknowledgement.

[ThatOne]

I just glanced down until I came to someone I thought was too high... I think Hagler and Monzon are a little too high. And I think Ezzard Charles needs to be up there. Clean KOs of Archie Moore when behind on points deserves acknowledgement.

Muhammad Ali was 7-1 with no unavenged defeats against members of that club. My inference is that speed, skill, and heart can overcome even the roughest and toughest of opponents.

[evrenb]

A good list...I would put Julian Jackson higher...

[Vladimir5555]

Where is In Chul Baek in this list.47 wins,43 KO's

[Seamus]

Entire list invalidated by the selection of Cleveland Williams ahead of Chavez, Davis, Armstrong, Tszyu, Hostak, Wills, McGovern, Jones Jr, Benn. etc.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I just glanced down until I came to someone I thought was too high... I think Hagler and Monzon are a little too high. And I think Ezzard Charles needs to be up there. Clean KOs of Archie Moore when behind on points deserves acknowledgement.

I did the same but I didn't make it to them, Wilfredo Gomez was way too high. He could certainly punch, but a lot of his KO's were of the accumulation variety and it didn't carry up with him.

Whomever compiled the list should check out some Marvin Johnson.

[gilgamesh]

I've ready through that magazine multiple times. I even have it sitting right near me right now.

[Crease]

I just glanced down until I came to someone I thought was too high... I think Hagler and Monzon are a little too high. And I think Ezzard Charles needs to be up there. Clean KOs of Archie Moore when behind on points deserves acknowledgement.

Agreed, Archie Moore is top5 on my list anyway... And he's porbably a good candidate for the number one spot.

[Crease]

I'd say that George Foreman needs to be in the top five... I'd definitely put him above Jack Dempsey anyway.

[Crease]

A good list...I would put Julian Jackson higher...

I've come across this list a few times, and The Hawk 9I believe) is the standout error in this list. He's definitely a top 10 on this list, to my mind.

[gilgamesh]

A good list...I would put Julian Jackson higher...

I've come across this list a few times, and The Hawk 9I believe) is the standout error in this list. He's definitely a top 10 on this list, to my mind.

I agree, one of the biggest one punch bangers I've ever seen.

[giacomino]

I just glanced down until I came to someone I thought was too high... I think Hagler and Monzon are a little too high. And I think Ezzard Charles needs to be up there. Clean KOs of Archie Moore when behind on points deserves acknowledgement.

I did the same but I didn't make it to them, Wilfredo Gomez was way too high. He could certainly punch, but a lot of his KO's were of the accumulation variety and it didn't carry up with him.

Whomever compiled the list should check out some Marvin Johnson.

I am probably the biggest (or one of the biggest) Bazooka Gomez fans on here, but I couldn't agree more. He used to beat the living eff out of his opponents, but in terms of punching power, I couldn't put him above, say, Zarate, even though he KO'd him. I would probably put him 40ish
For one-punch power, although he was by no means a great fighter, I would throw Jorge Castro into or near the top 100. In his prime (147-160), dude could hit.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I'd have him higher too, but he's 25. 91 is Benn and that is also too low. Good to see Holyfield get his just due. I think the Marquez brothers are missing.

[keithmoonhangover]

Nice to see Stanley Ketchel where he belongs.

[gilgamesh]

I'd have him higher too, but he's 25. 91 is Benn and that is also too low. Good to see Holyfield get his just due. I think the Marquez brothers are missing.

The list was made in 2003 though, when the Marquez brothers still had a great deal of their legacies yet to be defined. They didn't put too many fighters in the list that were still active at the time.

Wladimir Klitschko would have to make the list now as well, probably Vitali too. I personally think Rafael was a bigger puncher P4P than Juan Manuel Marquez was, though Juan is the greater fighter and has had the more successful career.

If he keeps looking like he's been looking, they need to reserve a spot for GGG in the years to come too

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I'd have him higher too, but he's 25. 91 is Benn and that is also too low. Good to see Holyfield get his just due. I think the Marquez brothers are missing.

The list was made in 2003 though, when the Marquez brothers still had a great deal of their legacies yet to be defined. They didn't put too many fighters in the list that were still active at the time.

Wladimir Klitschko would have to make the list now as well, probably Vitali too. I personally think Rafael was a bigger puncher P4P than Juan Manuel Marquez was, though Juan is the greater fighter and has had the more successful career.

If he keeps looking like he's been looking, they need to reserve a spot for GGG in the years to come too

I wouldn't have Vitali in my top 500. Wlad can bang.

[polecateddy]

Stupid list when you have Naseem Hamed 20 places lower than Gerald McClelan, the fighter whose main claim to fame is stopping a shot Julian Jackson twice.

[jrc26]

Holy field on the list is a fail. Tua is way too high. 90-100 maybe.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Holyfield hurt every fighter he has ever met.

[King Carlos]

Look up Aurelio Herrera.

[llabwons]

Hearns is too low for me. Devastating one punch power and carried up through the weight classes.

[polecateddy]

Gerald McClellan could be a top 5 puncher in my view.

Put any other ref in that first round against Benn and Benn doesn't make it out.

Benn described that he could feel the ligaments in his neck being stretched out, that's scary thinking some one may literally punch your head off. Luckily Alfredo Asaro was there to do one of the worst refeering I've seen in a round

Yeah, and I wonder was some of Naz's victims would say!

[polecateddy]

Holyfield hurt every fighter he has ever met.

Yeah, well that's bull.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Holyfield hurt every fighter he has ever met.

Yeah, well that's bull.