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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

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.

Good job, interesting stuff

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

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

aicheligad wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 08:18 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

Updated the 1930s to better recognize Jack Sharkey