Top 10ATGs since 1965.The last 50 years

Good list.:good

 

TOP 10 ATG FIGHTERS (Post 1965)

1. JCC
-Camacho, Rosario, Taylor x2, R. Mayweather x2.
-Disputed draw with Whitaker, disputed loss to Randall
-89-0-1 in the first 13 years of his career (record length of time unbeaten).
-Lineal LW/LWW champ

2. Monzon
-Napoles, Benvenuti x2, Griffith x2, Valdez x2
-80 fight unbeaten streak
-14 consecutive lineal title defenses (MW record)
-Lineal MW champ

3. Ali
-Liston x2, Patterson x2, Chuvalo x2, Quarry x2, Ellis, Foster, Norton x2, Frazier x2, Lyle, Young, Shavers, L. Spinks
-Avenged all losses (Frazier, Norton, and Spinks) except his final 2 fights (Holmes and Berbick).
-Both rematch wins over Norton and Frazier were disputable.
-Lineal HW champ

4. Duran
-Buchanan, De Jesus x2, Palomino, Leonard, Cuevas, Moore, Barkley
-Losses to Benitez, Hearns, Hagler, Leonard x2, De Jesus, Sims, Laing
-Lineal LW/WW champ

5. Lewis
-V. Klitschko, Holyfield, Rahman, Tyson, Grant.
-Avenged both losses (McCall and Rahman).
-Lineal HW champ

6. ODLH
-Whitaker, Camacho, Vargas, Quartey, Sturm, Mayorga
-Only lost to great fighters: Disputed losses to Mosley, Trinidad, and Mayweather. Only two undisputed losses (his final fight against Pacquiao and his MW attempt against Hopkins)
-Lineal LWW/WW/JMW champ

7. Hopkins
-Tarver, Glen Johnson, Pascal, Pavlik, Trinidad, ODLH, Wright
-Losses to Jones, Dawson, and Kovalev. Disputed losses to Taylor x2 and Calzaghe. Disputed draw with Pascal.
-Oldest boxer to win the lineal title in any division.
-Lineal MW/LHW champ

8. Foreman
-After a 10 year retirement: Moorer, ****ey, Cooper, Qawi, Ellis
-Before retirement: Frazier x2, Norton, Lyle, Chuvalo
-Prime losses to Ali and Young, comeback losses to Holyfield, Morrison, and Briggs
-Lineal HW champ (Oldest boxer to win the lineal HWT title.

9. Leonard
-Benitez, Duran x2, Hearns, Hagler
-Loss to Duran, disputed draw with Hearns, disputed win over Hagler
-Lineal WW/MW champ

10. Michael Spinks
-Holmes x2, Mustafa Muhammed, Qawi, C00ney
-Loss to Tyson
-LHW/HW (first and only lineal LHW champ since Fitzsimmons to also win the lineal HW title)

TOP 10 H2H FIGHTERS (Post 1965, no particular order)
Duran
JCC
Monzon
Hagler
Tyson
Calzaghe
Pryor
Morales
Pacquiao
Napoles

 

And here's why I didn't include some of the other folks mentioned. A top 10 was extremely hard to do.

NOT QUITE TOP 10:

MORALES
-Jones, Barrera, Kelley, Pacquiao
-Lost to Raheem and Diaz, series to Barrera and Pacquiao (only prime losses were to Barrera)
-Never won a lineal championship
-Roids
PACQUIAO
-Barrera x2, Morales x2, JMM x2, Hatton, Cotto, Bradley
-Loss to Morales, draw and KTFO6 to JMM, disputed loss to Bradley
-Losses to Morales and JMM and 3 disputed fights with JMM hurt him, as do the catchweight fights.
-Lineal FLW/FW/JLW/LWW champ
MCCALLUM
-Jackson, Curry, Graham, Watson, Collins, Kalambay
-Loss to Kalambay, disputed loss and draw with Toney
-Never won a lineal championship or elevated himself quite enough
MAYWEATHER
-Hatton, JMM, ODLH, JLC, Cotto, Alvarez
-Disputed wins over JLC, ODLH, and Maidana
-Very few wins without some sort of asterisk, credible rumors of failed drug tests, very protected-looking resume, 6-year avoidance of Pacquiao.
-Lineal JLW/LW/WW champ
HOLYFIELD
-Qawi x2, Foreman, Cooper, Bowe, Rahman, Tyson x2
-Losses to Bowe x2, Lewis, Moorer, Ruiz, Toney, and Donald. Draws with Lewis and Ruiz
-Way too inconsistent, no really great wins.
-Lineal CW/HW champ
SANCHEZ
-Lopez x2, Gomez, Nelson by age 23
-Died too soon to make the list but would have
-Lineal FW champ
JMM
-Barrera, Casamayor, Pacquiao.
-Draw with Pacquiao and disputed losses to Norwood, John, Pacquiao x2. Only clear losses were to Mayweather and Bradley.
-Just never really rose above the pack.
-Roids
-Lineal LW champ
HAGLER
-Hearns, Duran
-Disputed loss to Leonard
-Very thin resume, and the Duran win was well past Duran's best
-Lineal MW champ
BARRERA
-Hamed, Morales x2, Tapia, Kelley
-Lost to Pacquaio, JMM, Jones x2, and once to Morales.
-Lineal FW champ
-At their best: Morales>Pacquiao>Mayweather>JMM>Barrera
HEARNS
-Benitez, Duran, Cuevas, Hill
-Disputed draw with Leonard and losses to Leonard, Hagler, Barkley x2
-At their best: Duran>Hagler>Leonard>Hearns
RJJ
-Tarver, Hopkins, Toney
-Griffin, Tarver x2, Johnson
-Was never #1 in any division, consistently avoided the other champs in his divisions.
-Roids
TONEY
-Nunn, Littles, Barkley
-Jones, Griffin x2, Thadzi, disputed wins over McCallum and Tiberi, disputed draw with McCallum
-Very inconsistent, and accomplished nothing above SMW (Holyfield was shot and who was Jirov?)
-Roids
WHITAKER
-Nelson
-Loss to ODLH, disputed draw with Chavez.
-Avoided fighting Chavez until he was past his best, and has only one good win on his resume.
-Lineal LW/WW champ
TYSON
-Spinks
-Losses to Holyfield x2, Lewis, Douglas
-Inconsistent and only one good win.
-Lineal HW champ
CALZAGHE
-Disputed win over Hopkins
-Only one good win.
-Lineal SMW champ