Which HEAVYWEIGHT Defeated The Most Top 10 CONTENDERS?

He would be up there i would have thought, but i will guess at Jack Johnson, if there were ratings during that time.

 

You know,,,,,,,,,,,,Jerry Quarry beat quite a few,
Joey Orbillo
Brian London
Floyd Patterson
Thad Spencer
Aaron Eastling
Buster Mathis
Brian London II
Mac Foster
Tony Doyle
Jack Bodell
Larry Middleton
Randy Neuman
Ron Lyle
Earnie Shavers
Lorenzo Zanon

 

:goodthats a hell of a list

 

Thats quiet a list for a guy who never won the title. Just a pity he was about at the strongest period for heavyweights IMO

 

It depends on whose top 10 list we're talking about.

 

wlad

 

Ok. I don't know.
I think you'd have to have every issue of Ring magazine, or a list of every month's rankings to know the answer.

I'd guess it's Ali or Louis.

 

Ali holds the record, closley followed by Louis. I forgett the exact numbers, but they both beat in excess of 30 ranked contenders.

I don't think that any other heavyweight champion broke the 20 mark.

 

I think the term "Ranked' is a little easier to distinguish than 'Top 10'.

For instance, is Jean Pierre Coopman considered a 'Top 10' fighter, or
a 'ranked fighter'.

 

Presumably we take it to mean "ranked in the top 10 by Ring Magazine rightly or wrongly".

 

Muhammad Ali:

The rating behind the names indicate the last monthly rating before the fight:

1962
Alejandro Lavorante - No. 10
Archie Moore - No. 5

1963
Doug Jones - No. 3
Henry Cooper - No. 9

1964
Sonny Liston - World Heavyweight Champion

1965
Sonny Liston - No. 1
Floyd Patterson - No. 1

1966
George Chuvalo - No. 9
Henry Cooper - No. 4
Karl Mildenberger - No. 3
Cleveland Williams - No. 3

1967
Ernie Terell - No. 1
Zora Folley - No. 2

1970
Jerry Quarry - No. 1
Oscar Bonavena - No. 3

1971
Joe Frazier - World Heavyweight Champion - LOSS
Jimmy Ellis - No. 7

1972
Mac Foster - No. 6
Jerry Quarry - No.2
Floyd Patterson - No.3
Bob Foster - World Light-Heavyweight Champion

1973
Joe Bugner - No. 8
Ken Norton - No. 9 - LOSS
Ken Norton - No. 2

1974
Joe Frazier - No. 2
George Foreman - World Heavyweight Champion

1975
Chuck Wepner - No. 9
Ron Lyle - No. 8
Joe Bugner - No. 4
Joe Frazier - No. 2

1976
Jimmy Young - No. 3
Ken Norton - No. 2

1977
Ernie Shavers - No. 5

1978
Leon Spinks - No. 9 - LOSS
Leon Spinks - World Heavyweight Champion

1980
Larry Holmes - Wolrd Heavyweight Champion - LOSS

1981
Trevor Berbick - No.7 - LOSS

Overall record: 56-5
Record vs. top 10 rated opponents (incl. Light-Heavyweight Champion): 32-5




Joe Louis:

1934
Lee Rampage - No. 10

1935
Patsy Perroni - No. 6
Natie Brown - No. 10
Primo Carnera - No. 4
King Levinsky - No. 10
Max Baer - No. 1

1936
Charley Retzlaff - No. 4
Max Schmeling - No. 2 - LOSS
Jack Sharkey - No. 4
Al Ettore - No. 3

1937
Bob Pastor - No. 5
James Braddock - World Champion
Tommy Farr - No. 3

1938
Nathan Mann - No. 3
Max Schmeling - No. 1

1939
John Henry Lewis - World Champion at Light-Heavyweight
Tony Galento - No. 3
Bob Pastor - No. 2

1940
Johnny Paychek - No. 5
Arturo Godoy (2) - No. 1

1941
Red Burman - No. 4
Buddy Baer - No. 5
Billy Conn - World Champion at Light-Heavyweight
Lou Nova - No. 1

1942
Buddy Baer - No. 4
Abe Simon - No. 6

1946
Billy Conn - No. 1
Tami Mauriello - No. 1

1947
Jersey Joe Walcott - No. 1

1948
Jersey Joe Walcott - No. 1

1950
Ezzard Charles - World Champion - LOSS

1951
Lee Savold - No. 4
Cesar Brion - No. 8
Rocky Marciano - No. 3 - LOSS

Overall record vs. top 10 opposition (incl. 2 light-heavyweight champs): 31-3

 

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