Top 100 of All-time 2011

Every four years I make an effort and try and figure my top 100 fighters of all-time.

I did it in 2003, again in 2007 (my top 100 in 2007: http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21561), and now it is that time to once again, to be shot and mocked, for my opinion, LOL

For the last month or so, I went though the 2007 list, and made the changes I felt were needed.

My influences will have been books I have read, information I have gathered and probably strongest; peer pressure. Which bearing in mind, I have few friends who know anything about boxing anymore, means you lot.

The numbers in the brackets are the position I gave the fighter in October 2007:


100 Jem Mace
99 Nicolino Loche (78)
98 Kostya Tszyu (82)
97 Ken Buchanan
96 Jeff Chandler (90)
95 Joe Frazier (84)
94 Eusebio Pedroza (59)
93 Kid McCoy (98)
92 Jung Koo Chang
91 Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis (93)
90 Jack McAuliffe (80)
89 Shane Mosley
88 John L Sullivan
87 James J Corbett (89)
86 Tony Zale (94)
85 Mike Tyson (77)
84 Al Brown (60)
83 Rinty Monaghan (79)
82 Lennox Lewis (75)
81 Benny Lynch
80 Felix Trinidad (64)
79 Aaron Pryor (73)
78 Nino Benvenuti (72)
77 Carlos Ortiz (96)
76 Les Darcy
75 Freddie Welsh (92)
74 Wilfred Benitez (66)
73 Mike McCallum (69)
72 Bob Montgomery (76)
71 Wilfredo Gomez (87)
70 Jose Napoles (50)
69 Pancho Villa (29)
68 Kid Gavilan (38)
67 Carmen Basilio
66 Georges Carpentier (22)
65 Salvador Sanchez (70)
64 Jimmy Carruthers (81)
63 Antonio Cervantes (62)
62 Ruben Olivares (51)
61 Kid Chocolate (86)
60 Jack Dempsey (The Nonpareil) (58)
59 Ike Williams (47)
58 James J Jeffries (61)
57 Jack Dempsey (68)
56 Jim Driscoll (71)
55 Rocky Marciano (65)
54 George Foreman (41)
53 Jimmy McLarnin (95)
52 Tony Canzoneri (42)
51 Maxie Rosenbloom (45)
50 Azumah Nelson (52)
49 Tommy Loughran (37)
48 Alexis Arguello (35)
47 Pascual Perez (49)
46 Carlos Zarate (33)
45 Young Griffo (74)
44 Abe Attell (63)
43 Larry Holmes (55)
42 Ricardo Lopez (36)
41 Manuel Ortiz (48)
40 Eder Jofre (40)
39 Bob Foster (56)
38 Roy Jones Jr (46)
37 Michael Spinks (53)
36 Marvin Hagler (30)
35 Stanley Ketchel (54)
34 Emile Griffith (28)
33 Manny Pacquiao (100)
32 Oscar de la Hoya (21)
31 Evander Holyfield (57)
30 Tommy Hearns (31)
29 Bernard Hopkins (34)
28 Floyd Mayweather Jr (43)
27 Gene Tunney (25)
26 Jack Johnson (44)
25 George Dixon (23)
24 Terry McGovern (24)
23 Julio Cesar Chavez (19)
22 Charley Burley (11)
21 Mickey Walker (5)
20 Pernell Whitaker (20)
19 (Barbados) Joe Walcott (32)
18 Sammy Langford (18)
17 Willie Pep (6)
16 Sandy Saddler (7)
15 Barney Ross (17)
14 Joe Gans (26)
13 Carlos Monzon (15)
12 Benny Leonard (12)
11 Jimmy Wilde (8)
10 Ray Leonard (16)
9 Joe Louis (27)
8 Archie Moore (4)
7 Ezzard Charles (14)
6 Muhammad Ali (10)
5 Bob Fitzsimmons (13)
4 Harry Greb (9)
3 Roberto Duran (3)
2 Henry Armstrong (2)
1 Ray Robinson (1)


Out of interest to those who may of wanted to know, the fighters dropped were:

Marcel Cerdan (85)
Flash Elorde (67)
Jeff Fenech (97)
Johnny Kilbane (39)
Brian Mitchell (88)
Dick Tiger (91)
Harry Wills (99)

 

Yes, I am scratching my head over that one. 39atsch

Lesson learnt, I do not think my new #39 will be facing the same problem come 2015!

 

LOL, there is no love for Gorgeous Georges is there?

 

I wanted to push Sammy up, I did, and then I needed to correct Gans and Louis, and damn mathematics became Langford's enemy.

I read Adeyinka Makinde's Dick Tiger book in Christmas 2006, I think that got Tiger on the list then.

I tried to correct my Heavyweight list pretty dramatically, and sadly Wills missed out, literally he was 101.

 

Calzaghe is another who just missed out, his quality was impressive in the time period (from 2007). Buchanan needed a place on that list, and with Mace and Lynch on there to, as a first-timer, I think politics stopped me putting four new Brits on there.