The below animated chart shows how the Top 10 Heavyweights (Ring Magazine) have physically become larger over the decades (1930s to 2010s + current top 10). (NOTE: Viewable on PC and iPad - smartphone users can view by downloading - 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 fighter 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. This content is protected Thank you to 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 applicable to, so I'll let the moderators delete as they feel is appropriate.
Am I correct in thinking, that the gif doesn't work for people not on a PC? i.e. Smartphone users can't see the moving image? It should be transitioning through the decades from 1930s to 2010s It can be viewed by downloading...sorry about that. Any suggestions how to get gifs to work on BoxingForum24?
I added the 1920s. The early part of the decade is based on a combination of sources as The Ring Magazine started it's ranking mid-way through the decade. Here are the charts separated out by image. I will update the GIF soon. This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
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This content is protected Note the current list was not using Ring Rankings, but a consensus top 10. Also it was created before the Povetkin v Whyte 2 fight.
