Edit - found a link to the full article - https://www.ringtv.com/627200-division-by-division-the-greatest-fighters-of-all-time/ https://www.givemesport.com/1765367...-greatest-boxers-in-every-single-division?amp Heavyweight: 1) This content is protected , 2) Joe Louis, 3) Larry Holmes, 4) This content is protected , 5) Jack Johnson Cruiserweight: 1) Evander Holyfield, 2) This content is protected , 3) Carlos de Leon, 4) This content is protected , 5) Juan Carlos Light heavyweight: 1) Ezzard Charles, 2) Archie Moore, 3) Bob Foster, 4) Michael Spinks, 5) Gene Tunney Super middleweight: 1) Joe Calzaghe, 2) This content is protected 3) Andre Ward, 4) James Toney, 5) This content is protected Middleweight: 1) Sugar Ray Robinson, 2) Carlos Monzon, 3) Harry Greb, 4) Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 5) Bernard Hopkins Junior Middleweight: 1) Thomas Hearns, 2) Mike McCallum, 3) Terry Norris, 4) Winky Wright, 5) Nino Benvenuti Welterweight: 1) Sugar Ray Robinson, 2) Sugar Ray Leonard, 3) Henry Armstrong, 4) Thomas Hearns, 5) Jose Napoles Junior Welterweight: 1) Julio Cesar Chavez, 2) Aaron Pryor, 3) Koztya Tsyzu, 4) Barney Ross, 5) Antonio Cervantes Lightweight: 1) Roberto Duran, 2) Benny Leonard, 3) Joe Gans, 4) Pernell Whitaker, 5) Ike Williams Junior Lightweight: 1) Alexis Arguello, 2) This content is protected , 3) Julio Cesar Chavez, 4) Azumah Nelson, 5) This content is protected Featherweight: 1) Willie Pep, 2) Salvador Sanchez, 3) Henry Armstrong, 4) Sandy Saddler, 5) Abe Attell Junior Featherweight: 1) Wilfredo Gomez, 2) Marco Antonio Barrera, 3) Erik Morales, 4) Guillermo Rigondeaux, 5) Daniel Zaragoza Bantamweight: 1) Eder Jofre, 2) Ruben Olivares, 3) Carlos Zarate, 4) Manuel Ortiz, 5) Panama Al Brown Junior Bantamweight: 1) Khaosai Galaxy, 2) Jiro Watanabe, 3) Johnny Tapia, 4) Gilberto Roman, 5) Sung Kil Moon Flyweight: 1) Jimmy Wilde, 2) Miguel Canto, 3) Pascual Perez, 4) Pancho Villa, 5) Frankie Genaro Junior Flyweight: 1) Michael Carbajal, 2) Humberto Gonzalez, 3) Jung Koo Chang, 4) Hilario Zapata, 5) Roman Gonzalez Strawweight: 1) Ricardo Lopez, 2) Ivan Calderon, 3) Roman Gonzalez, 4) Rosendo Alvarez, 5) Chanda Porpaoin
What a ******ed magazine. Usyk is the goat cruiserweight. Johnson isnt a top 50 heavyweight let alone a top 5. Eyebrows raised at Toney at 168 as well.
Holyfield above Usyk at cruiserweight based on what? Im no fan of Froch but he was better at 168 than Toney.
Johnson is commonly found in the top 10. The body of work those ahead of Toney possess is quite solid. With Usyk being the flavor of the month i'm expecting quite a few to take exception to that vs other potential disparities. I'm also expecting quite a few to factor his latest heavyweight win subconsciously into the equation as well, not that i'm saying he can't or shouldn't be ahead of The Real Deal.
Decent i gues but still, Jack Johnson at 5 in HW is really bad. The worse are at the lower weights class, in the Junior Bantamweight list Khaosai gets overrated so much, Gilberto Roman should be 1. And i think when they are done, Roman Gonzalez, Estrada and Rungvisai should be ranked higher than the likes of Watanabe and Tapia In Jr Flyweight Jung Koo Chang is CLEARLY the greatest down there without a doubt. And no mention of Vicente Saldivar in featherweight when he has an argument to be greater or as great as Salvador Sanchez was
I think Frankie Liles should be to 5 and I'm quite surprised that Rigondeaux made it to 5, maybe Wilfredo Vasquez deserves a mention.
Hagler over Greb. The heavyweights are perfect...until the Jack Johnson at no. 5. I rate Holyfield, Foreman, Lewis, Marciano, Frazier, Tyson, Wlad, Liston, Dempsey over him. In that order.
I was pleased to see Holmes at 3 af heavyweight - his stock has risen over the last 20 years. Only this morning I was looking at @McGrain's greatest light heavyweights top 50 (brilliant resource) as I was watching some Tommy Loughran and I re-read Greb's win list at light heavy - it is insane. He should be in the top 5 there. There are a few other odd positions and as has been mentioned, no Vicente Saldivar at featherweight is a bad one when they've put Sal Sanchez at 2. But I've seen a lot worse.