Ring Magazine's 100th Anniversary: Top 100 Ranking

louis54 · Dec 13, 2021

But at least canzoneri was up there

asero · Dec 13, 2021

Interesting scoring system. Purely objective based on the Magazine's historical rankings

Hanz Cholo said: ↑

Here is more on that formula
Break down * For the Extra Nerdy of Us on Here *

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SCORING DETAILS

Scoring for total points and peak points relied on a base 11-point scale (i.e. a champion and the top 10 contenders).
A win over the champion of one’s weight class, in a title or non-title fight, was worth 11 points, a No. 1 contender was worth 10, etc.
Losses worked in reverse. A loss to the champion was a one-point deduction sliding to 11 for a loss to the No. 10 contender.

Losses to unranked opponents drew a universal 12-point deduction. Draws against ranked opponents were worth half a win; draws against unranked opponents were a six-point deduction.

Fighters were then given a ranking in each scoring category: overall total, peak score (the highest point their points for wins and losses reached), and ranked wins.

Wins and losses to opponents in higher and lower divisions were included. A formula based on body weight percentage differences between divisions of ranked fighters, rather than scale weights of the fighters, was applied.

For instance, if a No. 2-ranked bantamweight defeated the No. 2-ranked featherweight, 126 was divided by 118 and then multiplied by standard win/loss points, making the win worth 9.61 points to the bantamweight and the loss a deduction of 3.2 points for the featherweight. If the featherweight won, 118 would be divided by 126 with the win worth 8.42 points for the featherweight and the loss meaning a deduction of 2.81 points for the bantamweight.
The exception was fighters moving up to face heavyweights. There is no specific heavyweight ceiling so the formula divides the weight limit of the smaller fighter’s division against the actual weight of the heavyweight.

Everyone who finished in the top 100 of preliminary research for those three categories was moved into a final pool of what came out to 150 fighters. Win total ties were broken based on peak score. Their rankings in each category were then averaged into a final score.
To best display the range of data, they were then divided into four groups to settle on the final 100.

Group one: anyone who finished in the top 100 of all three scoring categories or whose scoring average was higher than those who did.
(1-67).

Group two was anyone else who finished in the top 100 for peak score and ranked wins but not overall points (68-72).

Group three was derived from fighters who scored in the top 75 of any of the three scoring categories or whose final scoring average was higher than what would otherwise be the bottom ten of the top 100 (73-100).

The final average score was used to order the fighters in each group for those who made the top 100.

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asero · Dec 13, 2021

louis54 said: ↑

Joke of a list by obvious clowns. No armstrong greb etc
The ring has been a Joke for years
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Greb's peak comes way before the Ring Magazine. I think only his rights in 1925 to 1927 was factored in. He ranked 76th which is very impressive.

As for Armstrong, i think many draws against unrated fighters hurt his rankings.

asero · Dec 13, 2021

Basically three criteria:
1. Overall Resume
2. Peak Performance
3. Positive Rankings - Only Wins Count

asero · Dec 14, 2021

Here is the Top 100 list

Sugar Ray Robinson

Joe Louis

Muhammad Ali

Toni Canzoneri

Emile Griffith

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Willie Pep

Ezzard Charles

Manny Pacquiao

Archie Moore

Julio Cesar Chavez

Bernard Hopkins

Jimmy McLarnin

Roy Jones Jr.

Jose Napoles

Pernell Whitaker

Henry Armstrong

Ike Williams

Sugar Ray Leonard

Evander Holyfield

Carlos Ortiz

Alexis Arguello

Marvin Hagler

Young Corbett III

Sammy Angott

asero · Dec 15, 2021

26. Carlos Monzon
27. Oscar De La Hoya
28. Billy Conn
29. Harold Johnson
30. Dick Tiger
31. Larry Holmes
32. Jake LaMotta
33. Roberto Duran
34. Barney Ross
35. Kid Chocolate
36. Thomas Hearns
37. Canelo Alvarez
38. Louis Kaplan
39. Eder Jofre
40. Beau Jack
41. Michael Spinks
42. Lennox Lewis
43. Ismael Laguna
44. Floyd Patterson
45. Mickey Walker
46. Bob Foster
47. Jimmy Bivins
48. Peter Kane
49. Azumah Nelson
50. Vicente Saldivar

asero · Dec 15, 2021

51. Jackie Fields
52. Wilfredo Gomez
53. Gene Fullmer
54. Rocky Marciano
55. Mike Tyson
56. Jack Berg
57. Shane Mosley
58. Wladimir Klitschko
59. Lou Ambers
60. Bobo Olson
61. Nonito Donaire
62. Felix Trinidad
63. Gennadiy Golovkin
64. Jack Sharkey
65. Kosta Tszyu
66. Pone Kingpetch
67. Benny Lynch
68. Ruben Olivares
69. Manual Ortiz
70. Maxie Rossenbloom
71. Tommy Loughran
72. Kid Gavilan
73. Pascual Perez
74. Salvador Sanchez
75. Haseem Hamed

asero · Dec 15, 2021

76. Harry Greb
77. Marco Antonio Barrera
78. Antonio Cervantes
79. Joe Frazier
80. Aaron Pryor
81. Esteban De Jesus
82. Donald Curry
83. Roman Gonzalez
84. Andre Ward
85. Erik Morales
86. Naoya Inoue
87. Juan Manual Marquez
88. Antonio Tarver
89. James Toney
90. Terence Crawford
91. Mike McCallum
92. Carmen Basilio
93. Lou Salica
94. Wilfred Benitez
95. Joe Calzaghe
96. John Henry Lewis
97. Jose Torres
98. Gus Lesnevich
99. Lou Brouillard
100. Fidel La Barba

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