A first draft: My hundred greatest boxers of all time, p4p

As some of you might remember I put together a top 50 a few weeks back. Many of you were kind enough to make suggestions, some of which are incorporated here. Thanks for that (a special thanks to Sweet Scientist).

Here's my effort at fleshing that list out in to a 100, all time. It was difficult. There are enough "honourable mentions" to populate another list of a similair length, so i shall make none.

Anyway:

1 - Sam Langford
2 - Sugar Ray Robinson
3 - Henry Armstrong
4 - Hary Greb
5 - Ezzard Charles
6 - Willie Pep
7 - Mickey Walker
8 - Archie Moore
9 - Roberto Duran
10 - Bob Fitzimmons
11 - Muhammad Ali
12 - Charley Burley
13 - Benny Leonard
14 - Joe Louis
15 - Sugar Ray Leonard
16 - Barney Ross
17 - Sandy Saddler
18 - Joe Gans
19 - Gene Tunney
20 - Roy Jones Junior
21 - Jimmy Wilde
22 - Carlos Monzon
23 - Pernell Whitaker
24 - Barbados Joe Walcott
25 - Tony Canzoneri
26 - Stanley Ketchel
27 - Emile Grifith
28 - Julio Cesar Chavez
29 - Jimmy McLarnin
30 - Jack Britton
31 - George Dixon
32 - Evander Hollyfield
33 - Terry McGovern
34 - Ted "Kid" Lewis
35 - Marvin Hagler
36 - Ruben Olivares
37 - Eder Jofre
38 - Thomas Hearns
39 - Floyd Mayweathe
40 - Jose Napoles
41 - Ike Williams
42 - Alexis Arguello
43 - NonParallel Jack Dempsey
44 - Billy Conn
45 - Sonny Liston
46 - Lennox Lewis
47 - Carlos Ortiz
48 - Holman Williams
49 - Salvador Sanchez
50 - Tommy Ryan
51 - Bernard Hopkins
52 - Ricardo Lopez
53 - Pancho Villa
54 - Micheal Spinks
55 - Mysterious Billy Smith
56 - Abe Atell
57 - Packey McFarland
58 - Jack Dillon
59 - Fighting Harada
60 - Carmen Basillo
61 - Wilfred Benitez
62 - Kid Gavilan
63 - Aaron Pryor
64 - Jimmy Bivins
65 - Joe Frazier
66 - Bob Foster
67 - Manuel Ortiz
68 - Tommy Loughran
69 - Jim Driscoll
70 - Jack Johnson
71 - Jeff Clarke
72 - OScar De La Hoya
73 - Fritzie Zivic
74 - Carlos Zarate
75 - Marco Antonio Barrera
76 - Kid Chocoloate
77 - Jim Jeffries
78 - Eric Morales
79 - Rocky Marciano
80 - Joe Brown
81 - Beau Jack
82 - Maxie Rosenbloom
83 - Eseban de Jesus
84 - Dick Tiger
85 - Battling Nelson
86 - Harold Johnson
87 - Duillio Loi
88 - Cocoa Kid
89 - Jake LaMotta
90 - Eddie Booker
91 - Marcel Cerdan
92 - Mike McCallum
93 - Hecrot Camacho
94 - Panama Al Brown
95 - Lou Ambers
96 - Miguel Canto
97 - Tiger Flowers
98 - Khaosai Galaxy
99 - Pete Herman
100-Pone Kingpetch
101-Benny Lynch


So who have I scandalously left out? Who is to high? Who is to low? Why is there only one Scotsman on this list and is it the right one? Most of all, how many typos can you find?

Criticisim is welcome, this is a work in progress.

 

JT - you are right about Nelson. I had him on a shortlist for 80-90 but he just kept falling back. But you could be right. Holly stays. He's in y top 12 all time at heavy, is a lock for #1 at cruiser.

 

You are quite correct.

Had him jotted down as somewhere right around Loughran.

First edit, here goes.

 

Favourite of yours is he?

Didn't make it. Don't like the featheweight thing, not desperately impressed. Tough hombre, serious fighter, would make the 200, but better than Pete Herman? Not for me.

Foster is in, thanks.

 

What happens is you make detailed notes, set a place - say 45-48 (you can't get to definite because some placings "look" wrong) and then totally forget about them.

Nelson > Camacho, noted.