Ezzard Charles was rated 14th on a list of greatest P4P fighters in the last 50 years.

I remember the magazine at the time, and thought Charles was too low. IIRC he was around the same ranking as Moore, and it seemed to be the trend with the mags at the time that Charles' ranking would always be pegged with Moore. I never understood why this would be the case, as Charles did more than enough to carve his own legacy rather than having to use Moore as a reference point to work out where to place him.

The glaring issue is the quality of opposition score. Marciano, Moore, Bivins, Walcott, Louis, Johnson, Burley, Marshall, Maxim, Lesnevich, Overlin, Yarosz, Basora, Satterfield, Ray and others you could throw in there. Who does a guy need to fight to get a 10 around here?!?

 

Too low for my liking

 

There it is.

 

I have him higher

 

He should be number 1.

Best light heavyweight ever.

Hell of a heavyweight fighter.

Fought and defeated the toughest level of competition of close to anyone. I can only say Possibly Langford's was better if even.

 

He's enormous for sure.

 

Think about it ...

Yarosz
Overlin
Burley
Maxim
Bivins
Marshall
Moore
Smith
Ray
Walcott
Louis
Lesnivich
Layne
Satterfeld

Then 15 w Marciano, Rocky’s toughest fight. That’s dominating what today would be 160, 168, 175 and Crusier. Pretty insane.

 

Here's a guy who should have quit right after losing to Marciano . He lost 13 out of his last 24 fights. Needed the dough I guess.

 

Way too low imo. Iirc boxinglegendstv ranked him 7th, personally I rank him in my top 10. Greatest light heavyweight ever, and a damn good heavyweight

 

Wayyyyyyy too low...

 

Hell yeah. Charles started as a middle, and won the heavyweight championship, beating guys like Moore, Maxim, Walcott, and Louis along the way.

Pound per pound greatness is extreme.