List: 1975 Ring Magazine All-time Top Ten in Each Division

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  1. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A lot of the old white writers of the day hated Ali. Lots of them still called him Clay at the time.
     
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  2. mcvey

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    I think one of the glaring inexcusables for me is Jack O Brien at number one LHVY .He made a total of nil defences and was ko'd by the middleweight champion. No room for Ike Williams at lightweight! Pascual Perez at bantam. Jim Corbett's resume emphatically dsq's him from a top ten ranking.Emille Griffith doesn't justifiy a top ten at160lbs imo.
     
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  3. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Surprised at not seeing Ezzard Charles, Jimmy Bivins, or Harold Johnson at light heavy. Would’ve thought that Monzón had accomplished enough by the end of 1974 to make the list at 160.
     
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  4. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    By any measure, these lists are truly terrible. So many glaring ommissions and then unreasonably high ratings for old time fighters.
     
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  5. BCS8

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    Ketchel over Greb? :lol:
     
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  6. Mendoza

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    This was Nat Loubet's list. Nat Fleisher panned Ali after his first loss to Frazier as not a top 10 ATG. See his famous article. But his brother in law did move Ali up. Its sort of rare for ANY modern fighter to be ranked high in the top ten.

    My guess is these rankings came out before Ali beat Foreman.
     
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  7. mcvey

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    Loubet was Fleischer's son in law.
     
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  8. ETM

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    Cocaine is a helluva drug.
     
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