Official Decade Survey - Deadlines Listed at the Top of Page 1

Just the 60's and 70's for the moment, the rest will come later :

VIII. 1960s
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Eder Jofre
3. Sonny Liston
4. Fighting Harada
5. Emile Griffith
6. Dick Tiger
7. Carlos Ortiz
8. Flash Elorde
9. Horacio Acavallo
10. Nino Benvenutti
11. Vincente Saldivar
12. Ruben Olivares
13. Joey Giardello
14. Harold Johnson
15. Denny Moyer
16. Floyd Patterson
17. Pone Kingpetch
18. Luis Manuel Rodriguez
19. Ralph Dupas
20. Benny Paret
21. Lionel Rose
22. Sugar Ramos
23. Willie Pastrano
24. Davey Moore
25. Jose Torres

IX 1970s
1. Roberto Duran
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Carlos Monzon
4. Jose Napoles
5. George Foreman
6. Joe Frazier
7. Bob Foster
8. Carlos Zarate
9. Alexis Arguello
10. Antonio Cervantes
11. Miguel Canto
12. Wilfredo Gomez
13. Ruben Olivares
14. Jose Pipino Cuevas
15. Yoko Gushiken
16. Nicolino Locche
17. Victor Gallindez
18. Wilfred Benitez
19. Larry Holmes
20. Ben Villaflor
21. Ken Norton
22. Koichi Wajima
23. Masao Ohba
24. Danny Lopez
25. Carlos Palomino

Honorable mentions for the 70's : Bruno Arcari, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Marvin Johnson, Marvin Hagler, Bennie Briscoe, Rodrigo Valdez, Luis Estaba, Alan Minter, Alfonso Zamora

 

2000s
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Floyd Mayweather Jr
3. Bernard Hopkins
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Marco Antonio Barrera
6. Joe Calzaghe
7. Winky Wright
8. Miguel Cotto
9. Vitaly Klitschko
10. Wladimir Kiltschko

 

IX 1970s
1. Muhammad Ali
2.George Forman
3.sugar ray Lenard
4.joe Frazier
5.marvin Hagler
6.Larry Holmes
7.bob foster
8.reberto duran
9.ken Norton
10.danny Lopez
11.miguel Canto
12.Carlos monzon
13. alexis Arguello
14.carlos zarate
15.Wilfredo gomez
16. Wilfred Benitez
17.earnie shavers
18.Leon Spinks
19. Emile Griffith
20.jimmy Ellis

 

I'm a big fan of the importance of world title fights, especially in earlier eras when it was rare to win a belt cheaply as compared to the post-2000 era. This thought process, definitely informed my choices. The numbers after the names are their overall records in the 1960s and their title fight records from the decade. I tried to be exact but I may have possibly made an error. Also, I included other "honorable mentions" just for fun and as a point of comparison.

VIII. 1960s
1. Muhammad Ali 28-0-0 / 10-0-0
2. Vicente Saldivar 35-1-0 / 8-0-0
3. Eder Jofre 19-2-1 / 9-2-0
4. Carlos Ortiz 22-4-1 / 13-4-0
5. Flash Elorde 29-8-0 / 11-3-0
6. Emile Griffith 49-10-1 / 15-5-0
7. Nino Benvenuti 80-3-1 / 7-2-0
8. Fighting Harada 55-6-0 / 6-3-0
9. Joe Frazier 24-0-0 / 6-0-0
10. Nicolino Locche 87-1-12 / 3-0-0
11. Curtis Cokes 40-9-2 / 6-2-0
12. Horacio Accavallo 49-1-1 / 4-0-0
13. Sandro Mazzinghi 57-3-0 / 5-2-0
14. Lionel Rose 35-4-0 / 4-1-0
15. Dick Tiger 24-5-1 / 6-3-1
16. Ruben Olivares 55-0-1 / 2-0-0
17. Jose Napoles 52-3-0 / 3-0-0
18. Harold Johnson 15-2-0 / 5-1-0
19. Chartchai Chionoi 44-15-1 / 5-1-0
20. Johnny Famechon 54-4-6 / 2-0-0
21. Bob Foster 37-4-0 / 3-0-0
22. Pone Kingpetch 10-4-0 / 6-3-0
23. Davey Moore 20-2-0 / 4-1-0
24. Ki Soo Kim 33-2-2 / 3-1-0
25. Jose Torres 28-3-0 / 4-2-0

Honorable Mentions

Carlos Monzon 62-3-0 / 0-0-0
Luis Rodriguez 100-8-0 / 1-3-0
Ralph Dupas 28-10-0 / 2-3-0
Sugar Ramos 34-4-2 / 4-3-0
Ismael Laguna 60-6-1 /1-2-0
Eddie Perkins 38-7-3 / 4-2-1
Howard Winstone 51-6-0 / 1-4-0
Bruno Arcari 36-2-0 / 0-0-0
Carlos Hernandez 47-9-3 / 3-2-0
Joey Giardello 17-8-1 / 2-1-1
Jose Legra 109-7-4 / 1-1-0
Floyd Patterson 11-5-1 / 3-4-0
Freddie Little 28-3-0 / 2-1-0
Pedro Carrasco 84-1-1 / 0-0-0
Efren Torres 56-6-1 / 2-2-0
Sonny Liston 23-3-0 / 2-2-0
Mando Ramos 27-3-0 / 2-1-0
Gene Fullmer 4-2-3 / 4-2-3
Gregorio Peralta 66-3-4 / 0-0-0
Benny Paret 5-5-1 / 3-3-0
Ernie Terrell 24-5-0 / 3-1-0
Hiroyuki Ebihara 59-5-1 / 2-4-0
Salvatore Burruni 80-7-0 / 1-0-0

 

X. 1980s
1. Marvin Hagler
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Thomas Hearns
4. Larry Holmes
5. Michael Spinks
6. Aaron Pryor
7. Mike Tyson
8. Salvador Sanchez
9. Julio Cesar Chavez
10. Khaosai Galaxy
11. Myung-Woo Yuh
12. Mike McCallum
13. Jung-Koo Chang
14. Donald Curry
15. Hilario Zapata
16. Jiro Watanabe
17. Santos Laciar
18. Eusebio Pedroza
19. Roberto Duran
20. Hector Camacho
21. Jeff Chandler
22. Marlon Starling
23. Evander Holyfield
24. Gilberto Roman
25. Brian Mitchell

 

IX. 1970s
1.Muhammad ali
2.Roberto Duran
3.George Foreman
4.Carlos Monzon
5.Alexis Arguello
6.Jose Napoles
7.Wilfredo Gomez
8.Carlos Zarate
9.Joe Frazier
10.Bob Foster

 

XI. 1990s
1.Lennox Lewis
2.Sugar Ray Leonard
3.Marvelous Marvin Hagler
4.Thomas Hearns
5.Julio Cesar Chavez
6.Evander Holyfield
7.Larry Holmes
8.Roberto Duran
9.Mike Tyson
10.Michael Spinks

 

Brilliant video Rummy i had 9/10 of these.On my list Ruben Olivares missed out,i would be obliged if you could let me know his final position

 

I've lurked this forum for long enough and watched all the videos leading up to the 1970s, but I feel now is my time to take part...

IX 1970s
1. Carlos Monzon - 25-0 during the 70s w/ marquee wins vs Benvenuti x2, Griffith x2, Valdez x2, and Napoles.
2. Roberto Duran - 12 title defences. It was the 70s that made Duran a great fighter, but the 80s is where he became an ATG.
3. Wilfredo Gomez - Undefeated in the 70s w/ 10 title defences.
4. Muhammad Ali - Arguably past his best but still coming out with marquee wins against ATG's with only 3 losses.
5. Alexis Arguello - 2 division champ w/ marquee wins against Kobayashi, Olivares, Legra, Escalera x2, Limon, & Chacon.
6. Miguel Canto
7. Carlos Zarate
8. Bob Foster
9. Jose Cuevas
10. Antonio Cervantes
11. Jose Napoles
12. Ruben Olivares
13. George Foreman
14. Nicolino Locche
15. Joe Frazier

 

XII. 2000s
1.Manny Pacquiao
2. floyd mayweather
3. Joe calzaghe
4. Juan Marquez
5. Marco Barrera
6. Bernard Hopkins
7. Felix Trinidad
8. Oscar De la Hoya
9. Winky wright
10. erik morales
11. miguel cotto
12. kostya tszyu
13. roy jones jr
14. shane moseley
15. wladimir klitschko
16. ricky hatton