the Boxing Rating Project.

for a More Concise, Complimentary & Honest approach and inclusion of the many, many great fighters who have Graced this Sport.

Era's by Strongest Periods in Boxing History (General Consensus)

mid 1930s - 1950s
1960s - 1980s
1920s - mid 1930s
1990s - present

turn of the Century - 1910s (perhaps a list all on its own, Cruder fighters)

Regions by Strongest Pool of fighters (General Consensus)

North America
AMERICA ( LOADS)
Canada (Some)

UK and Europe
BRITAIN (Loads)
Europe (Some)

Mexico, Central and South America
MEXICO (Loads)
Central & South America (Some)

Australia and South Africa (Africa)
AUSTRALIA (Lots, but not loads)
South Africa/ Africa (Some)

Asia and New Zealand and South Pacific
Asia (some)
New Zealand (some)
South Pacific (some)

Countries by Strongest Pools of fighters

AMERICA (LOADS)
UK (Loads)
Mexico (Loads)
Australia (Lots)

these Countries would be the most laborious groups to put together, a bit of time, but Not at all impossible...

Resource Centre

• Lineal Title Holders (Not always the Best Persey)
• Ring TOP 10 and WORLD Classed Grouped Fighters (not always in the right slot, ie a Fringe Grouped fighter could be in fact better than a Top 10 fighter)
• National TOP 10 or more, if a fighter or two fits

• All-Time Great Lists (too often Achievement based, but useful for adjusting placements throughout grouping.
• BoxRec (poor ratings, but suppler of Names, just like the other Ratings Orgs.
• BoxRec Ring Magazine Ratings page

So it is an EASY Template as the Lesser Nations all only through up few names, so that's the easy place to start, then carry on through the Groups, fewer to many fighters...

You will end up FORSURE 300 - 500 Fighters, but it could Easily be a 1000 and more.

Elite

GREAT
Great
great

Very Good

this is much more Respectful to the many, many great fighters who have Graced the Square Circle, the Noble Art, the Sweet Science...

C'mon you Boxing Geeks give it a Go!

respectfully, especially to the Fighters,
Thistle.

 

naturally McVey you are a complete Objective Killer, these Lists WILL Include HUNDREDS of Great Fighters - WHY?

because in a 150 Years of Boxing - there are Tens of Thousands of Fighters, Of Course there ARE and there have been HUNDREDS of Greats Fighters who have Danced the Canvas.

too think otherwise, is not only foolish, it is Downright Disrespectful to them and Boxing History!

 

Mexico was Grouped there purposefully to split the Regions with Greatest number of Fighters, making the Fact Gathering Excercise Easier.

 

I'm not the one doing this, it is a Widescale Template to cover all possible Countries / Regions, Years / Era's, Lists and so on.

it is inspired by all the useless futile attempts at Top 10s, Top 100s and so on.

I mean 150 Years of Boxing and just taking the Top 10 HWs (for example), by Decade, well that alone gives you a 150 HWs, give or take, but over the same 150 Years, there is at least One per Year, but in reality there will be many more, HWs who have been great fighters, but for a multitude of reasons, didn't get included... so in the same 150 years you actually have EASY 200 HWs, I'd personally say 300, over a 150 Years..

and you do the Same for ALL Weights, all Regions/Countries and all Era's...

Jeremy Williams for example, a great fighter, would usually be placed below Sam Peters, but the Opposite is true... Peters is in the very good category and Williams is definately better overall.

So, the Template sends the Researcher(s) Gathering the Data, seperating it into the appropriate Sections, and then once all thats done, the Task of 'trying' to Rate fighters a little more realistically begins... it won't be 100% unarguably perfect, but it will certainly be More Honest and Inclusive of 150 YEARS of Boxing, and at least 200 great fighters Worldwide for most of those Boxing Era's, Periods, Years, Decades and Lists and all Weights are easily better placed.

it is a very staight forward and simple excercise, albeit one that would take time - a couple, few months forsure. but personally the Sport & the many, many great fighters who have pleased the Fans, the Critics and the Backers, deserve it.

so all you Boxing Geeks who like to do things like this would be in your element!

 

it is a widely stated consensus by thousands of Boxing people for Decades Now, as I said earlier, Witten, Reported and Posted about on Boxing Sites...

your a boxing fan and have been on websites for years, read the Ring, read Boxing books, Heard Commentaries, Seen Documentaries and read posts, discussed posts, fought about them, and you have never heard of Era's being cited one ahead of others?

of course you have, Era's get fought about regularly, albeit Nowhere Near the amount of Battles with rediculous Top 10, Top 100, or 500 Lists.

that's the WHOLE Point to a Clear Sweeping Neutral Template,

to 'TRY' and account for the few thousand great fighters over 150 Years of Boxing, that has registered a Hundred Thousand Boxers or more, Worldwide, through that same 150 Years.