I have just discovered a load of mainly 1990s boxing mags from Britain and the States. I know a few people like discussing/looking at the ratings of fighters from different era's. So on this thread I will list some of what I have got, I will stick it all on the one thread so as not the clog up the board. So for Starters I will start at my earliest point of reference: The Ring did not have rating for their first magazine (Feb 15 1922), but they did have a page which was entitled: They hold the limelight in the field of fistic sport: These fighters were: Jack Dempsey (World's Heavyweight Champion) Johnny Dundee (130-pound champion) Jack Britton (Welterweight champion) Harry Wills (Foremost negro Heavyweight, who is hot on Dempsey's trail) Harry Greb (Pittsburgh middleweight, who is eager to relieve Johnny Wilson of his crown, but can't get the elusive champion in the ring) Lew Tendler (Philadelphia's foremost contender for the lightweight championship) Gene Tunney (Newly crowned American light heavyweight champion) Midget Smith (New York's sensational bantam, whose championship prospects look bright) Tom Gibbons (St Paul heavyweight, spoken of as most likely opponent for Georges Carpentier)
Had a look, seemingly not a lot. Beat Herman in December 1921 and was a regular at MSG, I guess that is why he got the mention... http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=50974&cat=boxer
The Ring September 1937 Heavyweight Champion: Joe Louis 1: Max Schmeling 2: Jimmy Braddock 3: Tommy Farr 4: Bob Pastor 5: Alberto Lovell 6: Maxie Rosenbloom 7: Nathan Mann 8: Al Ettore 9: Roscoe Toles 10: Red Burman Light Heavyweight Champion: John Henry Lewis 1: Al Gainer 2: Jock McAvoy 3: Leo Kelly 4: Tiger Jack Fox 5: Fred Lenhart 6: Jack Gibbons 7: Allen Matthews 8: Gus Lesnevich 9: Alabama Kid 10: Melio Bettina Middleweight Champion: Freddie Steele 1: Ken Overlin 2: Fred Apostoli 3: Billy Conn 4: Teddy Yarosz 5: Lou Brouillard 6: Ben Brown 7: Solly Krieger 8: Harry Balsamo 9: Walter Woods 10: Al Romero Welterweight Champion: Barney Ross 1: Jack Carroll 2: Ceferino Garcia 3: Izzy Jannazzo 4: Fritzie Zivic 5: Gustave Eder 6: Cocoa Kid 7: Saverio Turiello 8: Holman Williams 9: Andrea Jessurun 10: Bobby Pacho Lightweight Champion: Lou Ambers 1: Pedro Montanez 2: Henry Armstrong 3: Wesley Ramey 4: Enrico Venturi 5: Davey Day 6: Billy Beauhold 7: Paul Junior 8: Eddie Cool 9: Norment Quarles 10: George Zengaras Featherweight Champion: Petey Sarron 1: Jackie Wilson 2: Freddie Miller 3: Mike Belloise 4: Tony Chavez 5: Joe Conde 6: Pete DeGrasse 7: Ginger Foran 8: Spider Kelly 9: Johnny Cusick 10: Kid Chocolate Bantamweight Champion: Sixto Escobar 1: K.O. Morgan 2: Harry Jeffra 3: Lou Salica 4: Indian Quintana 5: Baby Yack 6: Frankie Martin 7: Aurel Toma 8: Johnny King 9: Horace Mann 10: Jackie Brown Flyweight Champion: Benny Lynch 1: Jim Warnock 2: Peter Kane 3: Tony Bostock 4: Small Montana 5: Valentin Angelmann 6: Pierre Louis 7: Mickey O'Neill 8: Ernest Weiss 9: Tut Whalley 10: Johnny Jurich
The Ring ratings for period ending May 15, 1996: Heavyweight 1: Riddick Bowe 2: Mike Tyson 3: Lennox Lewis 4: Michael Moorer 5: Evander Holyfield 6: Tim Witherspoon 7: Bruce Seldon 8: Alexandr Zolkin 9: Oliver McCall 10: Henry Akinwande Cruiserweight 1: Nate Miller 2: Al Cole 3: Adolpho Washington 4: Marcelo Dominguez 5: James Toney 6: Torsten May 7: Kenny Keane 8: Alexander Gurov 9: Carl Thompson 10: David Izeqwire Light Heavyweight 1: Henry Maske 2: Virgil Hill 3: Fabrice Tiozzo 4: Montell Griffin 5: Dariusz Michalczewski 6: Tommy Hearns 7: Merqui Sosa 8: Mike McCallum 9: William Guthrie 10: Frank Tate Super Middleweight 1: Roy Jones 2: Sugarboy Malinga 3: Steve Collins 4: Frankie Liles 5: Nigel Benn 6: Tim Littles 7: Vinny Pazienza 8: Bryant Brannon 9: Henry Wharton 10: Michael Nunn Middleweight 1: Bernard Hopkins 2: Keith Holmes 3: Shinji Takehara 4: Jorge Castro 5: John David Jackson 6: Quincy Taylor 7: Dana Rosenblatt 8: Lonnie Bradley 9: Reggie Johnson 10: Julian Jackson Junior Middleweight 1: Terry Norris 2: Julio Cesar Vazquez 3: Bronco McCart 4: Carl Daniels 5: Yori Boy Campos 6: Winky Wright 7: Laurant Boudouani 8: Raul Marquez 9: Aaron Davis 10: Emmet Linton Welterweight 1: Pernell Whitaker 2: Felix Trinidad 3: Ike Quartey 4: Oba Carr 5: Derrell Coley 6: Jose Luis Lopez 7: Wilfredo Rivera 8: Hector Camacho (sr) 9: Patrick Charpentier 10: Gary Jacobs Junior Welterweight 1: Kostya Tszyu 2: Frankie Randall 3: Julio Cesar Chavez 4: Oscar de la Hoya 5: Freddie Pendelton 6: Miguel Angel Gonzales 7: Juan Coggi 8: Charles Murray 9: Khalid Rahilou 10: Jan Bergman Lightweight 1: Orzubek Nazarov 2: Stevie Johnson 3: George Scott 4: Jean Baptise Mendy 5: Phil Holiday 6: Shane Mosley 7: Levander Johnson 8: John John Molina 9: Arthur Grigorjan 10: Ivan Robinson
Super Featherweight 1: Azumah Nelson 2: Arthuro Gatti 3: Genaro Hernandez 4: Tracy Patterson 5: Gabe Ruelas 6: Jesse james Leija 7: Yong Soo Choi 8: Reggie Tuur 9: Robert Garcia 10: Jeff Fenech Featherweight 1: Tom Johnson 2: Lusito Espinosa 3: Naseem Hamed 4: Eloy Rojas 5: Manuel Medina 6: Derrick Gainer 7: Kevin Kelley 8: Ever Beleno 9: Cesar Soto 10: Juan Manuel Marquez Junior Featherweight 1: Marco Antonio Barrera 2: Daniel Zaragoza 3: Vuyani Bungu 4: Kennedy McKinney 5: Antonio Cermeno 6: Junior Jones 7: Welcome Ncita 8: Hector Acero-Sanchez 9: Erik Morales 10: Orlando Canizales Bantamweight 1: Wayne McCullough 2: Mbulelo Botile 3: Nana Kondau 4: Elicer Julio 5: Ancee Gedeon 6: Veeraphol Sahaprom 7: Robbie Regan 8: Paulie Ayala 9: Cruz Carbajal 10: Daorung Chuwatana Super Flyweight 1: Hiroshi Kawashima 2: Johnny Tapia 3: Danny Romero 4: Alimi Gotia 5: Harold Grey 6: Gerry Penalosa 7: Hyung Chul Lee 8: Luis Bolano 9: Polo Saucedo 10: Samson Dutchboy Gym Flyweight 1: Yuri Arbachakov 2: Mark Johnson 3: Saen Sow Ploenchit 4: Alberto Jimenez 5: Enrique Orozco 6: Chatchai Elite-Gym 7: Chokchai 3-K Battery 8: Alejandro Montiel 9: Isaias Zamudio 10: Daniel Ward Junior Flyweight 1: Saman Sorjaturong 2: Humberto Gonzales 3: Michael Carbajal 4: Carlos Murillo 5: Melchor Cob Castro 6: Jesus Chong 7: Jake Matlala 8: Hi Yong Choi 9: Manuel Jesus Herrera 10: Shiro Yahiro Pound for Pound 1: Roy Jones 2: Pernell Whitaker 3: Oscar de la Hoya 4: Felix Trinidad 5: Marco Antonio Barrera 6: Ricardo Lopez 7: Kostya Tszyu 8: Riddick Bowe 9: Terry Norris 10: Mike Tyson
The Ring Ratings, December 1953: Heavyweight Champion: Rocky Marciano 1: Roland LaStarza 2: Ezzard Charles 3: Nino Valdez 4: Dan Bucceroni 5: Heinz Neuhaus 6: Don Cockell 7: Earl Walls 8: Tommy Harrison 9: Coley Wallace 10: Harry Matthews Light Heavyweight Champion: Archie Moore 1: Harold Johnson 2: Joey Maxim 3: Danny Nardico 4: Yolande Pompey 5: Billy Smith 6: Jimmy Slade 7: Gerhard Hecht 8: Larry Watson 9: Jaques Hairabedian 10: Floyd Patterson Middleweight Title Vacant 1: Randy Turpin 2: Carl Olson 3: Charley Humez 4: Rocky Castellani 5: Gil Turner 6: Joey Giambra 7: Joe Giardello 8: Ralph Jones 9: Pieere Langlois 10: Randy Sandy Welterweight Champion: Kid Gavilan 1: Johnny Bratton 2: Carmen Basilo 3: Johnny Saxton 4: Billy Graham 5: Ramon Fuentes 6: Del Flanagon 7: Art Aragon 8: Freddy Dawson 9: Gilbert Lavoine 10: Chico Varona Lightweight Champion: James Carter 1: Wallace Smith 2: Orlando Zulueta 3: Ralph Dupas 4: Johnny Gonsalves 5: George Araujo 6: Armand Savoie 7: Eddie Chavez 8: Arthur King 9: Paddy DeMarco 10: Henry Davis Featherweight Champion: Sandy Saddler 1: Willie Pep 2: Teddy Davis 3: Baby Ortiz 4: Percy Bassett 5: Roy Ankarah 6: Jean Sneyers 7: Lulu Perez 8: Dave Gallardo 9: Charley Riley 10: Bill Bossio Bantamweight Champion: Jimmy Curruthers 1: Robert Cohen 2: Henry Gault 3: Billy Peacock 4: John Kelly 5: Maurice Sandyron 6: Chambern Songkitrat 7: Pierre Cossemyns 8: Peter Keenan 9: Orlando Castillo 10: Emile Chermama Flyweight Champion: Yoshio Shirai 1: Jake Tuli 2: Leo Espinosa 3: Tanny Campo 4: Terry Allen 5: Charley Bohbot 6: Louis Skena 7: Vic Herman 8: Young Martin 9: Nazzarino Giannelli 10: Eric Marsden
