Which HEAVYWEIGHT Defeated The Most Top 10 CONTENDERS?

BOXING REGISTER ?
THEY ARE NOT ACCURATE MITEFF WAS NOT IN ANYONE'S TOP TEN at the time. NEITER WAS DANIELS EITHER NOW THATS AT THE TIME, RING MAGAINE IS WHERE ITS AT ON THOSE OLD RATINGS AND I HAVE AND RESEARCHED THEM ALL. THEY HAD GARCIA RANKED AGAINST NORTON IN 1970, NOTTTTT SOOOOOO!

 

YOU GO SuzieQ49 thats exactly what I'm SAYING Ali was 32-5 19 ko WBA and Ring Magazine 32-5 20 knockouts . SLIGHTLY DIFFERANT, HE WAS NEVER 36-5 LIKE BOXING REGISTER HAS STATED. I was gonna mention Henry Clark, you beat me to the punch, punch pun intended .

 

Muhammad Ali: 'Ten Count' Record 32-5 (20 KO)
vs Ranked Top Ten Opponents -(Ring Magazine)...............Ali Ranked

07/20/62.....Alejandro Lavorante ...# 10 .........KO 5 ..........# 9
11/15/62.....Archie Moore ..............# 5 ..........KO 4 ..........# 7
03/13/63.....Doug Jones ................# 3 ..........W 10 ..........# 2
06/18/63.....Henry Cooper .............# 7 ..........KO 6 ..........# 2
02/25/64.....Sonny Liston ...............WHC ........KO 6 ..........# 1
05/25/65.....Sonny Liston ...............# 1...........KO 1 .........WHC
11/22/65.....Floyd Patterson ............# 1 .........KO 12 ........WHC
03/29/66.....George Chuvalo ...........# 9 ..........W 15 .........WHC
05/21/66.....Henry Cooper ..............# 4 ..........KO 6 ..........WHC
09/10/66.....Karl Mildenberger .........# 3 ..........KO 12 ........WHC
11/14/66.....Cleveland Williams .......# 3 ...........KO 3 .........WHC
02/06/67.....Ernie Terrell ................# 1 (WBA)...W 15.........WHC
03/22/67.....Zora Folley ..................# 2............KO 7 .........WHC

(EXILED)-Relinquished the Heavyweight Championship Feb. 15, 1970

10/26/70.....Jerry Quarry ...............# 1 ...........KO 3 ........Unranked
12/07/70.....Oscar Bonavena...........# 3 ...........KO 15 ..........# 1
03/08/71 ....Joe Frazier .................WHC ..........L 15 ............# 1
07/26/71.....Jimmy Ellis .................# 7 ...........KO 12 ..........# 1
04/01/72 ....Mac Foster ..................# 6............W 15 ...........# 1
06/27/72 ....Jerry Quarry ...............# 2 ...........KO 7 .............#1
11/22/65.....Floyd Patterson ............# 3 ..........KO 7 ............# 1
11/21/72 ....Bob Foster ..................LHW .........KO 8 ............ # 1
02/14/73 ....Joe Bugner .................# 9 ...........W 12 .......... .# 1
03/31/73 ....Ken Norton .................# 9 ...........L 12 .............# 1
09/10/73 ....Ken Norton .................# 2 ...........W 12 ............# 3
01/28/74.....Joe Frazier ..................# 2 ...........W 12 ............# 1
SECOND: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN
10/30/74.....George Foreman ..........WHC ..........KO 8 ...........# 1
03/24/75.....Chuck Wepner ..............# 9 ...........KO 15 .........WHC
05/16/75.....Ron Lyle ......................# 8 ...........KO 11 .........WHC
06/30/75.....Joe Bugner ...................# 4 ...........W 15 .........,WHC
10/01/75.....Joe Frazier ...................# 2 ...........KO 14 .........WHC
04/30/76.....Jimmy Young ................# 3 ...........W 15 ..........WHC
09/28/76.....Ken Norton ...................# 2 ...........W 15 ..........WHC
09/29/77.....Earnie Shavers .............# 5 ...........W 15 ...........WHC
02/15/78.....Leon Spinks .................# 9 ............L 15 ...........WHC
THIRD: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN
09/15/78.....Leon Spinks .................WHC ...........W 15 ..........# 1
(Relinquished the Belt due to Retirement)
10/02/80.....Larry Holmes ................WHC (WBC)..KO by 10 ....# 5
12/11/81.....Trevor Berbick ..............# 7 ............L 10 ..........Unranked

 

Bump.

 

Very interesting information.

My only comment is these totals are a guide, not an absolute.

For example, Jimmy Bivins does not appear on Joe Louis' list. Fair enough. He was not rated when Louis fought him. But he was rated for years earlier, and would make the top ten again, and is a Hall of Famer. Certainly a better scalp than let's say Johnny Paycheck,

or someone like Manuel Ramos. #4 when Frazier KO'd him. Okay. But overall a fighter with a losing career record whose ranking in the top five seems in retrospect a fluke.

 

Sure, not every individual one is 100%, but when we're reaching 30 wins it probably evens out.

And even for those with far less it will to a degree. Maybe Rams didn't deserve to be nr 4 but Mathis probably didn't deserve to be unranked when he faced Frazier either.

 

I am not saying this isn't good information, just some comments on limitations.

As for Mathis being unrated. He was undefeated, but whom had he beaten?

Like Mac Foster being number one. I can see it. All 24 of his fights were KO victories. But all the top names were old and far past it. The best was old Cleveland Williams. I would say top ten certainly. But between 6 and 10 until he proved himself. When he fought his first gatekeeper type, Quarry, he lost badly. But I can't really second-guess his rating. It is all a matter of what you value.

 

It's not rare for fighters to get into the top 10 without beating other ranked fighters.

Anyhow, I thought you were talking about quality and Mathis was clearly a skilled fighter. I think it's reasonable to say that he was a top 10 fighter quality wise just as Ramos wasn't a top 5 fighter quality wise.