# The greatest boxers of all time according to The Ring

The top 20 of The Ring magazine's "80 best fighters of the last 80 years" (2002), the bible of boxing. Sugar Ray Robinson came first.

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- Dec 18, 2018 · Eduardo Vargas
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## Top 20

1. **Joe Louis** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The "Brown Bomber", heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949.
2. **Willie Pep** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A featherweight with a defence that was almost impossible to touch.
3. **Sugar Ray Leonard** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Olympic gold in 1976 and world champion in five weight classes.
4. **Pernell Whitaker** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — "Sweet Pea", a defensive genius and Olympic gold medallist in 1984.
5. **Rocky Marciano** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The only heavyweight champion to retire unbeaten: 49-0.
6. **Ezzard Charles** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The "Cincinnati Cobra", heavyweight champion from 1949 to 1951.
7. **Jack Dempsey** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The "Manassa Mauler", the idol of the 1920s.
8. **Éder Jofre** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Brazil's "Golden Bantam", bantamweight and featherweight champion.
9. **Sugar Ray Robinson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The phrase "pound for pound" was coined for him; welterweight champion and five-time middleweight champion.
10. **Henry Armstrong** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — In 1938 he held the featherweight, lightweight and welterweight titles at the same time.
11. **Muhammad Ali** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Three-time heavyweight champion; "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
12. **Roberto Durán** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — "Hands of Stone", the Panamanian who beat Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980.
13. **Harry Greb** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The only man to beat Gene Tunney, in a career of hundreds of bouts.
14. **Benny Leonard** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lightweight champion from 1917 to 1925.
15. **Carlos Monzón** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Argentine who defended the middleweight title 14 times.
16. **Archie Moore** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The king of the knockout, with over 130 stoppage wins.
17. **Sandy Saddler** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Willie Pep's great featherweight rival.
18. **Marvin Hagler** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — "Marvelous", undisputed middleweight champion and his 1985 war with Hearns.
19. **Alexis Argüello** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Nicaraguan champion in three weight classes.
20. **Julio César Chávez** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The great Mexican champion, unbeaten in his first 87 fights.

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