ESPN Top 50 Fighters off All-Time (50-11)

1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Henry Armstrong 4. Joe Louis 5. Willie Pep 6. Roberto Duran 7. Benny Leonard 8. Jack Johnson 9. Jack Dempsey 10. Sam Langford 11. Joe Gans 12. Sugar Ray Leonard 13. Harry Greb 14. Rocky Marciano 15. Jimmy Wilde 16. Gene Tunney 17. Mickey Walker 18. Archie Moore 19. Stanley Ketchel 20. George Foreman 21. Tony Canzoneri 22. Barney Ross 23. Jimmy McLarnin 24. Julio Cesar Chavez 25. Marcel Cerdan 26. Joe Frazier 27. Ezzard Charles 28. Jake LaMotta 29. Sandy Saddler 30. Terry McGovern 31. Billy Conn 32. Jose Napoles 33. Ruben Olivares 34. Emile Griffith 35. Marvin Hagler 36. Eder Jofre 37. Thomas Hearns 38. Larry Holmes 39. Oscar De La Hoya 40. Evander Holyfield 41. Ted "Kid" Lewis 42. Alexis Arguello 43. Marco Antonio Barrera 44. Pernell Whitaker 45. Carlos Monzon 46. Roy Jones Jr. 47. Bernard Hopkins 48. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 50. Mike Tyson

Comments (20)

flat1985

Jones at 46th :nonono:

18y ago

Benny_Leonard

7. Benny Leonard Lightweight Ring career: 1911-32 Record: 85-5-1 (69 KOs) and 121 no-decisions Career notes: Won world lightweight championship in May 1917, and retired as champion in January 1925, making him the longest-reigning lightweight champion ever. … After more than seven years, made return to the ring, winning 18 of 19. … At one stage, fought 154 consecutive bouts without losing. … Of five losses, three were in his formative ring years, one was on a foul when challenging for the welterweight championship and one was the final contest of his career, during his comeback after a seven-year layoff, against fellow Hall of Famer Jimmy McLarnin. … Exceptional all-around talent possessed speed, accuracy and power in one package. … Became a referee after retirement, and collapsed and died in the ring while refereeing a bout in New York state.

19y ago

Peterp

list looked dodge to me

19y ago

the_giant_one

chavez over hagler? no way

19y ago

4557

Robinson over Ali...."the greatest"?

19y ago

Antonio

I forgot about Lewis not being in there. He did more than Tyson ever did.

19y ago

niceguy45

no lewis and no pryor, espn should make the exeption and exclude active fighters.....or differ those who are retired

19y ago

Dorian

My only BIG problem wit da list is Toney not being on it, dats fucking nuts1 indeed and roy jones number 46??? wtf he needs to be in the top 5

19y ago

robjr

that list is kinda wack

19y ago

Antonio

Not really. Even as a big Toney fan I can understand it. Im not sure if he is top 50, top 100 for sure though. Like I said before, if he doesnt test positive for the Ruiz fight he probably makes that list. Four division champ, one of only three fighters to win the Middleweight and Heavyweight championship. It would have counted for a lot.

19y ago

GreatestIam

My only BIG problem wit da list is Toney not being on it, dats fucking nuts1

19y ago

Antonio

It doesnt suprise me Toney didnt make it. He is pretty underrated when it comes to all time lists. If he wouldnt have tested positive after the Ruiz fight it would be automatic.

19y ago

Dorian

...Yep, it's fucking horrible. Worst list ever. You could take the 40-50 group and compare them favorably to the 1-10 group in greatness, but basically the whole list is shit. Jones need to be in the top 5....James toney isn't even on the list...wtf

19y ago

PBDS

I saw the beginning of this the other day and thought it was so ridiculous that I didnt even bring it to the boards.... ...Yep, it's fucking horrible. Worst list ever. You could take the 40-50 group and compare them favorably to the 1-10 group in greatness, but basically the whole list is shit.

19y ago

Dorian

WTF is up with that list.... Roy Jones should be top 5...... Rocky Marciano needs to be higher where's James Toney?

19y ago

BKM

George Foreman#20???:loser:

19y ago

Underboss

wanna come to a gay bar in the uk with me? :rofl: :lol1:

19y ago

Antonio

I dont care what anybody says, Whitaker should not be in the fucking 40's. Ridiculous...

19y ago

well, all top 50, top 100 lists are bullshit. so is saying any fighter was the best ever. i will not suck a fighter's cock like that. i agree with the assessment that this is a stupid fucking list. of course i'm biased in that i hate lists anyways. i didn't see kostya tszyu's name on the list though. how could one put roy jones on the list and not kostya tszyu?

19y ago

amagnin

I don't know maybe I just am a RJJ hater but I thought the list was pretty decent other than RJJ being on it. In reality he beat 3 respectable opponents in his whole career (Toney, Hopkins, Ruiz). Toney and Hopkins both looked less than respectable on those nights and while I'd like to give RJJ the benefit of the doubt for making them look bad, he never gave them a rematch to prove it. I also wouldn't have Tyson on and I would add Lennox. As for the top 10, certainly Dempsey could be out but he was influential to the sport far beyond his ring skills and I have to figure that was part of the criteria.

19y ago