Is Hopkins..?

[DrewWoodside]

Is Hopkins the oldest person to hold such a high P4P ranking? Anyone?

[DrewWoodside]

I know Foreman won the belt when he was an old man but I don't think he was ranked very high on the P4P.

[IronMike19]

yes.
in my opinion.

[Silencers]

Archie Moore was considered one of the best fighters in the world in his mid-forties.

[ИATAS]

Hmm, that's a good question. I can't really think of any off the top of my head. Archie Moore was a great over 40 boxer, but I don't think they had the mythical p4p ratings back then.

[Silencers]

Hmm, that's a good question. I can't really think of any off the top of my head. Archie Moore was a great over 40 boxer, but I don't think they had the mythical p4p ratings back then.

They did have the Ring magazine pound for pound list back then.

[BostonGuy]

Maybe Sugar Ray Robinson?...
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[ИATAS]

^^Not sure he was. His record wasn't quite as good, but possibly good enough to crack top ten (not sure if he had any title fights after 40 though).

Here are some stats I found from ESPN:

boxer/fights after 40/record/title fights
Archie Moore/50/44-4-2/10-2
Ray Robinson/44/30-10-3-0*/0-0
Jack Johnson/28/19-7-1*/0-0
Roberto Duran/25/18-7-0/0-1
Larry Holmes/24/21-3-0/0-2
George Foreman/20/17-3-0/2-1
Bob Fitzsimmons/11/3-3-0**/1-1
Willie Pep/10/9-1-0/0-0
Max Schmeling/5/3-2-0/0-0
Bernard Hopkins/5/3-2/3-2

Based on this list alone and considering Title fights (which is important I think to be ranked p4p), the only guys I could see being top 10 p4p after 40 are Archie Moore, George Foreman and Bernard Hopkins.

They did have the Ring magazine pound for pound list back then.

Well, then I'd imagine he was ranked top 10, for sure. His record over 40 was great (44-4-2, with 12 title fights, winning 10 of those).

[DrewWoodside]

So B-Hop being ranked so high right now is a feat in itself.. Although i doubt he could beat many elite out there right now.. We'll see soon enough though.