The 20 most accomplished Fighters since 1970

[AllyboyJNR]

If a fighter had substantial number of fights after 1970 he is eligible and his whole career counts. The criteria gives great weight to wins over HOF quality fighters, long title reigns as THE MAN in a given division and fighting difficult rosters. I am measuring Historical impact here not style preferences. And once again all losses count whether one considers a fighter prime or not is irrelevant if said fighter had won then there wouldn't be any excuse. so here we go.

1. Roy Jones Jr.--4 division world champ went undefeated for 15 years..only losses came to good championship quality fighters. amasses 22 title defenses over 3 different weight classes.

2. Muhammad Ali--Muhammad Ali-Why-Fought the most difficult roster of heavyweights in history. Second most defenses of any heavyweight. Best Wins-Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Liston. Bad Losses-Leon Spinks.

3. Floyd Mayweather Jr.--amasses 5 titles over 5 weight classes, first fighter to do so while remaining undefeated..went 18-0 in championship fights, amassed 12 title defenses during his championship reign. that lasted 11 years.

4. Sugar Ray Leonard-Why-Best of the best welterweight era in history. Defeated Marvin Hagler in an all-time performance. Won straps at 154, THe MAN at 160, and 168. Best Wins-Benitez, Hearns, Duran, Hagler. Bad Losses-None.

5.Larry Holmes-Why-The heavyweight king for seven years with 20 defenses. Best Wins-Norton, Cooney, Bad Losses-None.

6. Marvin Hagler-Why-Almost seven years as middleweight champ. 13 defenses. Best Wins-Hearns, Duran, Hamsho, Antuofuermo. Bad Losses-None

7. Bernard Hopkins-Why-Middleweight champ for nine years, undisputed for five. Total of 20 defenses. Won strap at 175. Best Wins-Trinidad, Tarver, Pavlik, Holmes. Bad Losses-None.

8. Pernell Whittaker-Why-Wrecked the lightweights (8 defenses), won straps at 140, 147 (8 defenses) and 154. Best Wins-Chavez (yeah it was a win), Azumah Nelson, JC Vasquez, McGirt bad loss-JL Ramirez (but not really).

9. Tommy Hearns-Belts at 147, 154, 160, 168,175 and 190. Best Wins-Cuevas, Duran, Hill, Benitez. Bad losses-Iran Barkley

10. Carlos Monzon-Why-Seven years as Middleweight champion, never lost title, 15 defenses, fought everybody. Best Wins-Benvenuti, Griffith, Napoles, Valdez. Bad Losses-Not for the last 13 years of his career.

11. Evander Holyfield-Why-Best cruiser in history. Defeated a series of much bigger heavies. fought everybody. Best Wins-Qawi, Bowe, Moorer, Foreman, Tyson. Bad losses-None.

12. Roberto Duran-Why-Ruined the lightweight division, moved up and defeated a top 3 all-time welter and a HOF welter to become the man at 147. Won straps at 154 and 160. Fought a top three all-time 160 to a near standstill. Best Wins-DeJesus, Leonard, Moore, Barkley, Palomino. Bad Losses Kirkland Laing, "No Mas."

13. Alexis Arguello-Why-Arguably the greatest 130 of all-time. Belts at 126, 130 and 135. Best Wins-Olivares, Chacon, Castillo, Limon, Watt, Mancini. Bad Losses-Vilomar Fernandez.

14. Michael Spinks-Why-The best of the best crop of light heavies in history, 11 defenses, moves up to defeat larry Holmes at heavy. Best Wins-Holmes, Qawi. Bad losses-None.

15. Julio Cesar Chavez-Why-9 defenses at 130, never lost belt, 2 defenses at 135 never lost belt, 18 defenses at 140 (lost to Randall and Oscar) Bets Wins-Taylor, Rosario, Martinez, Castillo, Camacho Bad Losses-None.


16. George Foreman-Oldest man to win heavyweight title. Best wins-Frazier, Norton, Moorer. Bad Losses-Jimmy Young.


17. Mike Tyson-unified title youngest heavy champ in history

18. lennox lewis--most dominant heavy of 2000's and 1990's

19. Felix Trinidad-16 defenses at 147, unified division. Beat best 2 154's and won a strap at 160. Best wins-Vargas, Camacho, Campas. Bad losses-None.

20. Jose Napoles-Why-Six years as welterweight champion, 12 defenses. Best wins-Griffith, Cokes, Hedgemon Lewis, Perkins. Bad Losses-Billy Backus

where the hell is ray robinson man u are a joke

[KostyaTszyu44]

Joe Calzaghe and Dariusz M should be on the list, but their skin is the wrong color to qualify.

[The Texican]

where the hell is ray robinson man u are a joke

It's from the last 20 years only.

[Slotff]

That Oscar de la Hoya, Joe Calzaghe and AZUMAH NELSON!!!! are not on that list is blasphemy.

And why does it say for Michael Spinks- Bad Losses: None. Did you do any research at all? What about his 1 round blowout to Tyson? So Duran's SD loss to Laing is a badloss but Spinks annihilation is not? Your lacking logic.

[The Hammer]

1) Dariusz fought and beat many of the same people as Roy Jones.
2) He went 48-0 without losing.
3) He had the most consecutive successful title defenses ever at light heavyweight with 23, and the second most of any fighter in history
4) He was a world champion in two weight divisions
5) He unified with Virgil Hill, only to have the Americans unjustly take away two titles.

From Wikipedia:

He won the German international light heavyweight (175-pound) title early on 13 February 1993, the title is for foreign born fighters based in Germany. He then won the IBF Intercontinental championship on 22 May 1993. Finally, on September 10, 1994, Michalczewski captured the WBO light heavyweight title with a 12-round decision over defending champion Leeonzer Barber.

Between then and March 2003, Michalczewski made 23 successful defenses of his WBO title and picked up three other belts along the way. Three months after beating Barber, he won the WBO's cruiserweight title with a knockout of Nestor Giovannini. However, he soon gave up that title to continue campaigning as a light heavyweight.

On June 13, 1997, he defeated Virgil Hill over 12 rounds to add Hill's WBA and IBF titles to his own. However, Michalczewski soon lost both alphabet titles. The WBA stripped him for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO, an organization it didn't recognize. The IBF did so a few weeks later, when Michalczewski refused to defend his title against mandatory challenger William Guthrie within 30 days.

After beating Hill, Michalczewski knocked out 14 consecutive opponents, all in defense of his WBO titles. On 1998, he defeated Drake Thadzi and in 2000 he went to defeat Graciano Rocchigiani.

Michalczewski had a perfect record of 48 wins and no losses when he faced Julio César González of Mexico in defense of his title on October 18, 2003. Coming into the fight, he was within one victory of tying Rocky Marciano's all-time record for an undefeated record by a world championship boxer. A win also would have put him just one victory short of Joe Louis' all-time record for successful defenses at any weight class. However, the now 35-year-old Michalczewski was unable to pull it off. He lost a controversial split decision to the 27-year-old Gonzalez at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany and his career record dropped to 48-1.

He still holds the record for the most consecutive successful title defenses at light heavyweight.

[PrettyBoyRoy 88]

Well folks its his opinion..but yeah De La Hoya is missing here and Winky Wright should be on B-Hops Resume..SRL's bad loss: Camacho

[Slotff]

1) Dariusz fought and beat many of the same people as Roy Jones.
2) He went 48-0 without losing.
3) He had the most consecutive successful title defenses ever at light heavyweight with 23, and the second most of any fighter in history
4) He was a world champion in two weight divisions
5) He unified with Virgil Hill, only to have the Americans unjustly take away two titles.

From Wikipedia:

He won the German international light heavyweight (175-pound) title early on 13 February 1993, the title is for foreign born fighters based in Germany. He then won the IBF Intercontinental championship on 22 May 1993. Finally, on September 10, 1994, Michalczewski captured the WBO light heavyweight title with a 12-round decision over defending champion Leeonzer Barber.

Between then and March 2003, Michalczewski made 23 successful defenses of his WBO title and picked up three other belts along the way. Three months after beating Barber, he won the WBO's cruiserweight title with a knockout of Nestor Giovannini. However, he soon gave up that title to continue campaigning as a light heavyweight.

On June 13, 1997, he defeated Virgil Hill over 12 rounds to add Hill's WBA and IBF titles to his own. However, Michalczewski soon lost both alphabet titles. The WBA stripped him for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO, an organization it didn't recognize. The IBF did so a few weeks later, when Michalczewski refused to defend his title against mandatory challenger William Guthrie within 30 days.

After beating Hill, Michalczewski knocked out 14 consecutive opponents, all in defense of his WBO titles. On 1998, he defeated Drake Thadzi and in 2000 he went to defeat Graciano Rocchigiani.

Michalczewski had a perfect record of 48 wins and no losses when he faced Julio César González of Mexico in defense of his title on October 18, 2003. Coming into the fight, he was within one victory of tying Rocky Marciano's all-time record for an undefeated record by a world championship boxer. A win also would have put him just one victory short of Joe Louis' all-time record for successful defenses at any weight class. However, the now 35-year-old Michalczewski was unable to pull it off. He lost a controversial split decision to the 27-year-old Gonzalez at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany and his career record dropped to 48-1.

He still holds the record for the most consecutive successful title defenses at light heavyweight.

Strange that it says that Gonzalez' win over Dariusz was controversial, because it was totally one sided.

[rebmogul]

If a fighter had substantial number of fights after 1970 he is eligible and his whole career counts. The criteria gives great weight to wins over HOF quality fighters, long title reigns as THE MAN in a given division and fighting difficult rosters. I am measuring Historical impact here not style preferences. And once again all losses count whether one considers a fighter prime or not is irrelevant if said fighter had won then there wouldn't be any excuse. so here we go.

1. Roy Jones Jr.--4 division world champ went undefeated for 15 years..only losses came to good championship quality fighters. amasses 22 title defenses over 3 different weight classes.

2. Muhammad Ali--Muhammad Ali-Why-Fought the most difficult roster of heavyweights in history. Second most defenses of any heavyweight. Best Wins-Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Liston. Bad Losses-Leon Spinks.

3. Floyd Mayweather Jr.--amasses 5 titles over 5 weight classes, first fighter to do so while remaining undefeated..went 18-0 in championship fights, amassed 12 title defenses during his championship reign. that lasted 11 years.

4. Sugar Ray Leonard-Why-Best of the best welterweight era in history. Defeated Marvin Hagler in an all-time performance. Won straps at 154, THe MAN at 160, and 168. Best Wins-Benitez, Hearns, Duran, Hagler. Bad Losses-None.

5.Larry Holmes-Why-The heavyweight king for seven years with 20 defenses. Best Wins-Norton, Cooney, Bad Losses-None.

6. Marvin Hagler-Why-Almost seven years as middleweight champ. 13 defenses. Best Wins-Hearns, Duran, Hamsho, Antuofuermo. Bad Losses-None

7. Bernard Hopkins-Why-Middleweight champ for nine years, undisputed for five. Total of 20 defenses. Won strap at 175. Best Wins-Trinidad, Tarver, Pavlik, Holmes. Bad Losses-None.

8. Pernell Whittaker-Why-Wrecked the lightweights (8 defenses), won straps at 140, 147 (8 defenses) and 154. Best Wins-Chavez (yeah it was a win), Azumah Nelson, JC Vasquez, McGirt bad loss-JL Ramirez (but not really).

9. Tommy Hearns-Belts at 147, 154, 160, 168,175 and 190. Best Wins-Cuevas, Duran, Hill, Benitez. Bad losses-Iran Barkley

10. Carlos Monzon-Why-Seven years as Middleweight champion, never lost title, 15 defenses, fought everybody. Best Wins-Benvenuti, Griffith, Napoles, Valdez. Bad Losses-Not for the last 13 years of his career.

11. Evander Holyfield-Why-Best cruiser in history. Defeated a series of much bigger heavies. fought everybody. Best Wins-Qawi, Bowe, Moorer, Foreman, Tyson. Bad losses-None.

12. Roberto Duran-Why-Ruined the lightweight division, moved up and defeated a top 3 all-time welter and a HOF welter to become the man at 147. Won straps at 154 and 160. Fought a top three all-time 160 to a near standstill. Best Wins-DeJesus, Leonard, Moore, Barkley, Palomino. Bad Losses Kirkland Laing, "No Mas."

13. Alexis Arguello-Why-Arguably the greatest 130 of all-time. Belts at 126, 130 and 135. Best Wins-Olivares, Chacon, Castillo, Limon, Watt, Mancini. Bad Losses-Vilomar Fernandez.

14. Michael Spinks-Why-The best of the best crop of light heavies in history, 11 defenses, moves up to defeat larry Holmes at heavy. Best Wins-Holmes, Qawi. Bad losses-None.

15. Julio Cesar Chavez-Why-9 defenses at 130, never lost belt, 2 defenses at 135 never lost belt, 18 defenses at 140 (lost to Randall and Oscar) Bets Wins-Taylor, Rosario, Martinez, Castillo, Camacho Bad Losses-None.


16. George Foreman-Oldest man to win heavyweight title. Best wins-Frazier, Norton, Moorer. Bad Losses-Jimmy Young.


17. Mike Tyson-unified title youngest heavy champ in history

18. lennox lewis--most dominant heavy of 2000's and 1990's

19. Felix Trinidad-16 defenses at 147, unified division. Beat best 2 154's and won a strap at 160. Best wins-Vargas, Camacho, Campas. Bad losses-None.

20. Jose Napoles-Why-Six years as welterweight champion, 12 defenses. Best wins-Griffith, Cokes, Hedgemon Lewis, Perkins. Bad Losses-Billy Backus

any list with this topic that doesn't include JOE CALZAGHE is written by a true PNWR!

[BadNewz]

Tyson, Lewis, and Holyfield should all be above Monzon or Duran. And Aaron Pryor should be above Arguello.

[street bully]

You should be shot for having RJJ over Ali, Duran, Leonard, and Duran among others.