The Top 25 Light Heavyweights of All-Time – 11 to 25

[JAB5239]

Yes, but so did Hill and with the other main champion at that before losing to Dariusz is his last LHW title fight. Jones unified only one more belt, but never did it against his main opponent in Dariusz.

Most considered Maske the other main LHW champion at that time.

There was Hill with the WBA, Dariius with the WBO and Maske with the IBF and I think it was McCallum for a couple of years with the WBC. All of this is before Jones came on the scene as Hill was finished as LHW when Jones won his first title, then beating Hill in Hill's last LHW fight.

Unifying against all but the most important challenger is obviously great but is still lacking. Hill at least partially unified against the other top guy while Darius was still considered a young, prospective champion. So, it wasn't that much difference really.

You fucker! Why you always making good points? I'll be back tomorrow to argue this, can't see the keyboard or think straight right now. You fucker! Lol!

[TheGreatA]

Not to mention that Hill vs Jones was an over-the-weight fight. Jones came in at 177.

Jones at that time had vacated his LHW belt to go up to the heavyweight division but he had second thoughts and came down to light heavyweight again. WBC gladly gave him back the title and Graciano Rocchigiani, who had won the vacant belt against Michael Nunn, sued them.

[payne140]

The writer must be on Crack or Meth putting Roy Jones in the 11 spot on the light heavyweight all time list. Ppl don't respond to this BS! He had to put it up to piss ppl off. There has never been a fighter even close to RJ level in any weight division. What he has done winning titles from middle weight all the way to heavy HAS NEVER BEEN DONE B4. A lot of the guys on there are bums and if you watch tapes on them, you laugh. The writer is simply trying to get ppl to write on his bogus feed. Grow up buddy. Ppl like you piss ppl like me who know boxing off.

[Random1]

The writer must be on Crack or Meth putting Roy Jones in the 11 spot on the light heavyweight all time list. Ppl don't respond to this BS! He had to put it up to piss ppl off. There has never been a fighter even close to RJ level in any weight division. What he has done winning titles from middle weight all the way to heavy HAS NEVER BEEN DONE B4. A lot of the guys on there are bums and if you watch tapes on them, you laugh. The writer is simply trying to get ppl to write on his bogus feed. Grow up buddy. Ppl like you piss ppl like me who know boxing off.

Jones didn't spend his entire career at 175... his accomplishments at the other weights have nothing to do with this list, great as they are. This isn't a H2H list either, it's an accomplishment list based on what they did, how many champions defeated, who they lost to, etc. If you haven't read how the scoring is done, you probably should before mouthing off about the methodology. He picked this method, that's his right.

[SkilledB]

idk wy calzaghe is in the LW conversation?

he has 2 fights at lhw c'mon now haha

[TheGreatA]

The writer must be on Crack or Meth putting Roy Jones in the 11 spot on the light heavyweight all time list. Ppl don't respond to this BS! He had to put it up to piss ppl off. There has never been a fighter even close to RJ level in any weight division. What he has done winning titles from middle weight all the way to heavy HAS NEVER BEEN DONE B4. A lot of the guys on there are bums and if you watch tapes on them, you laugh. The writer is simply trying to get ppl to write on his bogus feed. Grow up buddy. Ppl like you piss ppl like me who know boxing off.

Anyone who knows boxing wouldn't call world class fighters bums. You're just a Roy Jones fan who is unhappy to not see his man make the top 10.

Unfortunately it's the truth, you don't make top 10 with wins over Montell Griffin, David Telesco, Lou Del Valle...

[DirtyBird]

Saw RJ at number 11 and decided the rest of the article was gonna be garbage. Where were these guys for 10 years.

[NAPO]

This was my top ten awhile ago but I would probably reaarange it some now. Tear it down mofos!!

Alright, this is my first actual 175 top 10 that I've put a bit of time into. Its actually alot different than past ones I've put together with fighters I thought I knew about. Tell me what you think, and if you have one yourself, post it. Constructive criticism welcome.

1. Archie Moore -185-23-11(131) More career ko's than any fight in history. Fought such names as durelle, Maxim, Lowry, Lytell, chase, Holman Williams, Marshall, Johnson, satterfield and Johnson.

2. Gene Tunney -81-1-3(48) fought some of the best fighters in history, some multiple times. Has such greats on his resume as Greb, Carpentier, Delaney, Levinski and Loughran. Moved up to heavyweight and beat Jack Dempsey twice.

3. Ezzard charles - 90-25-1(51) In my opinion p4p the best guy on the list. Beat fighters such as Moore, Marshall, Maxim and Bivins. Was also a heavyweight champion.

4. Tommy Gibbons - 94-5-3(48) Fought a who's who of great fighters from the early twentieth century including Kid Norfolk, Tunney, Greb, Carpentier, Miske, Levinski and Meehan.

5. Bob Foster - 56-8-1(46) In my opinion the hardest hitting fighter ever below heavyweight. His comp wasn't as good as most on this list, but he was 15-0 in lightheavy title fights. capeable of beating any fighter on this list IMO.

6. Micheal Spinks - 31-1(21) Won gold at the 1976 olympics. Held the title 4 years before moving up to beat Larry Holmes for the heavyweight championship. Beat top lightheavies John Conteh, Eddie Mustapha Muhammed, Qawi, Lopez and Johnson.

7. Billy Conn - 64-12-1(15) Conn is another fighter I rank relatively high p4p. He was an excellent middleweight before moving up to 175, and almost beat Joe Louis in a bid for the heavyweight title. Fought such notable fighters at 175 as gus Lesnivich, Bettina, Krieger, and Freddie Apostoli.

8. Tommy Loughran - 116-30-13(17) One of the best fighters of the roaring twenties. Fought the great Harry Greb to a draw. Also fough such top fighters from that period Young Stribling, Jimmy Slattery, McTigue, Delaney and Carpentier.

9. Mike McTigue - 108-46-13(52) The only fighter on this list not in the Hall of fame, and still somewhat of a question mark in my mind. But Mctigue fought a who's who of his era with mixed result. Among some of the names are Levinski, Loughran, siki, Stribling, Walker, Flower and Delaney.

10. Philidelphia Jack O'Brien - 134-11-23(54) Another question mark in my opinion, but I have seen him ranked highly by some notable historians. Made his bones against some top fighters from the early 20th century. Marvin Hart, who would go on to win the heavyweight title. Peter Maher and Joe choynski who were both rated fighter at 175b and heavy. And he also fought the great Jack Johnson to a draw while being out weighed by almost 45lbs.

Where is Jose Torres?

not that much of a good list.

[Shadows]

I'm curious to see the rest, as there are several legendary fighters who haven't been placed yet.

[edgarg]

Roy jones

I was surprised to see Roy Jones so low on this list.I'd have thought that he would be in the top 3. I realize that there are very many deserving boxers out there and the compilation of a list of the top all time 25 is very complicated, not to say, difficult.

There are still champions like Georges Carpentier and others to be placed. I'd even consider Dave Sands, and there are others who never won titles who were good enough to be considered.

And there's Gene Tunney.......

I'd have placed Harold Johnson comfortably in the top 10.