In 2004 The Ring Magazine published a list of the 80 best fighters of the last 80 Years, as chosen by its writers:
1-Sugar Ray Robinson
2-Henry Armstrong
3-Muhammad Ali
4-Joe Louis
5-Roberto Duran
6-Willie Pep
7-Harry Greb
8-Benny Leonard
9-Sugar Ray Leonard
10-Pernell Whitaker
11-Carlos Monzon
12-Rocky Marciano
13-Ezzard Charles
14-Archie Moore
15-Sandy Saddler
16-Roy Jones Jr
17-Jack Dempsey
18-Marvin Hagler
19-Julio Cesar Chavez
20-Eder Jofre
21-Alexis Arguello
22-Barney Ross
23-Evander Holyfield
24-Ike Williams
25-Salvador Sanchez
26-George Foreman
27-Kid Gavilian
28-Larry Holmes
29-Mickey Walker
30-Ruben Olivares
31-Gene Tunney
32-**** Tiger
33-Fighting Harada
34-Emile Griffith
35-Tony Canzoneri
36-Aaron Pryor
37-Pascual Perez
38-Miguel Canto
39-Manuel Ortiz
40-Charley Burley
41-Carmen Basilio
42-Michael Spinks
43-Joe Frazier
44-Khaosai Galaxy
45-Tiger Flowers
46-Panama Al Brown
47-Kid Chocolate
48-Joe Brown
49-Tommy Loughran
50-Bernard Hopkins
51-Felix Trinidad
52-Jake LaMotta
53-Lennox Lewis
54-Wilfredo Gomez
55-Bob Foster
56-Jose Napoles
57-Billy Conn
58-Jimmy McLarnin
59-Pancho Villa
60-Carlos Ortiz
61-Bob Montgomery
62-Freddie Miller
63-Benny Lynch
64-Beau Jack
65-Azumah Nelson
66-Eusebio Pedroza
67-Thomas Hearns
68-Wilfred Benitez
69-Antonio Cervantes
70-Ricardo Lopez
71-Sonny Liston
72-Mike Tyson
73-Vicente Saldivar
74-Gene Fullmer
75-Oscar De La Hoya
76-Carlos Zarate
77-Marcel Cerdan
78-Flash Elorde
79-Mike McCallum
80-Harold Johnson
1-Sugar Ray Robinson
2-Henry Armstrong
3-Muhammad Ali
4-Joe Louis
5-Roberto Duran
6-Willie Pep
7-Harry Greb
8-Benny Leonard
9-Sugar Ray Leonard
10-Pernell Whitaker
11-Carlos Monzon
12-Rocky Marciano
13-Ezzard Charles
14-Archie Moore
15-Sandy Saddler
16-Roy Jones Jr
17-Jack Dempsey
18-Marvin Hagler
19-Julio Cesar Chavez
20-Eder Jofre
21-Alexis Arguello
22-Barney Ross
23-Evander Holyfield
24-Ike Williams
25-Salvador Sanchez
26-George Foreman
27-Kid Gavilian
28-Larry Holmes
29-Mickey Walker
30-Ruben Olivares
31-Gene Tunney
32-**** Tiger
33-Fighting Harada
34-Emile Griffith
35-Tony Canzoneri
36-Aaron Pryor
37-Pascual Perez
38-Miguel Canto
39-Manuel Ortiz
40-Charley Burley
41-Carmen Basilio
42-Michael Spinks
43-Joe Frazier
44-Khaosai Galaxy
45-Tiger Flowers
46-Panama Al Brown
47-Kid Chocolate
48-Joe Brown
49-Tommy Loughran
50-Bernard Hopkins
51-Felix Trinidad
52-Jake LaMotta
53-Lennox Lewis
54-Wilfredo Gomez
55-Bob Foster
56-Jose Napoles
57-Billy Conn
58-Jimmy McLarnin
59-Pancho Villa
60-Carlos Ortiz
61-Bob Montgomery
62-Freddie Miller
63-Benny Lynch
64-Beau Jack
65-Azumah Nelson
66-Eusebio Pedroza
67-Thomas Hearns
68-Wilfred Benitez
69-Antonio Cervantes
70-Ricardo Lopez
71-Sonny Liston
72-Mike Tyson
73-Vicente Saldivar
74-Gene Fullmer
75-Oscar De La Hoya
76-Carlos Zarate
77-Marcel Cerdan
78-Flash Elorde
79-Mike McCallum
80-Harold Johnson
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