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He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In 2005, Louis was ranked as the best heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization, [ 10 ] and was ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of the "100 greatest ...
In 2005, he was named the fifth greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. [47] In 2007, on ESPN.com's list of the 50 Greatest Boxers of All Time, Marciano was ranked number 14, and was the 5th highest ranked heavyweight, behind (in order) Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson, and Jack Dempsey. [48]
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Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Brown Bomber", Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 until his temporary retirement in 1949.
These lists are subjective and derived by a committee. Since the 90s, other parties have experimented with objective computerized rankings, but these are sometimes regarded as incapable of accounting for all of boxing's quirks and subtleties. [1] [2] The most widely known computerized rankings are published by BoxRec and updated daily. [3]
Muhammad Ali has been named Fighter of the Year more times than any other boxer in history. He was disqualified from the honor from 1964 to 1966 due to controversy over his religious and political beliefs, [2] but it was retroactively awarded in December 2016. Ali won the award six times in total.
10 of boxing’s greatest Black boxers. These ten men stand out as some of the greatest athletes of all time. Muhammad Ali. American boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) training with a speed bag ahead ...
This includes all American male boxers that can also be found in the subcategories. This is a diffusing subcategory of Category:American boxers . Articles about male boxers in the parent category should be moved to this subcategory.