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In 2003, The Ring ranked him number 11 in the list of all-time greatest punchers. [97] Robinson was also ranked as the number 1 welterweight and the number 1 pound-for-pound boxer of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. [98] He was inducted into the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame at its inception in 1992. [99]
Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, during which he participated in 26 championship fights, defeated 21 fighters, [ 119 ] [ 120 ] made 25 defenses and was a world champion for 11 years and 10 months.
This is not to be confused by professional boxing's own definition of an undisputed champion, in which a boxer must hold all four major titles. There are two tables per section. The primary champion lineage prioritizes the Super champions. If the Super title is vacant, then the Undisputed / Unified title is listed.
Boxing experts Freddie Roach, Stephen Edwards and Sean Gibbons believe Canelo Alvarez is a top-100 fighter of all time. Hall of Famer Teddy Atlas vehemendly disagrees, though. (Hector Vivas/Getty ...
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (c. 1930 – December 30, 1970), nicknamed "the Big Bear", [4] was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A dominant contender of his era, he became the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, repeating the knockout the following year in defense of the title; in the latter fight he ...
Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer.He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight.
He was a three-time world champion, a two-time lineal champion, and held the undisputed championship. [a] Holding dual British and Canadian citizenship, [2] Lewis represented Canada as an amateur at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning the super-heavyweight gold medal in 1988. Lewis is regarded by many as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers ...
Naoya Inoue (井上 尚弥, Inoue Naoya, born 10 April 1993) is a Japanese professional boxer.He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, and is one of only three male boxers in history (along with Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk) to become the undisputed champion in two weight classes in the "four-belt era".