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Includes world titles from sanctioning agencies outside of WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF and outside of The Ring. Female world titles were inaugurated by the IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO in 2010, 2004, 2005, and 2009 respectively.
Boxers by Name Title wins Beaten opponents Fights; Ukraine 3 Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, Oleksandr Usyk: 32 28 [13] [7] [36] Canada 2 Tommy Burns, Lennox Lewis* 25 23 [15] [12] [17] United Kingdom 3 Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis*, Tyson Fury: 17 16 [44] [12] [17] [33] Italy 1 Primo Carnera: 3 3 [34] Germany 1 Max Schmeling: 2 2 [39 ...
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]
[24] [92] [93] The phrase "pound for pound" was created by sportswriters for him during his career as a way to compare boxers irrespective of weight. [26] [42] Hall of Fame fighters Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard have ranked Robinson as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer in history.
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 ...
Those men, among the greatest boxers ever, used the Olympics as a springboard to stardom. But boxing was a bigger sport than it is now. Amateur boxing was regularly shown on television in those ...
Celebrated as one of Mexico’s greatest boxers, Vázquez — a.k.a. “El Magnífico” — was known for his punching power and lightning-fast speed, as well as for four title fights against ...
As of December 2020, BoxRec ranks Moore as the third greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all time. [2] He also ranks fourth on The Ring ' s list of "100 greatest punchers of all time". Moore was also a trainer for a short time after retirement, training Muhammad Ali , George Foreman , Bob Foster , Eddie Mustafa Muhammad , Earnie Shavers and James ...