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Historian Bert Sugar ranked Robinson as the greatest fighter of all time and in 2002, Robinson was also ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". [14] He was named the best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) in both of its all-time ratings ...
This is a list of world bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing: The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA).
Spinks' undisputed status ended when he was stripped of the WBC light heavyweight title due to the WBC's policy against fighters holding world titles in multiple divisions at the same time. [25] 2 Roy Jones Jr. (def. Reggie Johnson) 5 Jun 1999 – 18 Nov 2002 7 Jones Jr.'s undisputed status ended when he vacated his IBF title. [26]
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 ...
But to give an idea of the kinds of fighters Alvarez is being compared with in this category, Yahoo Sports ranks the all-time pound-for-pound top 10 like this: 1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Henry ...
WBC Welterweight – (2) Mar 21, 2000 No. 1 contender promoted [6] WBC Light middleweight: Jun 23, 2001: Javier Castillejo: UD 12/12 WBA (Unified) Light middleweight: Sep 14, 2002: Fernando Vargas: TKO 11/12 The Ring Light middleweight: WBC Light middleweight – (2) May 6, 2006: Ricardo Mayorga: TKO 6/12 4 Floyd Mayweather Jr. [7] WBC Super ...
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 category is for all of the boxers who have ever won a world boxing title in any weight class.Any boxer who won one or more of the following titles is eligible for inclusion in this category: the universal world title (using Marquess of Queensberry rules), the NBA world title (1921–1962), the WBA world title (1962–present), the WBC world title (1963–present), the IBF world title ...