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50 Greatest Boxers of All Time

The 50 greatest boxers in history ranked across all weight classes.

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🥊Boxing

The 50 greatest boxers in history ranked across all weight classes.

1
MA

American·Boxing

Muhammad Ali

The Greatest — three-time world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medallist and the most celebrated athlete of the 20th century.

56-5-0 · 3 world titles

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SR

American·Boxing

Sugar Ray Robinson

American boxer widely considered the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time, held welterweight and middleweight titles in the 1940s an

173-19-6 · 108 KOs

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JL

American·Boxing

Joe Louis

American heavyweight boxer who dominated the division for 12 years, making 25 successful title defenses and becoming a symbol of American st

66-3-0 · 52 KOs

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4
JF

American·Boxing

Joe Frazier

American heavyweight boxer known as 'Smokin' Joe', Olympic gold medalist and undisputed heavyweight champion famous for trilogy with Muhamma

32-4-1 · 1 world titles

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RM

American·Boxing

Rocky Marciano

American heavyweight boxer who retired as the only undefeated heavyweight champion in boxing history with a perfect 49-0 professional record

49-0 · 1 world titles

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SR

American·Boxing

Sugar Ray Leonard

American professional boxer who won world titles in five different weight divisions and Olympic gold, known for his speed, technique and cha

36-3-1 · 25 KOs

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RD

Panamanian·Boxing

Roberto Durán

Panamanian boxing legend known as 'Manos de Piedra' (Hands of Stone), four-division world champion and one of the greatest fighters of all t

103-16 · 4 world titles

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MH

American·Boxing

Marvin Hagler

Undisputed middleweight champion and one of the most fearsome fighters in boxing history — changed his name to "Marvelous" as a mark of defi

62-3-2 · 1 world titles

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TH

American·Boxing

Thomas Hearns

The Hitman — five-division world champion whose right hand was considered the most powerful single punch in boxing history.

61-5-1 · 5 world titles

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FM

American·Boxing

Floyd Mayweather

American professional boxer who retired undefeated with a 50-0 record, widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters of all time

50-0 · 27 KOs

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MP

Filipino·Boxing

Manny Pacquiao

Filipino professional boxer and politician, the only fighter in history to win world titles in eight different weight divisions from flyweig

62-8-2 · 8 world titles

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MT

American·Boxing

Mike Tyson

American professional boxer who became the youngest heavyweight champion in history at age 20, known for his ferocious punching power and in

50-6-2 · 1 world titles

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GF

American·Boxing

George Foreman

American heavyweight boxer who became the oldest heavyweight champion at 45, known for his devastating punching power and the famous Rumble

76-5-0 · 2 world titles

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LH

American·Boxing

Larry Holmes

American heavyweight boxer known as 'The Easton Assassin' who dominated the division from 1978-1985 with his powerful left jab and defensive

69-6-0 · 44 KOs

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LL

British/Canadian·Boxing

Lennox Lewis

British-Canadian heavyweight boxer who became the last undisputed heavyweight champion of the 20th century, defeating Mike Tyson in 2002

41-2-1 · 32 KOs

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JJ

American·Boxing

Jack Johnson

American heavyweight boxer who became the first African American world heavyweight champion, holding the title from 1908 to 1915 during a ra

73-13-10 · 3 world titles

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JD

American·Boxing

Jack Dempsey

American heavyweight boxer known as the 'Manassa Mauler' who dominated the heavyweight division in the 1920s with his aggressive fighting st

66-13-6 · 3 world titles

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JC

Mexican·Boxing

Julio César Chávez

Mexican boxing legend widely considered one of the greatest fighters of all time, holding multiple world titles across three weight division

107-6-2 · 86 KOs

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SL

American·Boxing

Sonny Liston

American heavyweight boxer who dominated the early 1960s as world champion, known for his intimidating presence and powerful punching abilit

50-8-2 · 1 world titles

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EH

American·Boxing

Evander Holyfield

American professional boxer known as 'The Real Deal', four-time world heavyweight champion and the only boxer to win undisputed titles in tw

44-10-2 · 29 KOs

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GT

American·Boxing

Gene Tunney

American professional boxer who defeated Jack Dempsey twice to become heavyweight champion, retiring undefeated in 1928 with a 65-1-1 record

77-1-4 · 1 world titles

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KN

American·Boxing

Ken Norton

American heavyweight boxer who famously broke Muhammad Ali's jaw in their 1973 fight and held the WBC Heavyweight Championship from 1978.

40-13-5 · 33 KOs

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FP

American·Boxing

Floyd Patterson

American professional boxer who became the youngest heavyweight champion in history at age 21 and the first to regain the heavyweight title

55-8-1 · 40 KOs

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OD

American·Boxing

Oscar De La Hoya

American boxer known as 'The Golden Boy', Olympic gold medalist and six-division world champion, one of boxing's biggest pay-per-view stars

39-6-0 · 30 KOs

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PW

American·Boxing

Pernell Whitaker

American professional boxer who dominated the lightweight division in the 1990s, becoming undisputed champion and winning titles in four wei

52-4 · 5 world titles

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BH

American·Boxing

Bernard Hopkins

American professional boxer who became the oldest world champion in boxing history, winning titles in middleweight and light heavyweight div

55-8-2 · 32 KOs

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RJ

American·Boxing

Roy Jones Jr

The most athletically gifted boxer of the 1990s — light heavyweight champion who moved up to heavyweight to claim the title.

66-10 · 47 KOs

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OU

Ukrainian·Boxing

Oleksandr Usyk

Ukrainian professional boxer and undisputed heavyweight champion, former undisputed cruiserweight champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist

23-0 (14 KOs) · 3 world titles

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JC

Welsh·Boxing

Joe Calzaghe

Welsh professional boxer who retired undefeated at 46-0, widely regarded as one of the greatest super middleweights and light heavyweights o

46-0-0 · 32 KOs

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RB

American·Boxing

Riddick Bowe

Three-time heavyweight champion whose trilogy with Holyfield produced the finest series of heavyweight fights of the 1990s.

43-1-0 · 2 world titles

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CÁ

Mexican·Boxing

Canelo Álvarez

Mexican professional boxer and four-division world champion, widely considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of his generation

63-3-2 (39 KOs) · 39 KOs

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PN

British/Yemeni·Boxing

Prince Naseem Hamed

British-Yemeni professional boxer known for his flamboyant style and knockout power, former unified featherweight world champion with 31 KOs

37-1 · 31 KOs

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RH

British·Boxing

Ricky Hatton

British professional boxer known as 'The Hitman', former world champion in light welterweight and welterweight divisions with aggressive fig

45-3 · 32 KOs

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MA

Mexican·Boxing

Marco Antonio Barrera

Mexican professional boxer who held world titles in three weight classes and engaged in legendary rivalries with Erik Morales and Manny Pacq

74-5 · 4 world titles

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JM

Mexican·Boxing

Juan Manuel Márquez

Four world titles and one of boxing's greatest rivalries — Márquez's knockout of Pacquiao in his fourth fight is the most dramatic punch of

56-7-1 · 4 world titles

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EM

Mexican·Boxing

Erik Morales

Mexican professional boxer who became the first fighter in boxing history to win world titles in four different weight divisions

52-9-0 · 3 world titles

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NI

Japanese·Boxing

Naoya Inoue

Japanese professional boxer known as 'Monster', undisputed super bantamweight champion with devastating knockout power and technical precisi

28-0 · 25 KOs

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AJ

British·Boxing

Anthony Joshua

British professional boxer and two-time unified heavyweight champion, known for his Olympic gold medal and dramatic battles with top heavywe

29-4 (26 KOs) · 25 KOs

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TF

British·Boxing

Tyson Fury

British professional heavyweight boxer known for defeating Wladimir Klitschko and trilogy fights with Deontay Wilder, current WBC heavyweigh

35-2-1 (24 KOs) · 24 KOs

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DW

American·Boxing

Deontay Wilder

American heavyweight boxer known for devastating knockout power, holding the WBC Heavyweight Championship from 2015-2020 and briefly in 2021

43-3-1 · 42 KOs

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GD

American·Boxing

Gervonta Davis

American professional boxer known for his devastating knockout power, holding multiple world titles across super featherweight and lightweig

30-0 · 28 KOs

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FM

American·Boxing

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

50-0 — the most financially successful boxer in history and the unbeaten defensive genius who many consider the finest technical boxer ever.

50-0 · 5 world titles

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ND

Filipino·Boxing

Nonito Donaire

Filipino professional boxer known as 'The Filipino Flash', four-division world champion and one of the greatest Filipino boxers of all time

62-8 · 4 world titles

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RG

Nicaraguan·Boxing

Roman González

Nicaraguan boxing legend and former world champion at four weight classes, whose exceptional skills and thrilling exchanges with Carlos Cuad

60-4 · 4 world titles

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HH

American·Boxing

Holly Holm

American boxer and mixed martial artist who became UFC Bantamweight Champion and held world boxing titles in multiple weight divisions

33-3-3 (9 KOs) · 5 world titles

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VL

Ukrainian·Boxing

Vasyl Lomachenko

Ukrainian professional boxer considered one of the greatest amateur boxers of all time, known for his exceptional footwork and technical mas

40-4-1 · 3 world titles

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KI

Japanese·Boxing

Kazuto Ioka

Japanese professional boxer who became the first male boxer from Japan to win world titles in four different weight divisions, from minimumw

52-2 · 4 world titles

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SM

American·Boxing

Shane Mosley

American professional boxer who held world titles in three weight divisions and was known for his speed, power and victories over Oscar De L

49-10-1 · 3 world titles

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JF

Mexican·Boxing

Juan Francisco Estrada

Mexican professional boxer and former unified super flyweight world champion, known for his aggressive style and trilogy with Roman 'Chocola

53-6-1 · 3 world titles

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50
GG

Kazakh·Boxing

Gennady Golovkin

Kazakh professional boxer known as 'GGG', former unified middleweight world champion with devastating knockout power and exceptional amateur

42-3 · 3 world titles

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