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Champions of the sweet science across every weight class.
The All-Time Greatest Boxing Fighters
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
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Browse 102 of the greatest boxing fighters of all time.
American
Aaron Pryor
Junior Welterweight
The Hawk — pound-for-pound best of the early 1980s, his two fights with Alexis Argüello are the fine…
British
Amir Khan
Light Welterweight
British light-welterweight Olympic gold medallist and world champion whose hand speed, fluid movemen…
American
Andre Ward
Super Middleweight
Undefeated American super-middleweight and light-heavyweight champion widely regarded as the best po…
American
Ann Wolfe
Super Middleweight/Light Heavyweight
The hardest punching female boxer in history — her knockout power was so exceptional that male train…
British
Anthony Joshua
Heavyweight
Two-time world heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medallist who unified the heavyweight titles in…
Russian
Artur Beterbiev
Professional Boxer
The undisputed light heavyweight champion — the only current world champion with a 100% knockout rat…
American
Bernard Hopkins
Middleweight/Light Heavyweight
The Executioner — Bernard Hopkins holds the record for the most consecutive middleweight title defen…
American
Caleb Plant
Super Middleweight
American IBF super-middleweight champion whose technical boxing skills, disciplined approach and und…
Mexican
Canelo Álvarez
Professional Boxer
Four-weight world champion and Mexico's most celebrated modern athlete — the face of the boxing revi…
British
Carl Froch
Super Middleweight
The Cobra — four-time super middleweight world champion and the most physically courageous British b…
Norwegian
Cecilia Brækhus
Welterweight
The most dominant female boxer of the modern era — the first woman in boxing history to hold all fou…
British
Chantelle Cameron
Super Lightweight/Welterweight
Britain's most versatile female world champion — unified super lightweight world champion who steppe…
British
Chris Eubank Jr
Middleweight
British middleweight contender who has revitalised his career and become a legitimate world-level th…
British
Chris Eubank Sr
Middleweight
Flamboyant and eccentric British middleweight champion of the early 1990s whose unorthodox upright s…
American
Claressa Shields
Middleweight/Super Middleweight
The greatest female boxer of all time and the only boxer — male or female — to hold all four major w…
British
Daniel Dubois
Heavyweight
British heavyweight whose thunderous punching power and relentless aggression have produced spectacu…
American
David Benavidez
Professional Boxer
The Mexican Monster — the most feared active super middleweight and the man Canelo avoided.…
American
Deontay Wilder
Professional Boxer
The Bronze Bomber — the hardest puncher in heavyweight history and WBC champion for five years.…
American
Devin Haney
Lightweight
Undefeated American undisputed lightweight champion whose hand speed, movement and ring generalship …
British
Dillian Whyte
Heavyweight
British heavyweight whose combination of power, awkward style and crowd-pleasing aggression have mad…
Russian
Dmitry Bivol
Professional Boxer
The man who beat Canelo — WBA light heavyweight champion and the most technically complete active bo…
Mexican
Erik Morales
Featherweight
Mexican featherweight and super-featherweight champion who battled Marco Antonio Barrera three times…
American
Errol Spence Jr.
Professional Boxer
The Truth — unified welterweight champion who held three of four major belts before his showdown wit…
Finnish
Eva Wahlström
Super Featherweight
Finland's most successful female boxer — WBC Super Featherweight champion for over four years, an un…
American
Evander Holyfield
Professional Boxer
The Real Deal — four-time heavyweight champion and the man who bit off part of his ear.…
Puerto Rican
Felix Trinidad
Welterweight
Puerto Rican icon and welterweight, super-welterweight and middleweight champion whose explosive pow…
American
Floyd Mayweather
Professional Boxer
50-0 — the undefeated professional record and the most commercially successful boxing career in hist…
American
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Welterweight/Super Welterweight
50-0 — the most financially successful boxer in history and the unbeaten defensive genius who many c…
American
Floyd Patterson
Heavyweight
The first heavyweight champion to regain the world title — Floyd Patterson lost to Ingemar Johansson…
American
Gene Tunney
Heavyweight
Undefeated American heavyweight champion of the 1920s, a scientific boxer who defeated Jack Dempsey …
Kazakh
Gennady Golovkin
Middleweight
Kazakhstani boxing icon nicknamed 'GGG' whose extraordinary knockout power, relentless pressure and …
American
George Foreman
Heavyweight
Two-time world heavyweight champion who returned to boxing at 45 and became the oldest heavyweight c…
American
Gervonta Davis
Professional Boxer
Tank — Floyd Mayweather's protégé and the most devastating knockout puncher in the lighter weight cl…
Cuban
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Super Bantamweight
Cuban two-time Olympic gold medallist and two-time super-bantamweight champion whose defensive perfe…
American
Holly Holm
Welterweight/Light Welterweight
The most accomplished combat sports crossover athlete — 33-2-3 professional boxing record with world…
American
Jack Dempsey
Heavyweight
Ferocious American heavyweight champion of the 1920s whose savage punching power, relentless aggress…
American
Jack Johnson
Heavyweight
Pioneering African-American heavyweight champion whose ring brilliance, courage and refusal to serve…
American
James J. Braddock
Heavyweight
The 'Cinderella Man' — an American heavyweight who overcame poverty and adversity during the Great D…
American
Jaron Ennis
Welterweight
Undefeated American welterweight contender nicknamed 'Boots' whose elite hand speed, accurate punchi…
American
Jermain Taylor
Middleweight
American two-time middleweight champion who defeated Bernard Hopkins in a major upset, establishing …
American
Jermall Charlo
Middleweight
American WBC middleweight champion whose power, athletic ability and unbeaten record make him one of…
American
Jermell Charlo
Super Welterweight
American undisputed super-welterweight champion whose devastating punching power, relentless aggress…
American
Jesse Rodriguez
Super Flyweight
American unified super-flyweight champion nicknamed 'Bam' whose technical mastery, angles and compos…
Welsh
Joe Calzaghe
Super Middleweight
The Pride of Wales — undefeated in 46 professional fights and one of the finest super middleweights …
American
Joe Frazier
Heavyweight
Olympic gold medallist and world heavyweight champion who defeated Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the …
British
Joe Joyce
Heavyweight
British super-heavyweight Olympic silver medallist whose powerful jab, workrate and durability have …
American
Joe Louis
Professional Boxer
The Brown Bomber — 25 consecutive heavyweight title defences across 11 years, the most in boxing his…
Mexican
Juan Francisco Estrada
Flyweight
Mexican two-time lineal flyweight champion whose Mexican warrior spirit, extraordinary heart and ski…
Mexican
Juan Manuel Márquez
Featherweight to Welterweight
Four world titles and one of boxing's greatest rivalries — Márquez's knockout of Pacquiao in his fou…
Mexican
Julio César Chávez
Professional Boxer
The Mexican warrior — 87 consecutive wins without a loss, the most celebrated career in Mexican boxi…
Japanese
Junto Nakatani
Junior Bantamweight
Undefeated Japanese junior bantamweight champion whose surgical precision, high punch output and cli…
Irish
Katie Taylor
Lightweight
Ireland's greatest ever boxer — Olympic gold medallist, undisputed lightweight world champion and th…
Japanese
Kazuto Ioka
Super Bantamweight
Japanese four-division champion and one of Asia's most decorated fighters, whose technical excellenc…
British
Kell Brook
Welterweight
British unified welterweight champion whose surgical technical boxing and devastating stoppage of Ke…
American
Kelly Pavlik
Middleweight
American middleweight champion nicknamed the 'Ghost of Youngstown' whose devastating straight right …
American
Ken Norton
Heavyweight
American heavyweight contender who broke Muhammad Ali's jaw during their first fight, giving Ali his…
American
Laila Ali
Super Middleweight
Muhammad Ali's daughter and the most commercially successful female boxer in history — 24-0 with 21 …
American
Larry Holmes
Professional Boxer
48-0 as champion — the most underrated dominant heavyweight of modern boxing.…
British
Lennox Lewis
Professional Boxer
The last undisputed heavyweight champion — Olympic gold and unbeatable in two championship reigns.…
American
Leon Spinks
Heavyweight
American heavyweight who shocked the boxing world by defeating Muhammad Ali in 1978, holding the WBC…
Dutch
Lucia Rijker
Lightweight/Light Welterweight
Considered the greatest female boxer of all time by many in the sport — 17-0 with 14 knockouts, Dutc…
Filipino
Manny Pacquiao
Flyweight to Super Welterweight
The only boxer in history to win world titles in eight different weight divisions — from flyweight t…
Mexican
Marco Antonio Barrera
Super Bantamweight
Mexican super-bantamweight and featherweight legend who participated in one of boxing's greatest tri…
American
Marvin Hagler
Middleweight
Undisputed middleweight champion and one of the most fearsome fighters in boxing history — changed h…
German
Max Schmeling
Heavyweight
German heavyweight champion who achieved two famous victories over Joe Louis, became a symbol of Naz…
American
Michael Spinks
Light Heavyweight
American light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion whose undefeated record in the light-heavyweight…
Swedish
Mikaela Laurén
Super Welterweight
Sweden's most successful female boxer — two-time world champion whose clinical power and technical e…
American
Mike Tyson
Heavyweight
The youngest heavyweight champion in history at 20 years and 145 days — the most feared boxer of his…
American
Muhammad Ali
Heavyweight
The Greatest — three-time world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medallist and the most celebrated…
Japanese
Naoya Inoue
Professional Boxer
The Monster — Japan's pound-for-pound number one and the most feared puncher in the lighter weight c…
British
Nicola Adams
Flyweight
Britain's most celebrated female boxer and a pioneer of historic significance — the first woman to w…
British
Nigel Benn
Middleweight
Ferocious and aggressive British middleweight champion nicknamed 'The Dark Destroyer' whose punching…
Filipino
Nonito Donaire
Super Bantamweight
Filipino four-division world champion nicknamed the 'Filipino Flash' whose extraordinary hand speed …
Ukrainian
Oleksandr Usyk
Heavyweight/Cruiserweight
Undisputed heavyweight champion — the first to hold all four belts since Lennox Lewis, defeating bot…
American
Oscar De La Hoya
Professional Boxer
The Golden Boy — six-weight world champion and the most commercially successful Hispanic boxer of hi…
American
Pernell Whitaker
Welterweight
Supremely gifted American southpaw nicknamed 'Sweet Pea' who is widely regarded as the finest defens…
British
Prince Naseem Hamed
Featherweight/Super Featherweight
Prince Naz — the most flamboyant and naturally gifted British boxer of his generation, an unbeaten f…
British
Ricky Hatton
Welterweight/Light Welterweight
The Hitman — Britain's most beloved boxer of the 2000s and a two-weight world champion whose fightin…
American
Riddick Bowe
Heavyweight
Three-time heavyweight champion whose trilogy with Holyfield produced the finest series of heavyweig…
Panamanian
Roberto Durán
Lightweight to Super Middleweight
Four-division world champion from Panama — one of boxing's toughest and most feared fighters across …
American
Rocky Marciano
Heavyweight
The only heavyweight champion in history to retire undefeated — a perfect 49-0 record including 43 k…
Nicaraguan
Roman González
Super Flyweight
Nicaraguan boxing legend and former world champion at four weight classes, whose exceptional skills …
American
Roy Jones Jr
Professional Boxer
The most athletically gifted boxer of the 1990s — light heavyweight champion who moved up to heavywe…
American
Ryan Garcia
Professional Boxer
KingRy — 23 million social media followers and boxing's most polarising young star.…
British
Savannah Marshall
Middleweight
Britain's most successful female boxer — WBO Middleweight World Champion and the only boxer, male or…
American
Sebastian Fundora
Super Welterweight
American junior middleweight contender whose extraordinary height and reach for the division, combin…
American
Seniesa Estrada
Minimumweight/Light Flyweight
The fastest knockout artist in women's boxing history — recorded a 7-second TKO, the fastest in any …
American
Shakur Stevenson
Lightweight
Undefeated American southpaw whose technical brilliance, defensive genius and Olympic pedigree have …
American
Shane Mosley
Welterweight
American three-division world champion nicknamed 'Sugar Shane' whose combination of hand speed, powe…
British
Sir Henry Cooper
Heavyweight
Britain's most beloved heavyweight — Sir Henry Cooper was never world champion but is remembered wit…
American
Sonny Liston
Heavyweight
Menacing and powerful American heavyweight champion of the early 1960s, whose fearsome aura and deva…
American
Sugar Ray Leonard
Professional Boxer
Five-weight world champion — boxing's most marketable champion of the 1980s.…
American
Sugar Ray Robinson
Professional Boxer
The greatest boxer of all time by the consensus of boxing historians — the pound-for-pound pinnacle.…
American
Teófimo López
Lightweight
American unified lightweight champion who announced himself on the world stage with a stunning upset…
American
Terence Crawford
Professional Boxer
Bud — the pound-for-pound number one who unified the welterweight division as the first southpaw cha…
American
Thomas Hearns
Welterweight to Light Heavyweight
The Hitman — five-division world champion whose right hand was considered the most powerful single p…
British
Tommy Fury
Light Heavyweight
British light-heavyweight whose high profile and unbeaten record in the paid ranks have made him one…
British
Tyson Fury
Heavyweight
The Gypsy King — a two-time heavyweight champion whose comeback from severe mental health battles, o…
Ukrainian
Vasyl Lomachenko
Super Featherweight
Ukrainian technical wizard widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, whose lig…
American
Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Welterweight
Undefeated American knockout artist whose thunderous punching power has resulted in an extraordinary…
American
Winky Wright
Super Welterweight
American two-time light-middleweight champion renowned for an impenetrable defensive shell that neut…
Ukrainian
Wladimir Klitschko
Professional Boxer
Ukraine's dominant heavyweight champion who held world titles for ten consecutive years and unified …
Boxing Nations
American
55
athletes
British
20
athletes
Mexican
6
athletes
Japanese
3
athletes
Ukrainian
3
athletes
Russian
2
athletes
Filipino
2
athletes
Norwegian
1
athletes