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The Top Ranked Boxers of the 1940s

 

Notes: Ranking Explanations

 

Rnk Athlete Weight Class
1 Willie Pep Featherweight
2 Sugar Ray Robinson Welterweight
3 Ezzard Charles Light Heavyweight
4 Joe Louis Heavyweight
5 Ike Williams Lightweight
6 Rush Dalma Bantamweight
7 Manuel Ortiz Bantamweight
8 Beau Jack Lightweight
9 Sandy Saddler Featherweight
10 Bob Montgomery Lightweight
11 Jackie Paterson Flyweight
12 Rinty Monaghan Flyweight
13 Archie Moore Light Heavyweight
14 Freddie Mills Light Heavyweight
15 Gus Lesnevich Light Heavyweight
16 Jimmy Bivins Heavyweight
17 Sal Bartolo Featherweight
18 Sammy Angott Lightweight
19 Charley Burley Light Heavyweight
20 Tony Zale Middleweight
21 Jake LaMotta Middleweight
22 Anton Christoforidis Light Heavyweight
23 Tippy Larkin Welterweight
24 Melio Bettina Heavyweight
25 Peter Kane Flyweight
26 Henry Armstrong Welterweight
27 Benny Goldberg Bantamweight
28 Marcel Cerdan Middleweight
29 Lloyd Marshall Light Heavyweight
30 Juan Zurita Lightweight
31 Phil Terranova Featherweight
32 Holman Williams Middleweight
33 Joey Maxim Light Heavyweight
34 Ken Overlin Middleweight
35 Tami Mauriello Heavyweight
36 Elmer Ray Heavyweight
37 Chalky Wright Featherweight
38 Lee Q. Murray Heavyweight
39 Vic Patrick Lightweight
40 Carlos Chavez Featherweight
41 David Kui Kong Young Bantamweight
42 Jersey Joe Walcott Heavyweight
43 Billy Soose Middleweight
44 Fritzie Zivic Welterweight
45 Dave Sands Middleweight
46 California Jackie Wilson Welterweight
47 Billy Conn Light Heavyweight
48 Enrique Bolanos Lightweight
49 Arturo Godoy Heavyweight
50 Bert Lytell Middleweight
51 Georgie Abrams Middleweight
52 Rocky Graziano Middleweight
53 Petey Scalzo Featherweight
54 Jackie Callura Featherweight
55 Bruce Woodcock Heavyweight
56 Kid Gavilan Welterweight
57 Ernie Roderick Welterweight
58 Freddie Dawson Lightweight
59 Willie Joyce Lightweight
60 Pat Valentino Heavyweight
61 Bunty Doran Bantamweight
62 Ronnie James Lightweight
63 Raul Rodriguez Middleweight
64 Earl Turner Welterweight
65 Mickey Hill Flyweight
66 Jim Brady II Bantamweight
67 Miguel Acevedo Featherweight
68 Jose Basora Middleweight
69 Eddie Miller Lightweight
70 Jack Johnson II Light Heavyweight
71 Dado Marino Bantamweight
72 Nel Tarleton Featherweight
73 Tom Smith Featherweight
74 Lew Jenkins Lightweight
75 Al Phillips Featherweight
76 Luis Castillo Bantamweight
77 Oakland Billy Smith Light Heavyweight
78 Bernard Docusen Welterweight
79 Charley Fusari Welterweight
80 Gene Burton Lightweight
81 Turkey Thompson Light Heavyweight
82 Harold Dade Bantamweight
83 Billy Fox Light Heavyweight
84 Lou Ambers Lightweight
85 Freddie Cochrane Welterweight
86 Little Dado Bantamweight
87 Jackie Wilson Featherweight
88 Richie Lemos Featherweight
89 Leo Rodak Featherweight
90 Bob Pastor Heavyweight
91 Tommy Forte Bantamweight
92 Roscoe Toles Heavyweight
93 Slugger White Lightweight
94 Joe Curran Flyweight
95 Harry Jeffra Featherweight
96 Kid Zefine Bantamweight
97 Jackie Graves Featherweight
98 Theo Medina Bantamweight
99 Booker Beckwith Light Heavyweight
100 Taffy Hancock Flyweight
101 Davey Day Welterweight
102 Arthur Danahar Welterweight
103 Little Pancho Flyweight
104 Lee Oma Heavyweight
105 Cocoa Kid Welterweight
106 John Thomas Welterweight
107 Joe Baksi Heavyweight
108 Tony Olivera Bantamweight
109 Lou Salica Bantamweight
110 Tommy Yarosz Light Heavyweight
111 Kid Tunero Light Heavyweight
112 Harold Johnson Light Heavyweight
113 Jimmy McAllister Featherweight
114 Vince Hawkins Middleweight
115 Bobby Ruffin Lightweight
116 Steve Belloise Middleweight
117 Richard Vogt Light Heavyweight
118 Danny O'Sullivan Bantamweight
119 Danny Webb Flyweight
120 Tommy Burns II Welterweight
121 Ray Famechon Featherweight
122 George Costner Welterweight
123 Bob Foxworth Light Heavyweight
124 Clinton Bacon Light Heavyweight
125 Kid Young Featherweight
126 Charley Riley Featherweight
127 Terry Allen Flyweight
128 Sammy Reynolds Bantamweight
129 Frankie Fernandez Welterweight
130 Phil Milligan Bantamweight
131 Paddy Ryan Flyweight
132 Young Kid McCoy Welterweight
133 Tirso del Rosario Bantamweight
134 Antonio Fernandez Welterweight
135 Luis Galvani Bantamweight
136 Arthur King Lightweight
137 Luis Romero Bantamweight
138 Dave Castilloux Lightweight
139 Eddie Booker Middleweight
140 Guido Ferracin Bantamweight
141 Jean Sneyers Flyweight
142 Johnny Greco Welterweight
143 Louis Skena Flyweight
144 Fred Apostoli Light Heavyweight
145 Peter Keenan Flyweight
146 Alabama Kid Light Heavyweight
147 Ernesto Formenti Featherweight
148 Frankie Covelli Featherweight
149 George Hunter Light Heavyweight
150 Gerald Dreyer Lightweight
151 Jackie Jurich Flyweight
152 Julius Torma Welterweight
153 Laszlo Papp Middleweight
154 Lester Felton Welterweight
155 Lou Transparenti Bantamweight
156 Pascual Perez Flyweight
157 Rafael Iglesias Heavyweight
158 Steve Mamakos Middleweight
159 Tibor Csik Bantamweight
160 Willie Roache Featherweight
161 Jack Chase Light Heavyweight
162 Johnny Flynn Heavyweight
163 Johnny Bratton Lightweight
164 Jack Hyams Light Heavyweight
165 Joe Marinelli Featherweight
166 Mickey McKay Bantamweight
167 Georgie Pace Bantamweight
168 Bobo Olson Middleweight
169 Eric Boon Lightweight
170 Fernando Gagnon Bantamweight
171 Sonny Boy West Lightweight
172 Alfredo Chavez Flyweight
173 Horace Mann Bantamweight
174 Buddy Farrell Middleweight
175 Lou Nova Heavyweight
176 Rudy Cruz Lightweight
177 Mike Kaplan Welterweight
178 Max Baer Heavyweight
179 Tony Janiro Welterweight
180 Young Corbett III Welterweight
181 Spider Armstrong Featherweight
182 Jean Kreitz Light Heavyweight
183 Georges Mousse Bantamweight
184 Tiberio Mitri Middleweight
185 Abe Simon Heavyweight
186 Charlie Squire Flyweight
187 Jack Coggins Light Heavyweight
188 Jock Leslie Featherweight
189 Jimmy Hogg Flyweight
190 Maurice Sandeyron Flyweight
191 Heinz Seidler Light Heavyweight
192 Bee Bee Wright Welterweight
193 Norman Lewis Flyweight
194 Buddy Baer Heavyweight
195 Allie Stolz Lightweight
196 Ronnie Clayton Featherweight
197 Simon Vergara Bantamweight
198 Tommy Bell Welterweight
199 Marty Servo Welterweight
200 Lee Sala Middleweight
201 Al Priest Welterweight
202 Ralph Zannelli Welterweight
203 Teddy Yarosz Light Heavyweight
204 Lulu Constantino Featherweight
205 Maxie Docusen Lightweight
206 Izzy Jannazzo Welterweight
207 Lenny Mancini Lightweight
208 Teddy Gardner Flyweight
209 Artie Towne Middleweight
210 Bob Jacobs Light Heavyweight
211 Jock McAvoy Light Heavyweight
212 Jimmy Edgar Middleweight
213 Harry Bobo Heavyweight
214 Allen Faulkner Middleweight
215 Frankie Rubino Featherweight
216 George Parkes Bantamweight
217 Tony Pellone Lightweight
218 Pedro Hernandez Featherweight
219 Phil Zwick Featherweight
220 Jackie Darthard Middleweight
221 Cecil Schoonmaker Bantamweight
222 Lem Franklin Heavyweight
223 Joe Carter Middleweight
224 Coley Welch Middleweight
225 Lee Savold Heavyweight
226 Glen Flanagan Featherweight
227 Jack McNamee Light Heavyweight
228 Laurent Dauthuille Middleweight
229 Jesse Flores Lightweight
230 Henry Hall Light Heavyweight
231 Len Davies Flyweight
232 Buddy Walker Heavyweight
233 Ben Duffy Flyweight
234 Honore Pratesi Bantamweight
235 Johnny Molloy Featherweight
236 Mickey Carr Featherweight
237 Larry Bolvin Featherweight
238 Johnny Cesario Welterweight
239 Ron Richards Middleweight
240 Baby Arizmendi Lightweight
241 Dennis Shepherd Featherweight
242 Don Scott Light Heavyweight
243 Gianni Zuddas Bantamweight
244 Gunnar Nilsson Heavyweight
245 Hank Herring Welterweight
246 John Wright Middleweight
247 Joseph Vissers Lightweight
248 Spartaco Bandinelli Flyweight
249 Joe Legon Welterweight
250 Baby Gonzalez Featherweight
251 Mickey Francis Bantamweight
252 Stan Rowan Bantamweight
253 Freddie Russo Featherweight
254 Leonard Morrow Light Heavyweight
255 Freddie Pope Bantamweight
256 Doc Williams Light Heavyweight
257 Carroll Alexander Featherweight
258 Roy Miller Light Heavyweight
259 Tony Galento Heavyweight
260 Curtis Sheppard Heavyweight
261 Bobby Ivy Featherweight
262 Jack London Heavyweight
263 Kid Riviera Heavyweight
264 Nick Castiglione Lightweight
265 Bernie Grant Featherweight
266 Battling Jim Hayes Bantamweight
267 Livio Minelli Lightweight
268 Tommy Spiegal Lightweight
269 Henry Davis Featherweight
270 Mose Brown Light Heavyweight
271 Young Jack Renault Bantamweight
272 Jimmy Lydon Flyweight
273 Bobby Yaeger Lightweight
274 Henry Chmielewski Light Heavyweight
275 Jimmy Gill Flyweight
276 Norman Tennant Flyweight
277 Gus Foran Flyweight
278 Wesley Mouzon Lightweight
279 Robert Villemain Light Heavyweight
280 Pat Comiskey Heavyweight
281 Tommy Davies Middleweight
282 Percy Bassett Featherweight
283 Leroy Jackson Bantamweight
284 Maxie Shapiro Lightweight
285 Colion Chaney Heavyweight
286 Johnny Boom Bantamweight
287 Bert Hyland Middleweight
288 Buddy Garcia Lightweight
289 Dave Crowley Lightweight
290 Chico Rosa Featherweight
291 Billy Marquart Lightweight
292 Red Nibert Light Heavyweight
293 Rudy Pasco Bantamweight
294 Bill Speary Featherweight
295 Amado Azar Light Heavyweight
296 Dickie O'Sullivan Flyweight
297 Mike Belloise Featherweight
298 Bobby Jones Light Heavyweight
299 Tommy Campbell Lightweight
300 Buster Tyler Welterweight
301 Jimmy Doyle Welterweight
302 Olle Tandberg Heavyweight
303 Bobby Dykes Welterweight
304 Bobby Fuller Lightweight
305 Lefty LaChance Featherweight
306 Paco Bueno Light Heavyweight
307 Aaron Wade Middleweight
308 Aldo Spoldi Lightweight
309 Cesar Leal Bantamweight
310 Cecil Hudson Middleweight
311 Tony Costa Featherweight
312 Vern Bybee Lightweight
313 Joe Cornelis Bantamweight
314 Walter Woods Light Heavyweight
315 Johnny Colan Light Heavyweight
316 Santa Bucca Lightweight
317 Rod Parsons Bantamweight
318 Kid Bonser Flyweight
319 Eddie Thomas Welterweight
320 Bobby Zander Light Heavyweight
321 Jimmy Leto Welterweight
322 Sylvester Perkins Middleweight
323 Billy Herbert Bantamweight
324 Tommy Bailey Bantamweight
325 Aleksy Antkiewicz Featherweight
326 Alessandro D'Ottavio Welterweight
327 Ivano Fontana Middleweight
328 John Arthur Heavyweight
329 Juan Venegas Bantamweight
330 Mauro Cia Light Heavyweight
331 Soo-Ann Han Flyweight
332 Svend Wad Lightweight
333 Eddie Dolan Welterweight
334 Charley Milan Welterweight
335 Jock Bonas Bantamweight
336 Pete Lello Lightweight
337 Luis Felipe Fuentes Flyweight
338 Adolf Heuser Light Heavyweight
339 Kid Tanner Featherweight
340 Billy Tollis Featherweight
341 Bob Sandberg Lightweight
342 Omar Kouidri Welterweight
343 George Kennedy Bantamweight
344 Cabey Lewis Featherweight
345 Eli Golindo Bantamweight
346 Sam Baroudi Middleweight
347 Young Yank Flyweight
348 KO Morgan Featherweight
349 Heinz Lazek Heavyweight
350 Bert Gilroy Middleweight
351 Cyrille Delannoit Middleweight
352 Dick Corbett Featherweight
353 Don Williams Welterweight
354 Luther Rawlings Lightweight
355 Toby Vigil Lightweight
356 Elis Ask Featherweight
357 John Holman Heavyweight
358 Nate Bolden Light Heavyweight
359 Raul Esqueda Featherweight
360 Tsuneshi Maruo Bantamweight
361 Freddie Archer Lightweight
362 Shorty Hogue Middleweight
363 Ben Valentine Light Heavyweight
364 Johnny Cusick Featherweight
365 Bos Murphy Welterweight
366 Charley Brown Flyweight
367 Chick Stewart Flyweight
368 Dick Turpin Middleweight
369 Paulie Peters Middleweight
370 Wildcat Henry Welterweight
371 Ernie Vigh Middleweight
372 Bummy Davis Welterweight
373 George Latka Lightweight
374 Gentle Daniel Light Heavyweight
375 Nathan Mann Heavyweight
376 Danny Kapilow Lightweight
377 Gus Dorazio Heavyweight
378 Humberto Sierra Lightweight
379 Phil Muscato Light Heavyweight
380 Tony Martin Middleweight
381 Bob Satterfield Light Heavyweight
382 Antonio Frontado Middleweight
383 Costello Cruz Middleweight
384 Everett Rightmire Featherweight
385 Jerome Frazier Middleweight
386 Major Jones Middleweight
387 Norm Gent Welterweight
388 Johnny Williams Lightweight
389 Omelio Agramonte Heavyweight
390 Ossie Stewart Light Heavyweight
391 Paddy DeMarco Lightweight
392 Young Gibson Flyweight
393 Danny LaVerne Featherweight
394 Ern Clinghan Light Heavyweight
395 Frank Flannery Featherweight
396 Bobby McQuillar Lightweight
397 Corky Gonzales Featherweight
398 Jean Jouas Bantamweight
399 Warren Kendall Featherweight
400 Gustave Roth Light Heavyweight
401 Tiny Bostock Flyweight
402 Alan Westbury Light Heavyweight
403 Billy Davies Flyweight
404 Cliff Curvis Featherweight
405 Elley Bennett Bantamweight
406 Bert Linam Welterweight
407 Jim Thompson Heavyweight
408 Jorge Sanchez Bantamweight
409 Ernesto Aguilar Bantamweight
410 Tony Shucco Heavyweight
411 Cleo Shans Lightweight
412 Guillermo Andrade Bantamweight
413 Ceferino Garcia Middleweight
414 O'Neill Bell Welterweight
415 Tiger Jack Fox Heavyweight
416 Alberto Lovell Heavyweight
417 Jimmy Perrin Featherweight
418 Paulie Walker Light Heavyweight
419 Carlos Perez Welterweight
420 Don Lee Welterweight
421 Rodolfo Ramirez Welterweight
422 Doug Ratford Lightweight
423 George Martin Welterweight
424 Jimmy McDaniels Welterweight
425 Luis Logan Light Heavyweight
426 Marcus Lockman Middleweight
427 Mustapha Mustaphaoui Flyweight
428 Stumpy Butwell Flyweight
429 Billy Williams Bantamweight
430 Bud Smith Lightweight
431 Mickey Tollis Lightweight
432 Egisto Peyre Welterweight
433 Frankie Moore Lightweight
434 Maxie Berger Welterweight
435 Al Hostak Middleweight
436 Anthony Jones Light Heavyweight
437 Michele Palmero Welterweight
438 Rusty Payne Heavyweight
439 Jimmy Webb Light Heavyweight
440 Lefty Flynn Middleweight
441 Mario Trigo Lightweight
442 Willie Jones II Middleweight
443 Eddie Douglas Flyweight
444 John Pino Bantamweight
445 Monito Flores Bantamweight
446 Oscar Rankins Light Heavyweight
447 Red Fitzgerald Featherweight
448 Rocky Castellani Middleweight
449 Joe Kahut Light Heavyweight
450 Fitzie Fitzpatrick Light Heavyweight
451 Mike Evans Lightweight
452 Randy Turpin Middleweight
453 Tony Mar Lightweight
454 Joey DeJohn Middleweight
455 Larry Cisneros Lightweight
456 Ronnie Draper Bantamweight
457 Aurel Toma Featherweight
458 Jean Walzack Middleweight
459 Luther Burgess Featherweight
460 Star Frisco Bantamweight
461 Jackie Briers Flyweight
462 Jimmy Stubbs Flyweight
463 Alfie Clay Featherweight
464 Bill Poland Heavyweight
465 Chato Laredo Flyweight
466 Amleto Falcinelli Bantamweight
467 Artie Levine Middleweight
468 Stan Mott Flyweight
469 Charley Wilson Flyweight
470 Armando Puentes Pi Flyweight
471 Barney McVeigh Flyweight
472 Chuck Hunter Light Heavyweight
473 Joey Peralta Lightweight
474 Joey Angelo Featherweight
475 Nick Barone Light Heavyweight
476 Tommy Kiene Bantamweight
477 Mickey Jones Flyweight
478 Gavino Matta Flyweight
479 Tommy Burney Flyweight
480 Billy Thompson Light Heavyweight
481 Bob Amos Light Heavyweight
482 Bob Murphy Light Heavyweight
483 Freddie Dixon Welterweight
484 Gino Bondavalli Bantamweight
485 Hugh Cameron Flyweight
486 Tommy Farricker Flyweight
487 Enrico Urbinati Flyweight
488 Tolentino Diaz Bantamweight
489 Billy Barton Bantamweight
490 Clayton Worlds Heavyweight
491 Isamu Kongo Featherweight
492 Jackie Rankin Featherweight
493 Jackie Sutton Bantamweight
494 Ray Lunny Lightweight
495 Gustav Eder Welterweight
496 Joe Murphy Flyweight
497 Jackie Marr Light Heavyweight
498 O'Dell Riley Heavyweight
499 Walter Cartier Middleweight
500 Al Basten Light Heavyweight
501 Walter Neusel Heavyweight
502 Billy Graham Welterweight
503 Billy Nixon Welterweight
504 Harry Matthews Light Heavyweight
505 Panchito Villa Bantamweight
506 Tommy Chapman Featherweight
507 Alex Buxton Light Heavyweight
508 Jack Hassen Lightweight
509 Mimmie Adragna Featherweight
510 Jackie Burke Light Heavyweight
511 Kenny Harris Middleweight
512 Ginger Watters Bantamweight
513 John L. Davis Lightweight
514 Solly Krieger Middleweight
515 Emile Famechon Flyweight
516 Jean Richard Featherweight
517 Henry Flakes Heavyweight
518 Lupe Cardoza Bantamweight
519 Solly Cantor Lightweight
520 Tommy Gomez Heavyweight
521 Alfred Brown Heavyweight
522 Chick Delaney Bantamweight
523 Col Davis Flyweight
524 Gene LeBlanc Bantamweight
525 Mickey Fay Flyweight
526 Archie Woodbine Flyweight
527 Ken Stanford Flyweight
528 Kid Davidt Flyweight
529 Antonio Fenoy Flyweight
530 Baby Garcia Flyweight
531 Freddie Hicks Bantamweight
532 Art Aragon Lightweight
533 Benny Caplan Featherweight
534 Manny Ortega Featherweight
535 Pee Wee Swingler Flyweight
536 Jack Kiley Flyweight
537 Johnny Summers II Flyweight
538 Raoul DeGryse Flyweight
539 Roland LaStarza Heavyweight
540 Yoichiro Hanada Flyweight
541 Dusty Wilkerson Heavyweight
542 Ike Pratt Flyweight
543 Ron Huggett Flyweight
544 Young Yellow Flyweight
545 Albert Braedt Flyweight
546 Andre Lopez Flyweight
547 Benny Cousins Flyweight
548 Pat Sullivan Flyweight
549 Tommy Stewart Flyweight
550 Baby Gallo Flyweight
551 Dick Lewis Flyweight
552 Al Peterson Flyweight
553 Artie Samuels Flyweight
554 Black Pico Flyweight
555 Frank Appo Flyweight
556 Hiroshi Horiguchi Bantamweight
557 Jose A. Gonzalez Flyweight
558 Baby San Blas Flyweight
559 Henry Carpenter Flyweight
560 Jackie Brown II Bantamweight
561 Ken Seeley Flyweight
562 Mario Pacheco Flyweight
563 Nino Morabito Flyweight
564 Rip Bunker Flyweight
565 Spider Tymms Flyweight

 


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