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The Top Ranked Boxers of the 1950s

 

Notes: Ranking Explanations

 

Rnk Athlete Weight Class
1 Rocky Marciano Heavyweight
2 Archie Moore Light Heavyweight
3 Sugar Ray Robinson Middleweight
4 Pascual Perez Flyweight
5 Jimmy Carruthers Bantamweight
6 Floyd Patterson Heavyweight
7 Carmen Basilio Welterweight
8 Joey Maxim Light Heavyweight
9 Jean Sneyers Flyweight
10 Mario D'Agata Bantamweight
11 Vic Toweel Bantamweight
12 Bobo Olson Middleweight
13 Yoshio Shirai Flyweight
14 Kid Bassey Featherweight
15 Harold Johnson Light Heavyweight
16 Robert Cohen Bantamweight
17 Gene Fullmer Middleweight
18 Peter Keenan Bantamweight
19 Joe Brown Lightweight
20 Bud Smith Lightweight
21 Percy Bassett Featherweight
22 Kid Gavilan Middleweight
23 Sandy Saddler Featherweight
24 Charles Humez Middleweight
25 Ray Famechon Featherweight
26 Ingemar Johansson Heavyweight
27 Ezzard Charles Heavyweight
28 Yolande Pompey Light Heavyweight
29 Davey Moore Featherweight
30 Randy Turpin Middleweight
31 Duilio Loi Featherweight
32 Jersey Joe Walcott Heavyweight
33 Vince Martinez Lightweight
34 Jimmy Carter Lightweight
35 Kenny Lane Lightweight
36 Leo Espinosa Flyweight
37 Spider Webb Middleweight
38 Freddie Dawson Lightweight
39 Terry Allen Flyweight
40 Raton Macias Bantamweight
41 Nino Valdes Heavyweight
42 Alphonse Halimi Bantamweight
43 Sergio Caprari Featherweight
44 Johnny Saxton Welterweight
45 Joey Giardello Middleweight
46 Del Flanagan Welterweight
47 Tony DeMarco Welterweight
48 Virgil Akins Welterweight
49 Eddie Machen Heavyweight
50 Oakland Billy Smith Light Heavyweight
51 Johnny Bratton Welterweight
52 Roy Ankrah Featherweight
53 Dado Marino Flyweight
54 Art Aragon Lightweight
55 Gustav Scholz Middleweight
56 Jose Becerra Bantamweight
57 Carlos Ortiz Welterweight
58 Dai Dower Flyweight
59 Don Jordan Welterweight
60 Gerhard Hecht Light Heavyweight
61 Eric Marsden Flyweight
62 Bob Baker Heavyweight
63 Gil Turner Welterweight
64 Clarence Henry Heavyweight
65 Young Martin Flyweight
66 Ramon Arias Flyweight
67 Cherif Hamia Featherweight
68 Tony Anthony Light Heavyweight
69 Ronnie Delaney Middleweight
70 Paddy DeMarco Lightweight
71 Willie Toweel Lightweight
72 Johnny Gonsalves Lightweight
73 Harold Carter Heavyweight
74 Ralph Dupas Lightweight
75 Maurice Sandeyron Bantamweight
76 Rocky Castellani Middleweight
77 Joey Giambra Middleweight
78 Cisco Andrade Featherweight
79 Bobby Dawson Light Heavyweight
80 Jake Tuli Flyweight
81 George Araujo Lightweight
82 Paul Jorgensen Featherweight
83 Yvon Durelle Light Heavyweight
84 Isaac Logart Welterweight
85 Bob Satterfield Heavyweight
86 Willie Pep Featherweight
87 Teddy Gardner Flyweight
88 Willie Pastrano Light Heavyweight
89 Erich Schoppner Light Heavyweight
90 Willi Hoepner Light Heavyweight
91 Don Cockell Heavyweight
92 Toluco Lopez Bantamweight
93 Orlando Zulueta Lightweight
94 Johnny Halafihi Light Heavyweight
95 Bobby Boyd Light Heavyweight
96 Teddy Davis Featherweight
97 Louis Skena Flyweight
98 Piero Rollo Bantamweight
99 Tanny Campo Flyweight
100 Holly Mims Middleweight
101 Chuck Spieser Light Heavyweight
102 Laszlo Papp Middleweight
103 Maurice Harper Welterweight
104 Billy Graham Welterweight
105 Chamroen Songkitrat Bantamweight
106 Mike Holt Light Heavyweight
107 Rex Layne Heavyweight
108 Ramon Fuentes Welterweight
109 Dave Sands Light Heavyweight
110 Freddie Gilroy Bantamweight
111 Ray Barnes Middleweight
112 Gracieux Lamperti Featherweight
113 Frankie Ryff Lightweight
114 Hans Stretz Light Heavyweight
115 Nick Barone Light Heavyweight
116 Emile Chemama Bantamweight
117 Tiberio Mitri Middleweight
118 Dick White Bantamweight
119 Paolo Rosi Lightweight
120 Luis Romero Flyweight
121 Carmelo Costa Featherweight
122 Harry Matthews Light Heavyweight
123 Fred Galiana Featherweight
124 Hilaire Pratesi Bantamweight
125 Jake LaMotta Middleweight
126 Jimmy Slade Light Heavyweight
127 Joe Louis Heavyweight
128 George Costner Welterweight
129 Henry Hank Light Heavyweight
130 George Barnes Welterweight
131 Hiram Bacallao Flyweight
132 Lulu Perez Featherweight
133 Artie Towne Middleweight
134 Pone Kingpetch Flyweight
135 Rory Calhoun Middleweight
136 Lee Oma Heavyweight
137 Lauro Salas Featherweight
138 Heinz Neuhaus Heavyweight
139 Ike Williams Welterweight
140 Bob Murphy Light Heavyweight
141 Ciro Morasen Featherweight
142 Zora Folley Heavyweight
143 Edel Ojeda Bantamweight
144 Harry Ramsden Bantamweight
145 Harold Gomes Lightweight
146 Pentti Hamalainen Bantamweight
147 Aureliano Bolognesi Lightweight
148 Charles Adkins Welterweight
149 Dick McTaggart Lightweight
150 Ed Sanders Heavyweight
151 Freddie Beshore Heavyweight
152 Gennadiy Shatkov Middleweight
153 James Boyd Light Heavyweight
154 Jan Zachara Featherweight
155 Nate Brooks Flyweight
156 Nicolae Linca Welterweight
157 Norvel Lee Light Heavyweight
158 Pete Rademacher Heavyweight
159 Terry Spinks Flyweight
160 Vladimir Safronov Featherweight
161 Vladimir Yengibaryan Welterweight
162 Wolfgang Behrendt Bantamweight
163 Zygmunt Chychla Welterweight
164 Bobby Scrivano Bantamweight
165 Gene Smith Featherweight
166 Ramon Calatayud Flyweight
167 Henry Cooper II Heavyweight
168 Spider Kelly Featherweight
169 Larry Boardman Lightweight
170 Mario de Leon Flyweight
171 Oscar Suarez Flyweight
172 Tommy Proffitt Bantamweight
173 Dave Charnley Lightweight
174 John Kelly Bantamweight
175 Bobby Jones Welterweight
176 Roland LaStarza Heavyweight
177 Charley Riley Featherweight
178 Sylvester Perkins Light Heavyweight
179 Sadao Yaoita Flyweight
180 Glen Flanagan Featherweight
181 Tommy Collins Lightweight
182 Bobby Dykes Welterweight
183 Arthur King Lightweight
184 Bobby Sinn Bantamweight
185 Luis Federico Thompson Welterweight
186 Roy Hernandez Flyweight
187 Sonny Leon Featherweight
188 Dommy Ursua Bantamweight
189 Giancarlo Garbelli Welterweight
190 Tirso del Rosario Bantamweight
191 Billy Peacock Bantamweight
192 Joe Lucy Lightweight
193 Joe Cairney Flyweight
194 Alex Buxton Light Heavyweight
195 Corky Gonzales Featherweight
196 Eduardo Lausse Middleweight
197 Kevin James Bantamweight
198 Danny Kid Flyweight
199 Rudell Stitch Welterweight
200 Luis Galvani Featherweight
201 Charley Salas Welterweight
202 Karel Sys Heavyweight
203 Joe Miceli Welterweight
204 Percy Lewis Featherweight
205 Jimmy Elliott Middleweight
206 Ray Ruiz Flyweight
207 Saul Becerril Flyweight
208 Pierre Langlois Middleweight
209 Jose Medel Bantamweight
210 Baby Neff Ortiz Featherweight
211 Rudy Garcia Featherweight
212 Baby Vasquez Lightweight
213 Sammy Bonnici Featherweight
214 Dave Gallardo Featherweight
215 Gene Armstrong Middleweight
216 Eugene Lecozanet Bantamweight
217 Pat McAteer Light Heavyweight
218 Gene Hairston Middleweight
219 Frank Johnson Lightweight
220 Julian Keene Light Heavyweight
221 Luis Manuel Rodriguez Welterweight
222 Eddie Chavez Lightweight
223 Freddie Mills Light Heavyweight
224 Jean Pierre Cossemyns Featherweight
225 Johnny Busso Lightweight
226 Jackie Burke Flyweight
227 Gordon Wallace Light Heavyweight
228 Willie Troy Middleweight
229 Roy Harris Heavyweight
230 Aleksy Antkiewicz Lightweight
231 Antonio Pacenza Light Heavyweight
232 Dennis Adams Flyweight
233 Edgar Basel Flyweight
234 Franco Nenci Welterweight
235 Frederick Tiedt Welterweight
236 Gheorghe Negrea Light Heavyweight
237 Harry Kurschat Lightweight
238 John McNally Bantamweight
239 Jose Torres Middleweight
240 Lev Mukhin Heavyweight
241 Mircea Dobrescu Flyweight
242 Ramon Tapia Middleweight
243 Sergei Scherbakov Welterweight
244 Soon-Chun Song Bantamweight
245 Theunis van Schalkwyk Middleweight
246 Thomas Nicholls Featherweight
247 Vasile Tita Middleweight
248 Viktor Mednov Welterweight
249 Robert Villemain Welterweight
250 Gaspar Ortega Welterweight
251 Johnny van Rensburg Welterweight
252 Ike Chestnut Featherweight
253 Seraphin Ferrer Lightweight
254 Dick Tiger Light Heavyweight
255 Rocky Graziano Middleweight
256 Kid Riviera Heavyweight
257 Rene Libeer Flyweight
258 Lee Savold Heavyweight
259 Al Phillips Featherweight
260 Billy Rafferty Bantamweight
261 Miguel Berrios Featherweight
262 Johnny Jarrett Bantamweight
263 Bobby Neill Featherweight
264 Jackie Fairclough Bantamweight
265 Risto Luukkonen Flyweight
266 Laurent Dauthuille Middleweight
267 Charley Joseph Middleweight
268 Earl Walls Heavyweight
269 John L. Davis Lightweight
270 George Bracken Lightweight
271 Fili Nava Bantamweight
272 Shigeji Kaneko Featherweight
273 Memo Diez Flyweight
274 Frankie Williams Bantamweight
275 Mohammed Chickaoui Featherweight
276 Bunty Doran Bantamweight
277 Johnny Butterworth Bantamweight
278 Bruno Visintin Welterweight
279 Dogomar Martinez Light Heavyweight
280 Mario Trigo Lightweight
281 Trevor King Featherweight
282 Martin Rodriguez Featherweight
283 Black Pico Flyweight
284 Sonny Liston Heavyweight
285 Alfredo Urbina Lightweight
286 Eddie O'Connor Flyweight
287 Larry Pineda Flyweight
288 Paul Andrews Heavyweight
289 Neal Rivers Middleweight
290 Arthur Persley Lightweight
291 Andre Valignat Bantamweight
292 Luther Rawlings Welterweight
293 Al Asuncion Bantamweight
294 Billy Hunter Heavyweight
295 Boswell St. Louis Welterweight
296 Ludwig Lightburn Lightweight
297 Ron Johnson Bantamweight
298 Joe Erskine Heavyweight
299 Charlie Sawyer Welterweight
300 Franz Szuzina Welterweight
301 Ignacio Pina Bantamweight
302 Jimmy King Welterweight
303 Ricardo Moreno Featherweight
304 Frankie Fernandez Welterweight
305 Mario Vecchiatto Lightweight
306 Norman Tennant Flyweight
307 Frankie Jones Flyweight
308 Jimmy Quinn Flyweight
309 Abdelkader Azzouz Bantamweight
310 Alex Ambrose Flyweight
311 Chuck Davey Welterweight
312 Henry Davis Lightweight
313 Joseph Janssens Featherweight
314 Jimmy Pearce Bantamweight
315 Peter Waterman Welterweight
316 Frank Flannery Lightweight
317 Henry Hall Light Heavyweight
318 Robert Tartari Bantamweight
319 Hadi Tijani Bantamweight
320 Nazzareno Giannelli Flyweight
321 Danny Nardico Light Heavyweight
322 Ernesto Formenti Featherweight
323 Johnny Williams Heavyweight
324 Joey Lopes Lightweight
325 John Holman Heavyweight
326 Ralph Jones Middleweight
327 Aristide Pozzali Flyweight
328 Garnet Hart Welterweight
329 Boots Monroe Bantamweight
330 Mike DeJohn Heavyweight
331 Jackie Graves Featherweight
332 Mauro Vazquez Lightweight
333 Taffy Hancock Flyweight
334 Freddie King Featherweight
335 Len Matthews Lightweight
336 Martin Hansen Light Heavyweight
337 Clinton Bacon Light Heavyweight
338 Herman Marques Bantamweight
339 Lou Joseph Welterweight
340 Eduardo Guerrero Bantamweight
341 Brian London Heavyweight
342 Rudy Cruz Lightweight
343 Anatoli Bulakov Flyweight
344 Anatoly Lagetko Lightweight
345 Anatoly Perov Light Heavyweight
346 Andries Nieman Heavyweight
347 Anthony Byrne Lightweight
348 Boris Nikolov Middleweight
349 Boris Tishin Middleweight
350 Carlos Lucas Light Heavyweight
351 Claudio Barrientos Bantamweight
352 Constantin Dumitrescu Welterweight
353 Dan Bucceroni Heavyweight
354 Daniel Bekker Heavyweight
355 Eladio Herrera Middleweight
356 Erkki Mallenius Welterweight
357 Erkki Pakkanen Lightweight
358 Frederick Gilroy Bantamweight
359 Gennady Garbuzov Bantamweight
360 Gheorghe Fiat Lightweight
361 Gilbert Chapron Middleweight
362 Gunther Heidemann Welterweight
363 Harry Siljander Light Heavyweight
364 Henry Loubscher Welterweight
365 Henryk Niedzwiedzki Featherweight
366 Ilkka Koski Heavyweight
367 John Caldwell Flyweight
368 John McCormack Middleweight
369 Joon-Ho Kang Bantamweight
370 Joseph Ventaja Featherweight
371 Kevin Hogarth Welterweight
372 Leonard Leisching Featherweight
373 Nicholas Gargano Welterweight
374 Romualdas Murauskas Light Heavyweight
375 Stig Sjolin Middleweight
376 Victor Jorgensen Welterweight
377 Victor Zalazar Middleweight
378 Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Middleweight
379 Walter Cartier Middleweight
380 Elley Bennett Featherweight
381 Ross Padilla Bantamweight
382 Eddie Carson Bantamweight
383 Eloy Sanchez Bantamweight
384 Jimmy Beecham Welterweight
385 Agustin Argote Lightweight
386 Eusebio Hernandez Middleweight
387 Tommy Bailey Featherweight
388 Ernie Durando Middleweight
389 Jackie Brown III Flyweight
390 Mickey Tollis Welterweight
391 Willie Morton Welterweight
392 Vic Herman Flyweight
393 Cecil Schoonmaker Bantamweight
394 Pancho Bhattachaji Flyweight
395 Alby Tissong Featherweight
396 Chico Varona Welterweight
397 John Smillie Bantamweight
398 Ray Nobile Featherweight
399 Tommy Harrison Light Heavyweight
400 Giacomo Bozzano Heavyweight
401 Benny Paret Welterweight
402 Young Regan Bantamweight
403 Larry Watson Light Heavyweight
404 Jose Basora Light Heavyweight
405 Nello Barbadoro Featherweight
406 Colion Chaney Heavyweight
407 Clarence Hinnant Light Heavyweight
408 Gianni Zuddas Bantamweight
409 Ernesto Miranda Bantamweight
410 Charley Burley Middleweight
411 Frank Bennett Flyweight
412 Robert Pollazon Flyweight
413 Chic Calderwood Light Heavyweight
414 Sammy McCarthy Lightweight
415 Alvaro Cerasani Featherweight
416 Dwight Hawkins Bantamweight
417 Guy Gracia Lightweight
418 Jimmy Thomson Flyweight
419 Masaji Iwamoto Flyweight
420 George Sherman Middleweight
421 Chai Sitphol Flyweight
422 Altidoro Polidori Featherweight
423 Mustard Coleman Featherweight
424 Ernesto Figueroa Featherweight
425 Dante Bini Flyweight
426 Juan Cardenas Bantamweight
427 Sergio Milan Featherweight
428 Derry Treanor Bantamweight
429 Billy Gilliam Heavyweight
430 Charley Scott Welterweight
431 Gaetano Annaloro Bantamweight
432 Jesse Flores Lightweight
433 Juan Diaz Jr. Flyweight
434 Denny Moyer Welterweight
435 Kunoi Vithichai Flyweight
436 George Benton Welterweight
437 Eder Jofre Featherweight
438 Tommy Campbell Lightweight
439 Rafiu King Lightweight
440 Battling Siki Light Heavyweight
441 Elijah Mokone Featherweight
442 Kev Hampton Flyweight
443 Pappy Gault Bantamweight
444 Santiago Martinez Featherweight
445 Ron Barton Light Heavyweight
446 Rudi Langer Featherweight
447 Tommy Miller Bantamweight
448 Jack Gardner Heavyweight
449 Arthur Howard Light Heavyweight
450 Battling Torres Welterweight
451 Victor Manuel Quijano Featherweight
452 Orlando Reyes Bantamweight
453 Bert Lytell Light Heavyweight
454 Billy Lynch Welterweight
455 Bobby Scanlon Lightweight
456 Alessandro D'Ottavio Light Heavyweight
457 Elkins Brothers Heavyweight
458 Pat McMurtry Heavyweight
459 Billy Todd Welterweight
460 Louis Cabo Featherweight
461 Sugar Ramos Featherweight
462 Hans Kalbfell Heavyweight
463 James J. Parker Heavyweight
464 Johnny Gleeson Bantamweight
465 Lester Felton Middleweight
466 Charlie Hill Featherweight
467 Pat Ford Lightweight
468 Lahouari Godih Lightweight
469 Clive Stewart Middleweight
470 Tuna Scanlan Middleweight
471 Jackie Briers Flyweight
472 Speedy Akira Flyweight
473 Arthur Donnachie Featherweight
474 Carmine Fiore Welterweight
475 Damaso Collazo Welterweight
476 Eddie Smith Light Heavyweight
477 Johnny Morrisey Bantamweight
478 Bobby Bell Featherweight
479 Federico Plummer Lightweight
480 Al Bourke Middleweight
481 Manolo Garcia Featherweight
482 Yama Bahama Middleweight
483 Eddie Cotton Light Heavyweight
484 Auguste Caulet Lightweight
485 Charley Fusari Welterweight
486 Edwin Sykes Bantamweight
487 Jose Luis Cotero Featherweight
488 Charles Colin Light Heavyweight
489 Terry Downes Middleweight
490 Joe Rindone Middleweight
491 Wayne Bethea Heavyweight
492 Archie Devino Featherweight
493 Gerald Dreyer Welterweight
494 German Ohm Gomez Bantamweight
495 Samart Sorndaeng Middleweight
496 Hitoshi Misako Flyweight
497 Omelio Agramonte Heavyweight
498 Santo Amonti Light Heavyweight
499 Jeff Oscroft Flyweight
500 Jesse Mongia Bantamweight
501 Phil Edwards Light Heavyweight
502 Bobby Rosado Welterweight
503 Georgie Johnson Welterweight
504 Jack Whittaker Light Heavyweight
505 Luis Ignacio Light Heavyweight
506 Roberto Proietti Lightweight
507 Carlos Miranda Flyweight
508 Tombstone Smith Welterweight
509 Willie Vaughn Middleweight
510 Kid Anahuac Featherweight
511 Sugar Boy Nando Light Heavyweight
512 Hein Ten Hoff Heavyweight
513 Joe Bygraves Heavyweight
514 Pat Comiskey Heavyweight
515 Andre Drille Middleweight
516 Len Dittmar Middleweight
517 Florentino Fernandez Welterweight
518 Guy Schatt Flyweight
519 Jimmy Martinez Middleweight
520 Paul Armstead Lightweight
521 Albert Finch Light Heavyweight
522 Coley Wallace Heavyweight
523 Puppy Garcia Lightweight
524 Richie Howard Welterweight
525 Emilio Marconi Welterweight
526 Jesse Bowdry Light Heavyweight
527 Wally Thom Welterweight
528 George Walker Light Heavyweight
529 Javier Gutierrez Featherweight
530 Umberto Vernaglione Welterweight
531 Christian Christensen Welterweight
532 Flash Elorde Lightweight
533 Stumpy Butwell Flyweight
534 Joe Blackwood Light Heavyweight
535 Mick Leahy Middleweight
536 Russell Sands Lightweight
537 Willi Besmanoff Heavyweight
538 Al Andrews Welterweight
539 Dale Hall Heavyweight
540 Dick Currie Flyweight
541 George Dunn Lightweight
542 Philip Lekwete Bantamweight
543 Archie McBride Heavyweight
544 Jose Hernandez Manrique Featherweight
545 Letterio Petilli Bantamweight
546 Young Jack Johnson Heavyweight
547 Clarence Cook Middleweight
548 Franco Cavicchi Heavyweight
549 Jimmy Carson Bantamweight
550 Vicente Rivas Lightweight
551 Wes Bascom Heavyweight
552 Conny Rux Light Heavyweight
553 Jackie Blair Lightweight
554 Johnny Caldwell Flyweight
555 Juan Ibares Bantamweight
556 Teddy Rainbow Flyweight
557 Tommy McGovern Lightweight
558 Babe Echevarria Lightweight
559 Gene Jones Heavyweight
560 Harold Jones Lightweight
561 Johnny Barclay Bantamweight
562 Leonard Morrow Heavyweight
563 Kiyoshi Miura Bantamweight
564 George Chuvalo Heavyweight
565 Joe Murphy Flyweight
566 John Mthimkulu Flyweight
567 Willie Brown Flyweight
568 Atsuto Fukumoto Flyweight
569 Baby Johnson Flyweight
570 George McDade Flyweight
571 Manuel Armenteros Bantamweight
572 Mickey Roche Flyweight
573 Andre Gasperini Flyweight
574 Clive Lewis Flyweight
575 Cunning Andy Flyweight
576 Federico Scarponi Bantamweight
577 Giuseppe D'Augusta Flyweight
578 Henry Carpenter Flyweight
579 Jupiter Mansilla Flyweight
580 Luis Felipe Fuentes Flyweight
581 Sammy Serrano Flyweight
582 Amado Mir Flyweight
583 Christian Marchand Flyweight
584 German Pardo Flyweight
585 Jackie Butler Flyweight
586 Jimmy Matthews Flyweight
587 Malcolm McLeod Flyweight
588 Sophonia Mokololo Flyweight

 


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