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The Top Ranked Boxers of All-Time from
New Jersey
Notes: Fighters
are ranked on the list of the state they were born in.
Where a fighter grew
up or went to school is not factored into
this list.
Ranking Explanation
|
Rnk |
Athlete |
Weight Class |
Rookie Yr |
Birthplace |
Overall Rank |
|
1 |
Marvin Hagler |
Middleweight |
1973 |
Newark |
10 |
|
2 |
Mickey Walker |
Middleweight |
1919 |
Elizabeth |
25 |
|
3 |
Gus Lesnevich |
Light Heavyweight |
1934 |
Cliffside Park |
174 |
|
4 |
Joe Jeannette |
Heavyweight |
1904 |
North Bergen |
265 |
|
5 |
Jersey Joe Walcott |
Heavyweight |
1930 |
Pennsauken |
276 |
|
6 |
Shakur Stevenson |
Bantamweight |
2017 |
Newark |
333 |
|
7 |
Frankie Burns |
Featherweight |
1908 |
Jersey City |
495 |
|
8 |
Bobby Czyz |
Light Heavyweight |
1980 |
Orange |
651 |
|
9 |
Johnny Saxton |
Welterweight |
1949 |
Newark |
704 |
|
10 |
Charley Weinert |
Heavyweight |
1911 |
Newark |
831 |
|
11 |
Fireman Jim Flynn |
Heavyweight |
1899 |
Hoboken |
839 |
|
12 |
Tippy Larkin |
Welterweight |
1935 |
Garfield |
955 |
|
13 |
Kendall Holt |
Welterweight |
2001 |
Paterson |
1041 |
|
14 |
Richie Kates |
Light Heavyweight |
1969 |
Bridgeton |
1165 |
|
15 |
Jeff Clark |
Light Heavyweight |
1908 |
Morrisville |
1171 |
|
16 |
Ernie Schaaf |
Heavyweight |
1927 |
Elizabeth |
1316 |
|
17 |
Rubin Carter |
Light Heavyweight |
1961 |
Clifton |
1389 |
|
18 |
Jason Sosa |
Lightweight |
2009 |
Camden |
1392 |
|
19 |
Harold Carter |
Heavyweight |
1956 |
Elizabeth |
1571 |
|
20 |
Johnny Buff |
Flyweight |
1917 |
Perth Amboy |
1649 |
|
21 |
Tony Galento |
Heavyweight |
1928 |
Orange |
1651 |
|
22 |
Young Terry |
Middleweight |
1926 |
Trenton |
1731 |
|
23 |
Leavander Johnson |
Lightweight |
1989 |
Atlantic City |
1757 |
|
24 |
George Cole |
Heavyweight |
1894 |
Bordentown |
1795 |
|
25 |
James Scott |
Light Heavyweight |
1974 |
Newark |
1811 |
|
26 |
Charles Murray |
Welterweight |
1989 |
South Orange |
1879 |
|
27 |
Alfred Cole |
Cruiserweight |
1989 |
Atlantic City |
1919 |
|
28 |
Freddie Cochrane |
Welterweight |
1933 |
Elizabeth |
1921 |
|
29 |
Johnny Curtin |
Bantamweight |
1917 |
Jersey City |
2032 |
|
30 |
Steve Hamas |
Heavyweight |
1930 |
Passaic |
2069 |
|
31 |
Jimmy Leto |
Welterweight |
1924 |
Bayonne |
2070 |
|
32 |
Frankie Toledo |
Featherweight |
1989 |
Newark |
2145 |
|
33 |
John Brown |
Lightweight |
1989 |
Atlantic City |
2146 |
|
34 |
Gilbert Baptist |
Middleweight |
1985 |
Newark |
2166 |
|
35 |
William Bo James |
Middleweight |
1986 |
Newark |
2225 |
|
36 |
Tommy Kid Murphy |
Bantamweight |
1921 |
Trenton |
2412 |
|
37 |
Willie LaMorte |
Flyweight |
1921 |
Newark |
2426 |
|
38 |
Frank Toledo |
Featherweight |
1989 |
Newark |
2479 |
|
39 |
Kid Murphy |
Flyweight |
1898 |
Trenton |
2522 |
|
40 |
Joe Shugrue |
Lightweight |
1910 |
Jersey City |
2617 |
|
41 |
Phil Kaplan |
Middleweight |
1921 |
Newark |
2630 |
|
42 |
Tommy Touhey |
Featherweight |
1915 |
Paterson |
2644 |
|
43 |
Oscar Collazo |
Strawweight |
2020 |
Newark |
2786 |
|
44 |
John Thompson |
Middleweight |
2011 |
Newark |
2918 |
|
45 |
Thomas Lamanna |
Middleweight |
2011 |
Belleville |
2928 |
|
46 |
Kevin Johnson |
Heavyweight |
2003 |
Asbury Park |
3113 |
|
47 |
Omar Sheika |
Middleweight |
1997 |
Paterson |
3253 |
|
48 |
Clarence Coleman |
Welterweight |
1985 |
Newark |
3612 |
|
49 |
Tracy Spann |
Lightweight |
1984 |
Plainfield |
3678 |
|
50 |
Georgie Navarro |
Featherweight |
1983 |
Vineland |
3690 |
|
51 |
Tony Fisher |
Middleweight |
1930 |
Newark |
3964 |
|
52 |
Al Diamond |
Middleweight |
1927 |
Paterson |
3974 |
|
53 |
George Gunther |
Welterweight |
1904 |
Newark |
4046 |
|
54 |
Buddy Farrell |
Middleweight |
1942 |
Newark |
4160 |
|
55 |
Imamu Mayfield |
Cruiserweight |
1994 |
Freehold |
4247 |
|
56 |
Mike Ballerino |
Lightweight |
1920 |
Asbury Park |
4256 |
|
57 |
Bruce Seldon |
Heavyweight |
1988 |
Atlantic City |
4306 |
|
58 |
Allie Stolz |
Lightweight |
1937 |
Hoboken |
4340 |
|
59 |
Paulie Walker |
Welterweight |
1927 |
Trenton |
4408 |
|
60 |
Stanley Poreda |
Heavyweight |
1929 |
Jersey City |
4499 |
|
61 |
Horace Leeds |
Welterweight |
1887 |
Atlantic City |
4570 |
|
62 |
Dave Deshler |
Lightweight |
1903 |
New Brunswick |
5022 |
|
63 |
Freddie Russo |
Featherweight |
1943 |
Rahway |
5036 |
|
64 |
Charley Sieger |
Lightweight |
1903 |
Hoboken |
5092 |
|
65 |
Frank DePaula |
Light Heavyweight |
1962 |
Jersey City |
5114 |
|
66 |
Johnny Howard |
Middleweight |
1912 |
Bayonne |
5295 |
|
67 |
Frankie Bove |
Bantamweight |
1938 |
Newark |
5329 |
|
68 |
Connie Schmidt |
Middleweight |
1908 |
Hoboken |
5375 |
|
69 |
Billy Marquart |
Lightweight |
1964 |
Paterson |
5410 |
|
70 |
Pat Comiskey |
Heavyweight |
1938 |
Paterson |
5561 |
|
71 |
Doc Conrad |
Middleweight |
1925 |
Newark |
5584 |
|
72 |
Young Harry Wills |
Lightweight |
1923 |
Atlantic City |
5723 |
|
73 |
Charley Strong |
Heavyweight |
1891 |
Newark |
6273 |
|
74 |
Al Ridgeway |
Featherweight |
1926 |
Union City |
6291 |
|
75 |
Ernie Durando |
Middleweight |
1943 |
Bayonne |
6387 |
|
76 |
Jimmy Burns |
Welterweight |
1924 |
Atlantic City |
6391 |
|
77 |
Raymond Ford |
Featherweight |
2019 |
Camden |
6467 |
|
78 |
Freddie Archer |
Lightweight |
1940 |
Newark |
6511 |
|
79 |
Robbie Sims |
Middleweight |
1980 |
Newark |
6546 |
|
80 |
John Ball |
Featherweight |
1894 |
Newark |
6553 |
|
81 |
Al Mancini |
Featherweight |
1937 |
Newark |
6603 |
|
82 |
Ernie Vigh |
Middleweight |
1938 |
Carteret |
6615 |
|
83 |
Paul Cavalier |
Heavyweight |
1922 |
Paterson |
6617 |
|
84 |
Harold Knight |
Lightweight |
1983 |
Plainfield |
6635 |
|
85 |
Phil Krug |
Middleweight |
1914 |
Harrison |
6654 |
|
86 |
Jack Gross |
Heavyweight |
1924 |
Salem |
6779 |
|
87 |
Jack Waldron |
Welterweight |
1896 |
Trenton |
7028 |
|
88 |
Sammy Goss |
Featherweight |
1969 |
Trenton |
7045 |
|
89 |
Tony Thornton |
Middleweight |
1983 |
Glassboro |
7074 |
|
90 |
Tommy Valoy |
Featherweight |
1982 |
West New York |
7116 |
|
91 |
Johnny Oakey |
Middleweight |
1925 |
Trenton |
7147 |
|
92 |
Joe Banovic |
Light Heavyweight |
1925 |
Perth Amboy |
7159 |
|
93 |
Johnny Waltz |
Welterweight |
1909 |
Jersey City |
7198 |
|
94 |
Johnny Brennan |
Flyweight |
1923 |
Trenton |
7254 |
|
95 |
Jack Smith |
Featherweight |
1898 |
Trenton |
7286 |
|
96 |
Glenwood Brown |
Welterweight |
1986 |
Plainfield |
7336 |
|
97 |
Joey Eulo |
Bantamweight |
1924 |
Lyndhurst |
7350 |
|
98 |
Archie Devino |
Featherweight |
1944 |
Newark |
7411 |
|
99 |
Joey Costa |
Lightweight |
1927 |
Jersey City |
7416 |
|
100 |
Patsy Corrigan |
Bantamweight |
1896 |
Trenton |
7483 |
|
101 |
Frankie Blair |
Middleweight |
1933 |
Camden |
7602 |
|
102 |
Gerald Hayes |
Featherweight |
1975 |
Newark |
7668 |
|
103 |
Terrence Cauthen |
Lightweight |
1996 |
Trenton |
7695 |
|
104 |
Howard Smith |
Light Heavyweight |
1904 |
Elizabeth |
7759 |
|
105 |
Joey Ross |
Flyweight |
1924 |
Hackensack |
7828 |
|
106 |
Ray Neuman |
Heavyweight |
1922 |
Jersey City |
8096 |
|
107 |
Harold Richardson |
Middleweight |
1959 |
Newark |
8210 |
|
108 |
Mickey Delmont |
Flyweight |
1916 |
Newark |
8212 |
|
109 |
Brian Barbosa |
Middleweight |
1991 |
Passaic |
8233 |
|
110 |
Bryant Brannon |
Middleweight |
1992 |
Trenton |
8274 |
|
111 |
Maurice Harris |
Heavyweight |
1992 |
Newark |
8669 |
|
112 |
Khalid Jones |
Light Heavyweight |
1994 |
Paterson |
8908 |
|
113 |
Prince Badi Ajamu |
Light Heavyweight |
2001 |
Camden |
8934 |
|
114 |
Mario Maldonado |
Middleweight |
1979 |
Vineland |
9002 |
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