The Top Ranked Light Heavyweight Boxers of the 1940s Help Keep the Site Ad Free By Supporting us at Patreon
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The Top Ranked Light Heavyweight Boxers of the 1940s
Notes: Fighters are listed only with the weight class they are most associated with.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Ezzard Charles | 3 |
| 2 | Archie Moore | 13 |
| 3 | Freddie Mills | 14 |
| 4 | Gus Lesnevich | 15 |
| 5 | Charley Burley | 19 |
| 6 | Anton Christoforidis | 22 |
| 7 | Lloyd Marshall | 29 |
| 8 | Joey Maxim | 33 |
| 9 | Billy Conn | 47 |
| 10 | Jack Johnson II | 70 |
| 11 | Oakland Billy Smith | 77 |
| 12 | Turkey Thompson | 81 |
| 13 | Billy Fox | 83 |
| 14 | Booker Beckwith | 99 |
| 15 | Tommy Yarosz | 110 |
| 16 | Kid Tunero | 111 |
| 17 | Harold Johnson | 112 |
| 18 | Richard Vogt | 117 |
| 19 | Bob Foxworth | 123 |
| 20 | Clinton Bacon | 124 |
| 21 | Fred Apostoli | 144 |
| 22 | Alabama Kid | 146 |
| 23 | George Hunter | 149 |
| 24 | Jack Chase | 161 |
| 25 | Jack Hyams | 164 |
| 26 | Jean Kreitz | 182 |
| 27 | Jack Coggins | 187 |
| 28 | Heinz Seidler | 191 |
| 29 | Teddy Yarosz | 203 |
| 30 | Bob Jacobs | 210 |
| 31 | Jock McAvoy | 211 |
| 32 | Jack McNamee | 227 |
| 33 | Henry Hall | 230 |
| 34 | Don Scott | 242 |
| 35 | Leonard Morrow | 254 |
| 36 | Doc Williams | 256 |
| 37 | Roy Miller | 258 |
| 38 | Mose Brown | 270 |
| 39 | Henry Chmielewski | 274 |
| 40 | Robert Villemain | 279 |
| 41 | Red Nibert | 292 |
| 42 | Amado Azar | 295 |
| 43 | Bobby Jones | 298 |
| 44 | Paco Bueno | 306 |
| 45 | Walter Woods | 314 |
| 46 | Johnny Colan | 315 |
| 47 | Bobby Zander | 320 |
| 48 | Mauro Cia | 330 |
| 49 | Adolf Heuser | 338 |
| 50 | Nate Bolden | 358 |
| 51 | Ben Valentine | 363 |
| 52 | Gentle Daniel | 374 |
| 53 | Phil Muscato | 379 |
| 54 | Bob Satterfield | 381 |
| 55 | Ossie Stewart | 390 |
| 56 | Ern Clinghan | 394 |
| 57 | Gustave Roth | 400 |
| 58 | Alan Westbury | 402 |
| 59 | Paulie Walker | 418 |
| 60 | Luis Logan | 425 |
| 61 | Anthony Jones | 436 |
| 62 | Jimmy Webb | 439 |
| 63 | Oscar Rankins | 446 |
| 64 | Joe Kahut | 449 |
| 65 | Fitzie Fitzpatrick | 450 |
| 66 | Chuck Hunter | 472 |
| 67 | Nick Barone | 475 |
| 68 | Billy Thompson | 480 |
| 69 | Bob Amos | 481 |
| 70 | Bob Murphy | 482 |
| 71 | Jackie Marr | 497 |
| 72 | Al Basten | 500 |
| 73 | Harry Matthews | 504 |
| 74 | Alex Buxton | 507 |
| 75 | Jackie Burke | 510 |
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