Ranker, alongside its readers, have developed the ultimate list of the best heavyweight boxers of all-time.
Today, we are going to list the top 50 as ranked on February 16, 2020.
A number of traditional, house-hold names fill the top spots, but spots 30 to 50 are occupied by some more contemporary, current fighters.
Britain is represented within the list with the likes of Bob Fitzsimmons, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua all making the top 50.
So without further ado, here’s the top 50 of all-time.
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50-31
50: Andy Ruiz
49: Ray Mercer
48: Frank Bruno
47: Jack Sharkey
46: Paddy Ryan
45: David Tua
44: Ron Lyle
43: Gerry Cooney
42: Michael Spinks
41: Roy Jones Jr
40: Jerry Quarry
39: George Chuvalo
38: Henry Cooper
37: Harry Wills
36: Tommy Morrison
35: Ingemar Johansson
34: Jess Willard
33: Anthony Joshua
32: Deontay Wilder
31: Tyson Fury
50-31 Summary
Surprisingly, Anthony Joshua drops out of the top-30 into the upper parts of this category.
Often regarded as one of Britain’s greatest-ever boxers, he fails to take a top-30 spot due to the vast superiority of America in the sport.
Joining Joshua in the top section here are Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, but it's Fury that comes in higher than his fierce rivals.
30-11
30: Riddick Bowe
29: Sam Langford
28: Earnie Shavers
27: Bob Fitzsimmons
26: James J. Corbett
25: Jim Braddock
24: James J. Jeffries
23: Floyd Patterson
22: Ken Norton
21: Archie Moore
20: Vitali Klitschko
19: Ezzard Charles
18: Max Baer
17: Jersey Joe Walcott
16: Max Schmeling
15: Wladimir Klitschko
14: Sonny Liston
13: Jack Johnson
12: Evander Holyfield
11: John L. Sullivan
30-11 Summary
As we creep closer to the top-10, this section offers a few more recognisable names.
The inclusion of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are stand-out names, while Bob Fitzsimmons is one of the higher-ranked Britons making the list.
10-1
10: Gene Tunney
9: Lennox Lewis
8: Larry Holmes
7: Joe Frazier
6: Mike Tyson
5: George Foreman
4: Jack Dempsey
3: Joe Louis
2: Rocky Marciano
1: Muhammad Ali
The top-10 boxers of all-time, according to Ranker, is packed full of blockbuster names.
It would have been nearly impossible to look past Ali as the number one boxer of all-time.
The latter provided fierce competition, but Ali’s reign at the top of the sport outlasted his rivals with huge magnitude.
Mike Tyson (6) and Lennox Lewis (9) make it into the top-10, having had one huge meeting in the ring, but it would be nigh impossible to take the crown from Ali.