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Best Pound-for-Pound Boxers of All Time (Bleacher Report)

This list features the best pound-for-pound boxers of all time according to Bleacher Report.

RANK	BOXER	WEIGHT CLASS	YEARS
1	Sugar Ray Robinson	Welterweight / Middleweight	1940–1965
2	Henry Armstrong	Featherweight / Lightweight / Welterweight	1931–1945
3	Willie Pep	Featherweight	1940–1966
4	Joe Louis	Heavyweight	1934–1951
5	Muhammad Ali	Heavyweight	1960–1981
6	Benny Leonard	Lightweight	1911–1932
7	Roberto Duran	Lightweight / Welterweight / Middleweight	1968–2001
8	Jack Dempsey	Heavyweight	1914–1927
9	Jack Johnson	Heavyweight	1897–1938
10	Sam Langford	Middleweight / Heavyweight	1902–1926
11	Harry Greb	Middleweight	1913–1926
12	Joe Gans	Lightweight	1893–1909
13	Gene Tunney	Heavyweight	1915–1930
14	Rocky Marciano	Heavyweight	1947–1955
15	Sugar Ray Leonard	Welterweight / Middleweight	1977–1997
16	Julio Cesar Chavez	Lightweight / Light Welterweight	1980–2005
17	Mickey Walker	Welterweight / Middleweight	1919–1935
18	Archie Moore	Light Heavyweight	1935–1963
19	Billy Wilde	Flyweight	1911–1923
20	Stanley Ketchel	Middleweight	1903–1910
21	Tony Canzoneri	Lightweight / Welterweight	1925–1939
22	Barney Ross	Lightweight / Welterweight	1929–1938
23	Ezzard Charles	Heavyweight	1940–1959
24	George Foreman	Heavyweight	1969–1997
25	Marvin Hagler	Middleweight	1973–1987
26	Marcel Cerdan	Middleweight	1934–1949
27	Manny Pacquiao	Flyweight / Lightweight / Welterweight	1995–2021
28	Jose Napoles	Welterweight	1958–1976
29	Emile Griffith	Welterweight / Middleweight	1958–1977
30	Eder Jofre	Bantamweight / Featherweight	1957–1976
31	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	Super Featherweight / Lightweight / Welterweight	1996–2017
32	Jimmy McLarnin	Welterweight	1923–1936
33	Sandy Saddler	Featherweight	1944–1956
34	Ruben Olivares	Bantamweight / Featherweight	1965–1988
35	Terry McGovern	Bantamweight / Featherweight	1897–1908
36	Jake LaMotta	Middleweight	1941–1954
37	Carlos Monzon	Middleweight	1963–1977
38	Evander Holyfield	Cruiserweight / Heavyweight	1984–2011
39	Joe Frazier	Heavyweight	1965–1981
40	Roy Jones Jr.	Middleweight / Light Heavyweight	1989–2018
41	Pernell Whitaker	Lightweight / Welterweight	1984–2001
42	Kid Chocolate	Featherweight / Lightweight	1927–1938
43	Ted Lewis	Welterweight	1909–1929
44	Thomas Hearns	Welterweight / Light Middleweight	1977–2006
45	Alexis Arguello	Featherweight / Lightweight	1968–1995
46	Bernard Hopkins	Middleweight / Light Heavyweight	1988–2016
47	Larry Holmes	Heavyweight	1973–2002
48	Billy Conn	Light Heavyweight	1934–1948
49	Ike Williams	Lightweight	1940–1955
50	Salvador Sanchez	Featherweight	1975–1982
51	Pascual Perez	Flyweight	1952–1964
52	Dick Tiger	Middleweight / Light Heavyweight	1952–1971
53	Oscar De La Hoya	Lightweight / Welterweight	1992–2008
54	Kid Gavilan	Welterweight	1943–1958
55	Carmen Basilio	Welterweight / Middleweight	1948–1961
56	Charley Burley	Welterweight / Middleweight	1936–1950
57	Tommy Loughran	Light Heavyweight	1919–1937
58	Tiger Flowers	Middleweight	1918–1927
59	Aaron Pryor	Light Welterweight	1976–1990
60	Beau Jack	Lightweight	1940–1955
61	Mike Tyson	Heavyweight	1985–2005
62	Panama Al Brown	Bantamweight	1922–1942
63	Johnny Dundee	Featherweight / Lightweight	1910–1932
64	Abe Attell	Featherweight	1900–1917
65	Lennox Lewis	Heavyweight	1989–2003
66	Pancho Villa	Flyweight	1919–1925
67	Fighting Harada	Flyweight / Bantamweight	1960–1970
68	James J. Corbett	Heavyweight	1886–1903
69	Bob Foster	Light Heavyweight	1961–1978
70	Barbados Joe Walcott	Welterweight	1890–1911
71	Wilfredo Gomez	Super Bantamweight / Featherweight	1974–1989
72	Wilfred Benitez	Light Welterweight / Welterweight	1973–1990
73	Carlos Zarate	Bantamweight	1970–1988
74	Sonny Liston	Heavyweight	1953–1970
75	Manuel Ortiz	Bantamweight	1938–1955
76	Carlos Ortiz	Lightweight	1955–1972
77	Ricardo Lopez	Minimumweight	1985–2001
78	Tony Zale	Middleweight	1934–1948
79	Bob Fitzsimmons	Middleweight / Heavyweight	1885–1914
80	George Dixon	Bantamweight / Featherweight	1886–1906
81	Khaosai Galaxy	Super Flyweight	1980–1991
82	Michael Spinks	Light Heavyweight	1977–1988
83	Mike McCallum	Light Middleweight / Middleweight	1981–1997
84	Charles Kid McCoy	Middleweight	1891–1916
85	Joe Brown	Lightweight	1943–1970
86	Jack Dempsey	Heavyweight	1914–1927
87	Felix Trinidad	Welterweight / Light Middleweight	1990–2008
88	Marco Antonio Barrera	Super Bantamweight / Featherweight	1989–2011
89	Azumah Nelson	Featherweight / Super Featherweight	1979–1998
90	Erik Morales	Super Bantamweight / Featherweight	1993–2012
91	Joe Calzaghe	Super Middleweight	1993–2008
92	Floyd Patterson	Heavyweight	1952–1972
93	Bob Montgomery	Lightweight	1938–1950
94	Michael Carbajal	Light Flyweight	1989–1999
95	Max Schmeling	Heavyweight	1924–1948
96	Humberto Gonzalez	Light Flyweight	1984–1995
97	Lew Jenkins	Lightweight	1936–1955
98	Miguel Canto	Flyweight	1969–1982
99	Nicolino Locche	Light Welterweight	1958–1976
100	Shane Mosley	Lightweight / Welterweight	1993–2016

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References

Bleacher Report (2020). The 100 greatest pound-for-pound boxers of all time. Available at: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/557861-the-100-greatest-pound-for-pound-boxers-of-all-time (Accessed 1 December 2025).

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