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Best Pound-for-Pound Boxers of All Time (Boxing News)
This list features the best pound-for-pound boxers of all time according to Boxing News.
RANK | BOXER | WEIGHT CLASS | YEARS |
1 | Muhammad Ali | Heavyweight | 1960–1981 |
2 | Sugar Ray Robinson | Welterweight / Middleweight | 1940–1965 |
3 | Joe Louis | Heavyweight | 1934–1951 |
4 | Sugar Ray Leonard | Welterweight / Middleweight | 1977–1997 |
5 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Super Featherweight / Lightweight / Welterweight | 1996–2017 |
6 | Rocky Marciano | Heavyweight | 1947–1955 |
7 | Roberto Duran | Lightweight / Welterweight / Middleweight | 1968–2001 |
8 | Mike Tyson | Heavyweight | 1985–2005 |
9 | Larry Holmes | Heavyweight | 1973–2002 |
10 | Evander Holyfield | Cruiserweight / Heavyweight | 1984–2011 |
11 | Joe Frazier | Heavyweight | 1965–1981 |
12 | George Foreman | Heavyweight | 1969–1997 |
13 | Julio Cesar Chavez | Lightweight / Light Welterweight | 1980–2005 |
14 | Manny Pacquiao | Flyweight / Lightweight / Welterweight | 1995–2021 |
15 | Bernard Hopkins | Middleweight / Light Heavyweight | 1988–2016 |
16 | Marvin Hagler | Middleweight | 1973–1987 |
17 | Aaron Pryor | Light Welterweight | 1976–1990 |
18 | Wilfredo Gomez | Super Bantamweight / Featherweight | 1974 –1989 |
19 | Alexis Arguello | Featherweight / Lightweight | 1968–1995 |
20 | Salvador Sanchez | Featherweight | 1975–1982 |
21 | Ezzard Charles | Heavyweight | 1940–1959 |
22 | Sonny Liston | Heavyweight | 1953–1970 |
23 | Archie Moore | Light Heavyweight | 1935–1963 |
24 | James Corbett | Heavyweight | 1886–1903 |
25 | Gene Tunney | Heavyweight | 1915–1930 |
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