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Best Pound-for-Pound Boxers of All Time (BoxRec)

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

RANK	BOXER	WEIGHT CLASS	YEARS
1	Sugar Ray Robinson	Welterweight / Middleweight	1940–1965
2	Henry Armstrong	Featherweight / Lightweight / Welterweight	1931–1945
3	Harry Greb	Middleweight / Light Heavyweight	1913–1926
4	Jack Dempsey	Heavyweight	1914–1927
5	Benny Leonard	Lightweight	1911–1932
6	Joe Louis	Heavyweight	1934–1951
7	Mickey Walker	Welterweight / Middleweight	1919–1935
8	Sam Langford	Lightweight → Heavyweight	1902–1926
9	Tony Canzoneri	Featherweight / Lightweight / Welterweight	1925–1939
10	Muhammad Ali	Heavyweight	1960–1981
11	Joe Gans	Lightweight	1893–1909
12	Willie Pep	Featherweight	1940–1966
13	Jack Johnson	Heavyweight	1897–1938
14	Barney Ross	Lightweight / Welterweight	1929–1938
15	Jimmy Wilde	Flyweight	1911–1923
16	Gene Tunney	Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight	1915–1928
17	Roberto Durán	Lightweight / Welterweight / Middleweight	1968–2001
18	Johnny Dundee	Featherweight / Lightweight	1910–1932
19	Rocky Marciano	Heavyweight	1947–1955
20	Joe Walcott	Welterweight	1890–1911
21	Stanley Ketchel	Middleweight	1903–1910
22	Jimmy McLarnin	Lightweight / Welterweight	1923–1936
23	Archie Moore	Light Heavyweight	1935–1963
24	Tommy Ryan	Welterweight / Middleweight	1887–1907
25	George Dixon	Bantamweight / Featherweight	1886–1906
26	Eder Jofre	Bantamweight / Featherweight	1957–1976
27	Abe Attell	Featherweight	1900–1917
28	Jack Britton	Welterweight	1904–1930
29	Bob Fitzsimmons	Middleweight / Heavyweight	1883–1914
30	Terry McGovern	Bantamweight / Featherweight	1897–1908
31	Ezzard Charles	Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight	1940–1959
32	Packey McFarland	Lightweight / Welterweight	1904–1915
33	Ted (Kid) Lewis	Welterweight	1909–1929
34	Marcel Cerdan	Middleweight	1934–1949
35	Kid Chocolate	Featherweight / Lightweight	1927–1938
36	Pascual Perez	Flyweight	1952–1964
37	Tommy Loughran	Light Heavyweight	1919–1937
38	Jim Driscoll	Featherweight	1901–1919
39	Emile Griffith	Welterweight / Middleweight	1958–1977
40	Kid McCoy	Middleweight	1891–1916
41	Jim Corbett	Heavyweight	1886–1903
42	Billy Conn	Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight	1934–1948
43	Jake LaMotta	Middleweight	1941–1954
44	Maxie Rosenbloom	Light Heavyweight	1923–1939
45	Pancho Villa	Flyweight	1919–1925
46	José Nápoles	Welterweight	1958–1975
47	Sandy Saddler	Featherweight / Super Featherweight	1944–1956
48	Freddie Welsh	Lightweight	1905–1922
49	Joe Frazier	Heavyweight	1965–1981
50	John L. Sullivan	Heavyweight	1879–1892
51	Carlos Monzón	Middleweight	1963–1977
52	Kid Gavilán	Welterweight	1943–1958
53	Pete (Kid) Herman	Bantamweight	1912–1927
54	Tiger Flowers	Middleweight	1918–1927
55	Billy Petrolle	Lightweight	1922–1934
56	Sugar Ray Leonard	Welterweight / Middleweight	1977–1997
57	Nonpareil Jack Dempsey	Middleweight	1883–1895
58	Dick Tiger	Middleweight / Light Heavyweight	1952–1971
59	Beau Jack	Lightweight	1940–1955
60	Ike Williams	Lightweight	1938–1955
61	Panama Al Brown	Bantamweight	1922–1942
62	Larry Holmes	Heavyweight	1973–2002
63	Carmen Basilio	Welterweight / Middleweight	1948–1961
64	Charley Burley	Welterweight / Middleweight	1936–1950
65	Philadelphia Jack O’Brien	Middleweight / Light Heavyweight	1896–1912
66	Peter Jackson	Heavyweight	1884–1899
67	Jimmy Barry	Bantamweight	1891–1899
68	Carlos Zárate	Bantamweight	1970–1988
69	Georges Carpentier	Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight	1908–1926
70	Tony Zale	Middleweight	1934–1948
71	Young Griffo	Featherweight	1887–1914
72	Alexis Argüello	Featherweight / Lightweight / Super Featherweight	1968–1995
73	Max Baer	Heavyweight	1929–1941
74	Marvin Hagler	Middleweight	1973–1987
75	Battling Nelson	Lightweight	1896–1917
76	Joe Jeannette	Heavyweight	1904–1922
77	Mysterious Billy Smith	Welterweight	1891–1906
78	Wilfredo Gómez	Bantamweight / Super Bantamweight / Featherweight	1974–1989
79	Jersey Joe Walcott	Heavyweight	1930–1953
80	Rocky Graziano	Middleweight	1942–1952
81	Sonny Liston	Heavyweight	1953–1970
82	Harry Wills	Heavyweight	1911–1932
83	Ad Wolgast	Lightweight	1906–1920
84	Thomas Hearns	Welterweight / Middleweight / Light Heavyweight	1977–2006
85	Manuel Ortiz	Bantamweight	1938–1955
86	Salvador Sánchez	Featherweight	1975–1982
87	Fighting Harada	Flyweight / Bantamweight	1960–1970
88	Willie Ritchie	Lightweight	1907–1927
89	James J. Jeffries	Heavyweight	1895–1910
90	Johnny Kilbane	Featherweight	1907–1921
91	Bob Foster	Light Heavyweight	1961–1978
92	Mike Gibbons	Middleweight	1908–1922
93	Benny Lynch	Flyweight	1931–1938
94	George (Kid) Lavigne	Lightweight	1886–1903
95	Aaron Pryor	Super Lightweight	1976–1990
96	Lew Jenkins	Lightweight	1932–1955
97	Carlos Ortiz	Lightweight	1955–1972
98	Jack Delaney	Light Heavyweight	1919–1932
99	Wilfred Benítez	Light Welterweight / Welterweight / Super Welterweight	1973–1990
100	Gene Fullmer	Middleweight	1951–1963

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References

BoxRec (2025) The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time. Available at: https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/The_100_Greatest_Boxers_of_All_Time (Accessed: 1 December 2025).

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