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Boxing is one of the most popular compact sports in the world. Throughout the years, there have been players who have ruled in the world of boxing and are known for their skills and determination in the ring. They have established themselves as one of the best boxers of all time with their bravery and courage.
If you are hardcore boxing fan, you might know the names of the number of boxers who were the best at their time. In the following listicle, we will discuss the top 35 Best boxers of all time.
Top 35 Best Boxers of All Time
1. Canelo Álvarez
Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán aka Canelo Álvarez is Mexican professional boxer. Coming from one of the most boxing-crazed nations in the world, Alvarez has won multiple championships in his boxing career in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight. The 35-year-old has won the titles of World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring magazine titles since 2020. In September 2023, Alvarez, was named the second best active boxer in pound for pound, by BoxRec. The master counter puncher currently holds a professional record of 58-2-2 with 39 knockouts.
2. Naoya Inoue
Naoya Inoue is a professional boxer from Japan and another pick in the list of the top 35 Best Boxers of all time. The 30-year-old is called by the title of ‘The Monster’ by the fans for his timing, speed, punching power, and body-punching ability inside the ring. He is the champion of the 2010 Asian Youth Championships in Tehran, and also held the title of WBA (Super), IBF, and Ring magazine from 2019 to 2023. With 24 straight wins in 21 knockout matches, Inoue has already established himself as one of the greatest boxers in the world and expected to achieve more milestones in his career.
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3. Terence Crawford
Terence Allan Crawford is an American professional boxer who is world champion in three weight classes from lightweight to welterweight. With his switch-hitting maestro, Crawford has an ability to fight in different variety of styles. He has been unbeaten in his career so far with 40 straight wins including in the knockouts. Coming from a country which has produced some of the greatest boxers in the world including Mike Tyson, and Muhammad Ali, Crawford has created a legacy of his own. He was named the world’s best active boxer by The Ring, Boxing Writers Association of America, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, ESPN, and BoxRec in August 2023.
4. Oleksandr Usyk
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk is a professional boxer from Ukraine and a world champion in two weight classes, including Unified Heavyweight titles since 2021, and the Ring magazine title since 2022. Usyk has maintained an record of being unbeaten with 21 straight wins including 14 wins in the knockout. Apart from that, he has won Gold Medal for Ukraine in the 2008, European Championship, 2008 Strandzha Cup, 2011 World Championship, and the 2012 Olympics.
5. Errol Spence Jr.
Errol Spence Jr. is a professional boxer from America and a former unified champion in the welterweight division. The 32-year-old from New York has established himself as a force to be reckoned with 28 wins from 29 fights including 22 wins in knockout. The three-time US National Champions comes with a fast-paced offensive style that becomes a challenge for the opponent to deal with.
6. Vasyl Lomachenko
Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko is another name in the list of the top 35 best Boxers of all time. Having multiple championships in three weight classes from featherweight to lightweight, Lomachenko carries an uncanny level of athleticism with him that made him unique from the other athletes. He is a two-time Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion and has a tremendous record of 17 wins from 20 matches, including 11 wins in knockouts.
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7. Dmitry Bivol
Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol is a professional Basketball player from Russia and one of the most prolific light heavyweights in the world currently. He made his appearance in our list of 35 Best Boxers of all time for his clinical approach to the fight and ability to use offensive and defensive approach with great effect to knock the opponent out. The holder of the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version) light heavyweight title from 2017 and the International Boxing Organization (IBO) title from December 2023. Bivol is unbeaten in his career so far with 22 straight wins including in 11 in the knockout.
8. Tyson Fury
Also popular with the nickname ‘The Gypsy King’ British boxer Tyson Fury is known for his unorthodox movement, catlike elusiveness, and devastating power which makes him different from the current boxers in the world currently. He has been holding the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title since 2020. Representing both England and Ireland, Fury has won several championships in his career including the EU Junior Championships in 2007 and English National Championship in 2008. He is still unbeaten with 34 wins from 35 fights including 24 in knockout and 1 draw.
9. Deontay Wilder
Deontay Leshun Wilder is an American professional boxer and the holder of the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020. His 97.7% finish rate makes a nightmare for the opponent and puts him in the list of the greatest boxers in the world currently. In 47 fights in his career so far, Wilder come out victorious on 43 occasions including 42 in knockouts, 3 losses in 1 draw.
10 . Josh Taylor
Star Scottish Boxer Josh Taylor is another pick in out list of the top 35 Best Boxers of all time. A former undisputed super lightweight champion, and a holder of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version) titles between 2019 and 2022, Taylor went on to win several more titles in his career so far, including the Gold Medal in the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow. Taylor has won 19 out of 20 fights in his career so far including 13 in the knockouts and 1 loss.
11. Jermell Charlo
Jermell DeAvante Charlo is an American professional boxer and the holder of the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version) and Ring magazine light middleweight titles since 2020. Out of 38 fights in his career so far, Charlo has won 35, including 19 in the knockouts, two losses and one draw. His identical twin Jermall Charlo is also one of the boxers of this generation and has a record of straight 32 wins including 22 in the knockouts.
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12. Gennadiy Golovkin
Gennadiy Gennadyevich Golovkin is a professional boxer from Kazakhstani also famous with the names like “GGG ” and “Triple G”. He is our other pick in the list of the 35 best boxers of all time with commendable skills and determination even at the age of 41 years. Golovkin has made a kind of reputation though the fans already declare him the winner once his knockout fixtures get announced. Out of 45 total fights in his career so far, Golovkin has won 42 including 37 in the knockout with two losses and one draw.
13. Artur Beterbiev
Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev is a professional Russian-Canadian boxer who has held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title since 2017, the World Boxing Council (WBC) title since 2019, and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title since 2022. After dominating in his amateur boxing career, Beterbiev continued the same in his professional career with 20 straight wins and all of them coming in the knockouts. This also shows what caliber this player is of.
14. Devin Haney
Devin Miles Haney is an American boxer who has won multiple world championships in two weight classes. He is often regarded as the Next Great of the world boxing by the fans. Grooming as a player under the mentorship of the legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., Haney has dominated the ring on many occasions resulting in straight 31 wins in his career so far including 15 in knockout. He held the undisputed championship at lightweight from 2022 to August 2023, and was ranked as the world’s best active lightweight by ESPN and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board in June 2023.
15. Gervonta Davis
Also famous with the nickname Tank, Gervonta Davis aka Abdul Wahid is regarded as one of the most powerful punchers and vicious fighters. After dominating in Amatuer Boxing and winning the Golden Gloves in 2013, Davis went on to make his mark international boxing by winning the different world championships in three weight classes, which includes holding the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title since 2019. He is still unbeaten in the rings with 29 straight wins including 27 in the knockout.
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16. Ryan Garcia
The 25-year-old Boxer from America, Ryan Garcia is one of the youngest picks in the list of the best boxers of all time. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) interim lightweight title in 2021, and was ranked fourth-best active lightweight in the world by The Ring magazine in 2023. At 25 years of age, Garcia has won 24 out of his 25 fights so far including 20 knockouts with one loss.
17. Yordenis Ugas
Yordenis Ugas is a professional boxer from Cuba, who held the WBA (Super) welterweight title from 2021 to April 2022. The 37-year-old is one those players who got the late hype in the boxing world but has been tremendous inside the ring. His technical abilities and skills are something that the young and aspiring boxers should learn from. Ugas has won several championships in his career including 2005 Pan American Championships, 2006 World Cup anf many more. He has been victorious in 27 out of his 33 fights including 12 knockouts with six losses.
18. Nonito Donaire Jr.
Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. is a professional Filipino American boxer who has clinched multiple championships in four weight classes from flyweight to featherweight. He is also the oldest boxer in history to win a bantamweight world title at the age of 38 years. Now, at 41 years of age, Donaire has been still dominating with his skills and the opponent finds no answer to his attack. He has won 42 out of his 50 fights so far including 28 knockouts with eight losses.
19. Claressa Shields
Finally, a women boxer in the list, Claressa Maria Shields from America has clinched several championships in three-weights classes. According to the Evolve Daily, Shield has given herself the title of the GWOAT (Greatest Woman Of All Time) and her skills are the best proof for that. Apart from boxing, she is also a mixed martial artist and has been excelling in both sports. In October 2022, Shields was ranked as the Best Active Female boxer, by ESPN and The Ring.
20. Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao aka Manny Pacquiao is a former Boxer from the Philippines and is regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Also famous with the nickname Pac-man, Pacquiao has dominated the ring for more than four decades. He is also the First boxer to win major title in four different categories which includes flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight. He was almost unbeatable in his prime and had a record of 62 wins from 72 fights in his career including 39 knockouts with eight losses and two draws.
21. Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a former American professional Boxer who remained unbeaten throughout his career. He has won several championships in his career including the Ring magazine title in five weight classes and the lineal championship in four weight classes. Mayweather has a record of defeating 15 world champions in a row that make him one of the greatest in the sport. He has a perfect record of 50 straight wins including 27 knockouts.
22. Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali aka was a former American Boxer who is regarded as one of the greatest and the best boxers of all time. He was even popular with the nickname ‘The Greatest’ among fans. Having held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970, Ali ended up winning the Gold Medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics, and won the US National Championships twice in 1959 and 1960 consecutively. Despite facing so many difficulties in his life, Muhammad Ali went on to become the best in the world and his name comes first in the mind of most of the fans when they hear the word boxing. 56 wins from 61 fights including 37 knockouts, are enough to define his legacy. He died in June 2016, at the age of 74 years leaving behind a long-lasting legacy.
23. Émile Griffith
Émile Griffith was a professional boxer from America who has clinched several world title in three weight divisions. From working in a hat company, to getting his name inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Griffith went on to become one of the greatest boxers of all time. He has won 85 out of his 112 fights in career, including 23 knockouts with 24 losses and two draws. Griffith died in July, 2013 at the age of 74 years.
24. Ezzard Charles
Ezzard Mack Charles, was an American boxer and a World Heavyweight Champion, who was famous for his slick defense. He was also popular with nickname ‘Cincinnati Cobra’ and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Having won several championships in Middleweight and Welterweight, Charles retired with 95 wins out of 121 gifts in his career including 52 knockouts with 25 losses and one draw. In his last days Charles was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and died at the age of 53 years in May, 1975.
25. Archie Moore
The longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time, former American boxer Archie Moore held the title for 10 years from 1952 to 1962. He also has one of the longest careers in boxing, ruling the ring from 1935 to 1963. Popular with the nickname, ‘The Mongoose’ in the initial years of his career, Moore got the title of “The Old Mongoose” in the latter half of his career. With 186 wins from 220 fights of his career, including 132 knockouts, Moore retired as one of the Best Boxers of all time. He dies at the age of 84 years in December 1998.
26. Willie Pep
Guglielmo Papaleo aka Willie Pep was an former American boxer who has a record of winning the World Featherweight championship twice between 1942 and 1950. In the first 62 fights of his career, Pep registered four victories against the Top 10 ring opponents. He is another name in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990 and was ranked as the No. 1 featherweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2005. He died in November 2006 at 84 years of age.
27. Tony Canzoneri
The former American Boxer Tony Canzoneri was a five-time world champion in three divisions. WIth tremendous records against different world champions, Canzoneri enters the list of the top 35 best boxers of all time. Beating 40 top 10 fighters, Canzoneri, finished his career with 141 wins including 44 knockouts 175 fights, along with 24 losses and 10 draws. In December 1959, he left the world due to heart attack at the age of 51 years.
28. Joe Louis
Former American boxer Joe Louis is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He held the world heavyweight title from 1937 to 1949 and used to dominate the opponent during his time in the ring. Louis was also popular with the nickname of “the Brown Bomber” for his unmatchable skills. He has a record of defending 25 consecutive titles that too against the top 10 boxers. He retired with 66 wins out of 69 fights in his career including 52 knockouts with three losses. Louis died at 66 years of age in April 1981.
29. Sugar Ray Robinson
Walker Smith Jr. aka Sugar Ray Robinson will go in the history books as one of the greatest boxers of all time. The former American boxer was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990 and was ranked as the greatest boxer of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006 and 2019. He reigned the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951 and ended up winning the middleweight title in the latter year. In 201 fights of his career, Robinson won 174 including 109 knockouts with 19 losses and six draws. He died in April 1989 at the age of 67 years.
30. Henry Armstrong
Henry Jackson Jr. aka Henry Armstrong was an undisputed champion in three different weight divisions and has a record of defending his welterweight title 19 times. The former American boxer was named the Fighter of the Year by the Ring Magazine in 1937 and by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) in 1940. Also popular with the nickname “Homicide Hank’’, Henry was a force to be reckoned with inside the ring. With 151 wins out of 181 career fights, including 101 knockouts, with 21 losses and nine draws, Henry Armstrong is among the greatest boxers of all time. He died October 1988 at 75 years of age.
31. Roberto Duran
Former Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran is another name in the list of the best boxers of all time. In a 33-year-long career, Duran has won multiple championships in four weight classes which includes Lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight. He was a versatile, technical and pressure fighter and has knocked out the top boxers from all over the world. Duran finished his career with 103 wins out of 119 fights including 70 knockouts with 16 losses.
2. Jack Dempsey
Former American boxer Jack Dempsey was one of the most aggressive fighters in the ring and was known for his exceptional punching power that would knock the opponent out with no time. He carried the badge of the World Heavyweight champions from 1919 to 1926. With 68 wins in 85 career fights including 53 knockouts with six losses and nine draws, Dempsey, retired as one of the greatest boxers of all time. He died in May 1983 at 87 years of age.
33. Sugar Ray Leonard
Ray Charles Leonard is a former American boxer who is regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, who has clinched multiple world titles in five weight classes. He was a champion in the light welterweight category and won a Gold Medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He ended up winning 36 out of his 40 career fights, including 25 knockouts with three losses and one draw.
34. George Foreman
Former American Boxer George Edward Foreman is a two-time world heavyweight champion and a Gold Medalist in the 1968 Mexico Olympics. He was popular with the nickname “Big George” and looked like a giant while entering the ring. He become the oldest boxer to win the World heavyweight title at the age of 45 years in 1994. In his 81 career fights, Foreman has won 76, including 68 knockouts with five losses.
35. Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Levesta Jones Jr is a former American Boxer, who has clinched multiple titles in four weight categories including middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. He started his boxing career as a light-middleweight, abd later went on to win a title in a Heavyweight category, becoming the first-ever and only boxer in history to do so. Jones ended his career with 66 wins out of 76 fights with 47 knockouts with 10 losses.
Conclusion
In the above article, we discussed the Top 35 Best Boxers of all time. However, there are a lot more who were expected to be in the list but these 35 players stood out from the rest. There are many more boxers who are expected to join the list in future with their exceptional performance inside the ring.
