Armstrong also defended the welterweight title 18 times (more than any other fighter) and came very close to winning the middleweight title—earning a draw in a title fight most thought Armstrong should have won. ", Record: 55-12-7 (68-12-10 including newspaper decisions). We can only wonder what else Ketchel could have done. Divisions: Super Featherweight (130) to Middleweight (160). As Tapology users create their own lists, the consensus rankings will update in real-time. Despite being 5'9" and only 160 lbs., Ketchel also fought admirably against Jack Johnson for the world heavyweight title and was slated for a rematch before his murder. He was the only person the great Willie Pep couldn't outbox. Divisions: Featherweight (126), Super Featherweight (130). The famous upset loss to Buster Douglas, the prison sentence, the losses to Holyfield and Lewis and the famous "ear" incident. They should be on this list!! Ring Magazine's Fighter of the 1980s despite fighting only 12 fights that decade, Sugar Ray Leonard's accomplishments and contributions to boxing are hard to describe in a few short paragraphs, so I'll just briefly list them here. There will never be another fighter like Sugar Ray Robinson. A rags-to-riches (and back to rags) story. "The Pittsburgh Kid" Billy Conn was a three-time light heavyweight champion who won Ring Magazine's 1940 Fighter of the Year award. A fixture on the top pound for pound lists for nearly a decade, Mosley struggled with rangy, slick fighters (he lost twice to Winky Wright and Vernon Forrest) and is also expected to lose in his fight against Manny Pacquiao in 2011. Probably the most beloved and respected Puerto Rican boxing champion of all time. He did it against quality opponents: He twice beat all-time greats Jose Napoles, Emile Griffith and Nino Benvenuti, and he also had a win against Bennie Briscoe. He beated the very very very huge man, world champion ,191cm tall,with a breast like a bus,namely, Artem Levin, and world champion and the most famous man in the fieald of kickboxingand MT, John Wayne Parr,Cosmo Alexandre[kings cup champion of 2009],and,two other of his defeated opponent,77kilos, ranks 7 ,9 in the world now.He beat the actually NO 1,Marat Grigorian,who beat NO1and NO2,in 2015.You can not forget, in 2017Apr, 15,and ,Yodsaenklai beat Masad Minei in less than a round,who caused terror in thailand in 2016.Yodsaenklai fairtex is a great man in the world ,can be 3 or 2 ,even 1. Most of his losses came in the later part of his career. Obvious mistakes such as endurence, four man , at that,fill,is,surport ,and so on ,suggest…. He knocked Thiago Alaves with a strong standing elbow and ended up winning the fight. Ring's 1980 Fighter of the Year, he held some version of the heavyweight championship from the late '70s through the mid 1980s but still doesn't get the respect his impressive career deserves. Your email address will not be published. The welterweight champion had a smooth, sweet, pressure-based style reminiscent of a more skilled version of Paul "The Punisher" Williams. 9.Kaensak Sor Ploenchit The early numbers speak for themselves: 25 KOs in 27 straight victories and a title. But currently, the fighters mentioned in this list are the best when it comes to kickboxing in relation to UFC. Coban is one of the most famous Muay Thai coaches who current teaches outside of Thailand. Nicknamed “The Pittsburgh Windmill,” Harry Greb was a freak of nature. His legs are feared and respected all over. He fought some of the best fighters in Thailand and was a crowd favorite because of his entertaining fights. In 1933, Ross defeated Tony Canzoneri to claim both lightweight and junior welterweight titles. He held the middleweight title for 10 years, defending it a record 20 times, and is the only fighter to retain all four major governing body belts and the Ring title in the same fight—he did it twice. Bob Foster was a fast and powerful light heavyweight whom many consider the greatest light heavyweight ever. Not sure the details about the other fight he lost, so i didn’t include it until I have some concrete fact. He held his Lumpinee title belt for 6 years which until he never had any challengers for the belt. He soon came extremely close to being the lightest man ever to win the heavyweight championship when he clearly outpointed Joe Louis for 12 rounds before foolishly going for a 13th-round knockout and getting knocked out himself. Some all-time boxing rankings list him as the top fighter on their lists. He won the heavyweight championship in 1952 and made six title defenses before eventually retiring in 1956. He was shot in the leg by his wife in 1973, and soon thereafter, domestic violence reports became common for Monzon. There was one man I wouldn't fight because I knew he would flatten me. But slightly before that stretch ended, Charles faced a young opponent named Sam Baroudi, who later died due to injuries sustained in his loss to Charles. 92 on this list) in the first round in consecutive fights. Because of inconsistent records and practices during his day, it's hard to develop a complete picture of McGovern's dominance, but both ESPN and Bert Sugar ranked him as the 30th greatest fighter of all time. Ranked the 12th greatest puncher of all time by Ring Magazine, an astounding 87.5 percent of his wins came by knockout. This list was obviously made by an amateur who hasn’t fought a day in his life and has zero kickboxing analysis capabilities. Divisions: Welterweight (147) to Heavyweight (200+). For this, he was called "cowardly" and "devious" by the press, but regarded by Gentleman Jim Corbett as "the cleverest man in boxing.". Khaosai is better known as a boxer than a Muay Thai fighter, but that doesn’t take away what he had accomplish in the sport. Three years later, he returned out of a sense of obligation to defend his title against rapidly rising Filipino flyweight Pancho Villa (66th on this list) and after losing to Villa announced his final retirement in 1923. The boxer’s 131 career knockouts are also the most of all-time. Are we on the same planet? The first part involves a fighter who went 70-6 to start his career, winning over former champions in three weight divisions, including Archie Moore, Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott. Put lordlek is then the most skillfull one in the kick and punch。Needless to say，all of the martial arts including MT have the basic aspects of strength and wisdom that Yodsanklai is doubtlessly the representive nicknamed —Computer Wizard. dont let your silly little mind beleave k1 . It's not just a hobby for me, I see that "life is like a fight, you have to hit and try to avoid getting hit". Kaopong was considered on of the toughest and most technical Muay Thai fighters to come out of the late 70-80s in Thailand. Namkabuan fought in the golden era of Thai boxing against some of the other greats in the sport. He’s for me a master in his field and recognized as such in my country. He was also the only fighter to ever defeat future heavyweight champion Gene Tunney. 4.Putlek.Has international fame!few people of thailand know this,because he defeated a japanese kickboxing invader who no one else can handle!Dignity of a nation! A tall, powerful heavyweight with uncommon boxing skill for someone his size, Lewis was sometimes lost amid the great hype of his contemporaries Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, but he carved out an exceptional legacy among the sport's greatest heavyweights ever. Aside from his legendary trilogy against Joe Frazier—during which Ali lost the first match but clearly won the next two—he is also famous for two bouts he wasn't supposed to win. Ask a Thai living in Thailand who is the biggest star of the sport, they will respond with “Buakaw Super Star.”. Nonetheless, the partial inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's Rocky had an extraordinary run and knew when to call it quits.