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Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 22 October 1917) was a British professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. [1] [2] He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett (the man who beat John L. Sullivan), and he is in The Guinness Book of World Records as the lightest heavyweight champion, weighing just 167 pounds when he won the title. [3]
Zamora was a knockout seeker, but he seemed to lose confidence after his devastating loss to Zarate. Nevertheless, he was selected at Number 47 on The Ring 's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. His final career record included 33 wins, with 32 KOs, and 5 losses.
In 2002, The Ring placed him at number 12 on the list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 2003, The Ring rated Marciano number 14 on the list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. In 2005, he was named the fifth greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. [47]
In 2003, he was ranked #5 on the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. In 1990, Saddler was inducted into the prestigious International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the Uncle of Joseph Saddler, better known as Grandmaster Flash. Saddler died on September 18, 2001.
Tyson Fury, who spent 36 minutes in the ring with Wilder in a split draw in 2018, and went down twice, is more than ready to anoint Wilder as the biggest puncher. Boxing experts weigh in on ...
Considered a devastating puncher even at heavyweight, Langford was rated No. 2 by The Ring on their list of "100 greatest punchers of all time". One boxing historian described Langford as "experienced as a heavyweight James Toney with the punching power of Mike Tyson".
In 2003, he was listed as #85 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Jofre was ranked as the number 1 bantamweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006.
Boxing magazine The Ring has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first Ring world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was awarded to flyweight champion Pancho Villa. The magazine stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s ...