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Deontay Wilder, 38-0

Of all his 38 opponents, Wilder could only lose to one and only theoretically - Bermane Stiverne. Deontay defeated the Canadian Haitian on points, showed that he knows how to count not only a punch, but also box, and also showed some confidence in his jaw.

After that, for some reason, Wilder decided to continue doing what he was doing before meeting Stiverne - building a beautiful record and a new series of knockouts. Now the American is aiming for unification fights with Joseph Parker or Anthony Joshua, but you shouldn’t hope for it too much, because no one has canceled the sixth voluntary defense of the title.

Gennady Golovkin, 37-0

Gennady Golovkin cannot be considered one of the best middleweights in history due to the lack of really big fights. It would be a stretch to include unification fights with David Lemieux and Daniel Jacobs as such. If in the case of the first everything went absolutely perfectly, then in the battle with the second there were difficulties. Gennady won by unanimous decision, but was unable to live up to his image as a fearsome puncher. Daniel left the ring on his own two feet and took several rounds too easily, after which many immediately remembered Golovkin's age. Gennady is 35, and, obviously, time is beginning to inexorably work against him. In principle, it is age that can inflict the first defeat in a Kazakhstani’s career. By the hands of Saul Alvarez, Billy Joe Saunders or Gilberto Ramirez is another matter.

Andre Ward, 31-0

Last November, Ward was knocked down, lost the first half of the fight, but still defeated Sergey Kovalev by unanimous decision. The Russian suffered the first defeat of his career, and Andre was thinking about a possible retirement, but still agreed to risk his zero for the second time. Already in June, the Russian will have the opportunity to get even with the “Son of God” and return all his belts.

Alexander Usyk, 12-0

Alexander Usik became the world champion in his tenth fight. The Ukrainian defended his belt twice, made his debut in the USA and is ready to unify the belts. The remaining three titles are in the hands of Denis Lebedev, Mairis Briedis and Murat Gassiev. Among the names listed, it is quite difficult to name a person who will be a favorite in a fight with the gold medalist of the London Games.

Anthony Joshua, 19-0

Another London Olympic champion on the night of April 22-23 became in fact the best heavyweight of our time, defeating Vladimir Klitschko. The best, adjusted for the absence of Tyson Fury, but the problems of the “Gypsy King” are still just his problems.

A rematch with Klitschko does not look like an interesting option, so now there are several other options for the Briton - unification fights with Joseph Parker, Deontay Wilder or mandatory defense of belts from the attacks of Kubrat Pulev and Luis Ortiz. It is difficult to imagine that local fans will allow their favorite to lower the bar after the grandiose carnage at Wembley. That is why we can see several options for the development of events: Joshua cleans out the division and surpasses his mentor, or he stumbles and tries to come back stronger.

Murat Gassiev, 24-0

At the end of December, Murat Gassiev defeated Denis Lebedev and in one evening took a step from a promising prospect to an active star in his weight category. Several mandatory belt defenses, a rematch with Lebedev in the form of a unification fight or a fight with Alexander Usik - Murat will definitely not be bored.

More importantly, Keith truly looks like the most dangerous fighter in the historically talent-laden welterweight division. Like Crawford, Thurman lacks media presence, risks and cinematic overcoming of circumstances before becoming a full-fledged star.

Artur Beterbiev, 11-0

In his fights, Arthur looks more than convincing - eleven early victories in eleven fights and contender positions in the ratings. The Russian is 32 years old, and he urgently needs a fight with a boxer of the level of Sullivan Barrera or Isaac Chilemba. For now, Arthur has to wait longer.

Errol Spence, 21-0

The toughness with which the American moved the former world champion and rival of Ruslan Provodnikov, Chris Algieri, was truly impressive. Famous names include Conor McGregor's former sparring partner Chris Van Heerden, who lasted eight rounds. This is not a reproach - the same Algieri only had enough for five. Only three people were able to hear the final gong in the fight with the American. Spence hits hard, tries to fight spectacularly, and has a strong amateur background. On May 17, Errol will try to beat Kell Brook in front of tens of thousands of Britons. Going to visit the English champion is brave. If the American can show in this fight everything that he showed before and win in the same dominant-destructive style, in the next text we will have to talk about a new big star.

Gilberto Ramirez, 35-0

By the age of 25, the Mexican had amassed a 35-0 record, defeated Arthur Abraham, won the world title and become one of the main Mexicans in modern boxing. Gilberto is still not well known to the general public, but the fighter is working on it and is actively challenging Gennady Golovkin to fight. It’s all the more interesting that GGG is seriously considering the possibility of such a fight and is even ready to move up one weight category. If that doesn't happen, Ramirez will have a hard time finding really big fights at super middleweight. However, in the next few years, Gilberto will in any case become a participant in one of the biggest fights - the question of the best Mexican boxer of our time will need to be resolved with Saul Alvarez.

Alexander Gvozdyk, 13-0

If you compare the Ukrainian’s career with the career of the mentioned Beterbiev, you need to compliment Alexander’s promoters. Gvozdyk increases the level of opposition and does exactly what a future star needs to do - convincingly beat any opponent standing opposite him, and do it as often as possible.

The Ukrainian beat two former rivals of Sergey Kovalev faster and more convincingly than “Krusher” himself, and also managed to cross paths with the former opponent of Adonis Stevenson. Alexander's benefit happened in his last fight. The big Cuban Yunieski Gonzalez was defeated in three rounds, which was not the most difficult test in the career of the bronze medalist of the London Olympics.

Julius Indongo, 22-0

The Namibian went from unknown African boxer to double belt champion in 9 months and gave us quite the beautiful story. Now Indongo is obliged to defend the IBF title against Sergei Lipinets, and it seems that this option is not very interesting for Indongo, in a fight with whom Terence Crawford is interested. Losing an honestly earned title without a fight will be quite unpleasant, but the fee for a fight with an American can dispel internal worries.

Mikey Garcia, 36-0

Mikey lost 2.5 years of his career, but didn’t even think about “rusting.” Last July, Garcia had an interim fight, and at the end of January he went up against one of the strongest knockout fighters in his weight category. The American was dissuaded from this fight, but Mikey put his own adviser to shame, and did it frighteningly convincingly, knocking out Dejan Zlaticanin. Garcia became the world champion in the third weight category and faced a choice - unifying the belts, fighting Vasily Lomachenko, or moving to a new weight category to hunt Terence Crawford. At the same time, Mikey is only 29 years old, he does not have a contract with any promotion company, which means he is not limited in his choice of opponents.

Dmitry Bivol, 10-0

Dmitry Bivol won his first title in his seventh fight, becoming the interim world light heavyweight champion. The Russian has already made his debut in the United States on Showtime and in the near future may become a real champion. To do this you need to beat Nathan Cleverly. It was in a fight with him several years ago that Sergey Kovalev won his first title.

Mairis Briedis, 22-0

On April 1, Briedis defeated Marco Huck by unanimous decision and became the fourth Russian-speaking world cruiserweight champion. The situation in this division is reminiscent of the heavyweight division - three champions are undefeated and are ready to reveal the best here and now.

Billy Joe Saunders, 24-0

The Briton holds the WBO middleweight belt - the only title missing from Gennady Golovkin's collection. The boxers could have met in June, but the Kazakhstani chose to wait for the winner of the fight between Saul Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Billy will make a mandatory defense of the belt and will likely continue to troll GGG on social media.

Shinsuke Yamanaka, 27-0-2

The Japanese has been fighting against the most dangerous opponents of his size for 11 years, but has not received due recognition due to his too small weight category. However, we are talking about number nine on the list of the strongest boxers in the world according to The Ring magazine.

Worth mentioning: Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0), Jermell Charlo (29-0), Jermall Charlo (25-0), Gervonta Davis (17-0), Oscar Valdez (22-0), Jesse Magdaleno (25-0), Naoya Inoue (12-0), Sergey Kuzmin (10-0), Terry Flanagan (33-0), Konstantin Ponomarev (31-0).

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It's time to take stock of the outgoing 2017! Over the course of 12 months, boxing fans were able to see the defeats of long-time champions, the victories of young prospects, the interruption of unbeaten streaks and many other interesting events. We present the ranking of the 10 best boxers, regardless of weight category.

No. 1. VASILY LOMACHENKO (10-1-0, 8 KOs)

Boxer of the year according to XSPORT.ua. Note that before the fight with Guillermo Rigondeaux“High-tech” was not a contender for first and, possibly, second place. It was assumed that a victory over the Cuban would not be able to lift him to first place, since a boring chess battle was expected. However, the brilliant manner in which the Ukrainian won the victory became.

The year 2017 began for Lomachenko with an April fight with Jason Sosa. The boxer from Puerto Rico was unable to compete with the Ukrainian in terms of technique, speed and endurance. Vasily played with him, broke him up and forced him to refuse to continue the fight before the ninth round. Bitterness remained only because Hi-Tech was unable to win the WBA Regular championship title, which the boxing organization refused to put on the line.

In August, Vasily fought his second fight of the year. This time his opponent was Miguel Marriaga, who competed one category lower and lost earlier Nicholas Walters And Oscar Valdez. The opponent was not top-level, but all the strong opposition at that time either wanted a lot of money or were busy. The same infamous Orlando Salido constantly disrupted negotiations for revenge. In the fight with Marriaga, “High-Tech” very easily showed his superiority and forced his opponent to surrender before the 7th round.

The last fight for the Ukrainian was the fight against the Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux, who bombarded Vasily with mockery and insults on Twitter. It was expected that it was “Jackal” who would be able to impose competition on the Ukrainian and even win. Of course, Hi-Tech had an advantage in height and weight, but this did not stop some experts from calling the Cuban the favorite. However, an equal fight did not work out and Lomachenko very easily outboxed his opponent and again forced him to surrender before the seventh round - for the 4th time in a row. The defeated opponent complained of a hand injury.

No. 2. TERENCE CRAWFORD (32-0-0, 23 KOs)

For the current year Terence Crawford was able to move from 6th to 2nd place in the XSPORT .ua rating. This success was made possible by the American winning the prestigious WBA and IBF titles, which allowed him to become the only absolute world champion in the super lightweight division.

Terence started the year with an easy win over Felix Diaz, and finished his performances back in August. The confrontation between the two champions turned out to be interesting, but fleeting. The Namibian decided to attack the American with a checker on his head and on the counterattack he missed enough punches to be knocked out in the third round. Note that Crawford will begin 2018 as a star featherweight boxer, where many attractive fights await him.

No. 3. SRISAKET SOR RUNGVISAI (44-4-4, 40 KOs)

Who knew before 2017 about the Thai boxer of the second flyweight weight (up to 52.1 kg) Srisakete Sor Rungvisai? There are few such people in the boxing world. Previously, Srisaket had only two high-level top fights. The Thai lost in the first Carlos Cuadras, and the second one won against Jose Salgado. In 2016, he had 5 fights, three of which were against debutants, and two against opponents with a rating in which there were more defeats than victories.

After this little-known Thai in 2017, he was invited to fight with the first number on the list of the best boxers, regardless of weight category Roman Gonzalez. The Nicaraguan boxer was expected to beat Sor Rungvisai very easily. However, Srisaket forced his hand on him and had a very even fight. After such a confrontation, the judges, to their surprise, gave the victory to the Thai. At the same time, boxing experts almost unanimously called it controversial.

In September of this year, Sor Rungvisai had a rematch with Gonzalez, and in order to cool the ardor of experts, .

No. 4. ANTHONY JOSHUA (20-0-0, 20 KOs)

About Anthony Joshua, as a new super heavyweight star, only the lazy don’t talk about him. The Briton makes his way to the boxing Olympus without defeat, and all victories were won by knockout. At the same time, he attracts full football stadiums of British fans.

In 2017, Joshua fought the most important fight of his career. At the famous 90,000-seat Wembley football stadium, Anthony met with the former Ukrainian king of heavyweight Vladimir Klitschko. Both boxers showed a brilliant performance, but the winner was the Briton, who, although he was knocked down, was able to win by technical knockout in the 11th three-minute period.

In October, Joshua's second fight took place as a replacement. Kubrat Pulev. Having the status of a favorite, Joshua treated Takam with disdain and underestimation. There was no sign of defeat for the British, but during the battle he was slow and less dangerous than usual.

No. 5. KEITH TURMAN (28-0-0, 22 KOs)

Undefeated American welterweight Keith Thurman in 2017 he entered the ring only once. The American fought his fight back in March, defeating the dangerous and.

Dirty and tough, Garcia was always considered a favorite of the judges, since even for ordinary fights he received a victory on the cards of most referees. After the fight with Thurman, he also raised his hands in the air, confident of his victory. This despite the fact that he looked worse than Thurman. Keith was faster, smarter and more versatile than his opponent, which earned him a place in the top 10 boxers of 2017.

No. 6. GENNADY GOLOVKIN (37-0-1, 33 KOs)

Kazakhstan Dominator Gennady Golovkin fell one position over the year and became sixth in our ranking. This minimal drop was influenced by his fights in 2017. First, in March, GGG won a controversial decision against Daniel Jacobs, who became a very dangerous and inconvenient opponent for the Kazakh.

If after the fight with the American the judges helped Golovkin, then in the fight in Saul Alvarez in September they interfered. Against Alvarez, Gennady looked less technical and fast. But due to the pressure, he had an advantage in accurate hits and pressure. However, the judges were adamant and gave it a draw.

No. 7. SAUL ALVAREZ (49-1-2, 34 KOs)

The Mexican superstar, in addition to the fight with Golovkin, had another super fight this year. In May, Alvarez met with Julio Cesar Chevez Jr.. The son of a great champion from Mexico promised that he would give a worthy rebuff to Canelo, but he came out just to earn money. Saul destroyed his opponent with powerful hits and brought the fight to victory by decision.

Note that in the future, Usik should be higher in the rankings, regardless of weight categories. However, now Alexander is suffering due to the lack of stars in the cruise weight. To be more precise, there is one star and that is himself. To advance to the top positions, a Ukrainian must become the owner of the majority of heavyweight belts and successfully move to the heavyweight division.

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1- Roman Gonzalez. Nicaragua. The best boxer in the history of this country. Until almost 30 years old, he was undefeated in boxing. 88-0 among amateurs and 46-0 among professionals. Total 134-0. World Champion in 4 weight categories. If it weren’t for the actions of corrupt paid judges who needed to push Pound Andre Ward into 1st place, Gonzalez would have easily reached 47-0 and increased his time of undefeation, but history does not know the subjunctive mood. The champion was condemned in the same way as the next participant in the article.

2-Menny Pacquiao. Philippines. The best boxer in the history of this country. World Champion in 8 weight categories. Previously, this record belonged to Oscar De La Hoya, but Manny surpassed him by 2 categories. Thanks to this, he wrote his name in gold letters and made an eternal record. Just like Gonzalez, he was robbed for the sake of behind-the-scenes interests in a fight with Timothy Bradley.

3- Floyd-Mayweather Jr. USA. Without a doubt, the best boxer in US history. He holds as many as 4 World Records, more than anyone else. The first record is the strongest opposition in boxing history, 22 World Champions. Second record - The highest paid boxer and fighter in the history of boxing and sports. Even Mike Tyson had to get into the ring 25 times to earn $300 million. Once was enough. Lightweight! The third record is the longest winning streak in history, 21 years. Finally, the fourth and most legitimate one is 50-0, achieving Rocky Marciano's damned record and retiring with 0 in the defeat column. I think there will never be another Boxer born so gifted and favored by the judges, because in fact, he was saved in fights with De La Hoya and Castillo. The only boxer who didn't have a rainy day or a lawsuit.

4-Bernard Hopkins. USA. “The Executioner” surpassed the great George Foreman to become the oldest World Champion in boxing history, at 47 and 49 years old. This seemed to him not enough and at 49 he united the World Champion titles with the young Beibut Shumenov! Hopkins turned out to be the longest-serving boxer in human history.

5-Wilfred Benitez. Puerto Rico. The greatest boxer in Puerto Rican history. Became the youngest World Champion in history, at the age of 17 years and 5 months, defeating Anthony Cervantes. Will anyone beat this record? I think no one will ever be able to.

6-Joe Louis. USA. Throughout the history of boxing, there have been boxers who defended the world title 5, 10 or even 20 times, but not a single one 25 times. Except for Joe, who was able to defend the World Championship title 25 times (largely thanks to weak opposition and War, but who needs that?!). Louis was also the World Champion for the longest period in a row - 11 years and 252 days.

7-Vasily Lomachenko. Ukraine. Perhaps Vasya will become the most successful boxer in the history of Ukraine, surpassing Vladimir Klitschko, who knows? Unfortunately, he failed to become the World champion in the 2nd fight, but Lomachenko has already set other records today. He became the World Champion in 2 categories in just 7 fights. And an even more amazing record - he has the best track record in the entire history of amateur boxing in all weight categories - 396 victories with one defeat. Lomachenko can also become the author of another record if his fight with Rigondeaux takes place. For the first time, two two-time Olympic World Champions will compete in the ring! Klitschko-Povetkin or Klitschko-Joshua, this is amazing! But here are two two-time Olympic World Champions!

8- Archie Moore. USA. The old mongoose gave out 132 knockouts in his career! This is more than the Klitschko brothers combined! You can also add Chris Bird to them. Eternal record!

9-Deontay Wilder. USA. The only one to win his first 32 fights in a row by knockout. Longest knockout streak in history! If it weren’t for the stubborn Canadian Berman Stiverne, then, probably, Wilder could have reached 40-0.40. But this record is unlikely to be broken. It's hard to believe that Anthony Joshua or anyone else will beat him.

10-Nikolai Valuev. Russia. He became the tallest boxer to become a World champion - 213 cm. It is difficult to imagine the Russian giant in fights with Klitschko or Joshua; he was very lucky with his opponents and the time of his peak.

11- Cesar Rene Cuenca. Argentina. The most unimpacted boxer who became the World Champion. 48 wins and only 2 knockouts! Even Paul Malinaggi looks like a knockout machine compared to the Argentine boxer, who appeared to have pads in his fists.

12-Upset of the entire history of World Boxing, Tyson-Douglas. Bets were accepted at a rate of 42 to 1, Mike seemed to be an invincible champion! That's even more if Pulev beats Joshua, Salido knocks out Lomachenko or Willie Monroe beats Golovkin!

Conclusion - I believe that boxing, in its more than 100-year history, has offered everything it could. At least 95%. Pharmacology and simplified boxing rules have come into play a long time ago, as well as many different federations, allowing new World records to be made, but the human ceiling has actually already been passed. Well, who will break the record of Hopkins, Archie Moore, Pacquiao or Gonzalez? All these boxers who took records were Fortune's favorites - Pacquiao himself was formally a champion in 6 weights, but he was counted 8. Mayweather also, I think, lost to De La Hoya and Castillo, but he was pulled out. Joe Louis lasted this long thanks in large part to the war and the division's stagnation. Hopkins was helped by unique circumstances with his genetics, and was also lucky enough to meet the weak Jean Pascal and Shumenov. Valuev was competently led and protected for the time being, Kuenka also suffered greatly, and after the loss Lomachenko was given an undeserved chance with Geri Russell. Their records will be forever, in theory only Wilder's record of 32-0.32ko looks vulnerable, but who will achieve such a record on the sack? It’s not a fact that you won’t get caught by a slippery slugger and won’t run back all rounds until the decision. To break Pacquiao's record, a person must be 180 cm tall and start with 57 kg of weight, gradually gaining 57,59,61,63,66,69,72,76 and finally up to 90kg! Is this real? All that remains for boxing is to offer local records. For example, the first Japanese heavyweight will compete for the World Champion title, or for the first time in Montreal a boxing fight will be attended by a certain number of spectators. The main ceiling has been reached and no pharmacology will improve these indicators. Unless there are fixed fights...

This article presents 10 best boxers the world from all over the world.

They became the best at different times. They are collected from different weight categories. This top was compiled based on recommendations from fans, as well as various boxing magazines.

To become great boxers, they worked hard on themselves and improved every day. Now, perhaps, let's start with the tenth place of our top 10 The best and greatest boxers in the world in history.

No. 10. Willie Pep

Competed: 1940-1966 Total Fights: 241 Wins: 229 Wins by knockout: 65 Losses: 11 Draws: 0

Willie Pep takes this honorable tenth place. The boxer can be classified as an Italian-American boxer who fought in the ring for twenty-six years. He has a lot of victories and a minimum of defeats, this is probably the most incredible record of all time. Pep belonged to the lightweight category, he fought all the time without defeat until 1944, and he also had 61 victories, which is impressive. Some time passed, and he finally suffered the first defeat in his career from the world champion Sammy Angott.

Willie soon won all his fights that year, and the next year this boxer did not suffer a single defeat. Pep continued to move forward in this sport without defeat, thereby emphasizing that he is the strongest fighter in the entire boxing world. He won 73 fights. This is an amazing record that exists in this sport. Pep is undoubtedly the great boxer of the twentieth century, for which he was inducted into the boxing hall of fame in 1990, he was given first place in the very light weight division, according to Associated Press magazine.

No. 9. Henry Armstrong

Competed: 1931-1945 Total Fights: 181 Wins: 150 Wins by knockout: 101 Losses: 21 Draws: 10

Henry Armstrong ranks ninth on this list. This boxer started in the lightweight category and ended his career in the middleweight category. Only Henry was able to win 3 championship awards in three different weight categories. Impressive result.

It is believed that he won four titles, but in the fight with Ceferino Garcia, a draw was recognized, although it was controversial. However, everyone thinks that it was Armstrong who won. He won 27 times in a row by knockout only. This is perhaps the best statistic in boxing. Armstrong was recognized as a great boxer, as other boxers no less famous than Henry himself decided. Boxing magazine The Ring, in 2007, awarded Armstrong the title of the best boxer in the world for 80 years.

No. 8. Rocky Marciano

Competed: 1948-1955 Total Fights: 49 Wins: 49 Wins by knockout: 43 Losses: 0 Draw: 0 (Remained undefeated)

Rocky Marciano deservedly takes eighth place. This boxer was a heavyweight and became famous for his cruelty towards his opponents. The only boxer who did not lose his heavyweight championship to anyone. Defended this title six times. He is considered the greatest boxer in history, but many also think that simply no one could compete with him. Despite such critics in his direction, everyone will be able to remember Morciano as the undefeated boxer of all time, and also take him into account in various ratings for a long time.

No. 7. Julio Cesar Chavez

Competed: 1980-2005 Total Fights: 116 Wins: 108 Wins by knockout: 87 Losses: 6 Draws: 2

He is the most famous and great boxer in Mexico, because Chavez participated in as many as five categories, he is a six-time winner in 3 weight criteria, and was recognized as the best boxer in the world for 10 years. Julio Cesar Chavez was famous for his power, destructiveness of his opponents, strong chin, and constant control of his opponent. In ESPN's ranking of 50 great boxers, he occupies an honorable 24th place. He spent as many as 88 fights without losing until he was defeated by Frankie Randall, then Chavez inflicted 2 defeats on him. Chavez defeated such boxers as Roger Mayweather, Hector Camacho, Sammy Fuentes and many others.

No. 6. Jack Dempsey

Competed: 1914-1927 Total Fights: 83 Wins: 65 Wins by knockout: 51 Losses: 6 Draws: 11

He can easily be called one of the greatest American boxers in history. A lot of people were present at his fights, and the first million dollars was earned here. The aggression and true power of this boxer turned him into the most famous boxer. He has been the undisputed heavyweight champion for seven years now. All these years, he mercilessly dealt with those who wanted to appropriate the title of champion. But after some time, Dempsey still loses him in a battle with Jin Tani, but a year later he defeated him in a new fierce battle. In The Ring's magazines, Dempsey was ranked tenth on the list of heavyweights.

No. 5. Mike Tyson

Competed: 1985-2005 Total Fights: 58 Wins: 50 Wins by knockout: 44 Losses: 6 Draws: 0

This greatest boxer is ranked fifth. Everyone has heard this name. This is the most famous boxer throughout the world, he was famous for defeating absolutely any opponent in a few seconds or during just the first round. They constantly bet on him and only thought about how many minutes the enemy could withstand him. Mike Tyson is considered the most brutal puncher in history. He also found a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the most powerful and fastest knockouts of all time. (he has 9 knockouts, which he did in less than one minute) as well as his record that he is the youngest winner in the super heavyweight division.

No. 4. Jack Johnson

Competed: 1897-1945 Total Fights: 114 Wins: 80 Wins by knockout: 45 Losses: 13 Draws: 12

This is a fairly famous African-American boxer. Jack has always been the undisputed winner in the heavyweight division for ten years! No one has ever been able to defeat him. Got into all possible boxing ratings. He always emerged victorious from every fight, despite the shouts and insults directed at him. For a long time no one could beat him, and for this many boxers disliked him. Jack Johnson is an incredible boxer, he had his own fighting style that his opponents could not guess at all, and he is also known for the fact that he was excellent at dodging his opponent's blows.

No. 3. Sugar Ray Robinson

Competed: 1940-1965 Total Fights: 200 Wins: 173 Wins by knockout: 108 Losses: 19 Draws: 6

Almost everyone considers him the best boxer of his kind. Robinson took part in 7 weight categories, and he possessed all the best qualities of a real boxer. He was very strong, had increased endurance, and had a very strong chin. He also received his middleweight and welterweight titles. He proved to everyone that he deserves to be the greatest boxer in history. And many authoritative publications give him the first line in such a rating.

No. 2. Muhammad Ali

Competed: 1960-1981 Total Fights: 61 Wins: 56 Wins by knockout: 37 Losses: 5 Draws: 0

This is perhaps the most famous and renowned boxer in the world. He won the title “Boxer of the Year” 5 times and was recognized as the best boxer of the past decade. Ali became the Olympic champion in the heavyweight category. He held the world title in this weight, but was stripped of these titles due to the fact that he did not go to fight in Vietnam. Muhammad was considered invincible. The country tried to humiliate him, but this did not stop him from getting back on his feet and reaching such heights. After some time, he returned to the ring and continued his glorious path.

No. 1. Joe Louis

Competed: 1934-1951 Total Fights: 72 Wins: 69 Wins by knockout: 57 Losses: 3 Draws: 0

The greatest and best boxer in the world in history. Louis was very tall and everyone believed that it was impossible to defeat him, but he still had one defeat, from the German Max Schmeling, although the German was not happy about this for long, after some time, Louis took sensational revenge, defeating Max in just 1 round.

Then he suffered 2 more defeats, but this was only due to the fact that he was not in the best shape, and he also had financial problems and could not maintain constant training. For everyone, Louis became an American symbol. Louis was especially present in the hearts of people just when the Second World War took place.

As far as we know, during the war there simply would have been no one else who could have become a politically significant boxer like Joe Louis. Everywhere a lot of people crowded around the ring and the radio to learn about his fights with his opponents and this gave people at least some hope for the future and faith that everything would be fine in life. Joe Louis was the only boxer to be considered the best of any nationality.

No. 1 - Vasily Lomachenko / photo - Top Rank press service

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It's time to take stock of the outgoing 2016. The past 12 months in boxing terms have been very eventful and colorful for Ukraine and the rest of the world. Instead of Vladimir Klitschko, having passed the “imperial” titles, new talented and hardworking professionals arrived. We present the final rating for 2016, consisting of 10 positions.

1. Vasily Lomachenko

The name of just such a rating winner at the beginning of 2016 could have been called a surprise by most experts. However, the 28-year-old WBO world champion in the second featherweight division (up to 59 kg) Vasily Lomachenko(7-1, 5 KOs) chose not to pay attention to the forecasts, devoting more time to training.

In 2016, Vasily was able to change the weight category and immediately win the second championship in his career. Then-WBO titleholder from Puerto Rico Roman Martinez was declassed and declassed in a harsh style. Lomachenko became the first boxer in the world to win the championship title in the second weight category in only 7 fights. Also, his knockout was named the best of 2016 by the American television channel ESPN.

However, Hi-Tech did not stop at the record and in his last fight of the past year he fought with the most dangerous knockout fighter in the featherweight division, the Jamaican. Nicholas Walters. Many titled boxers fell at the hands of the “Lumberjack.” However, if there is a fast and gifted opponent in the ring against him.

Walters was so badly outclassed by Lomachenko in the first rounds that he decided to refuse to fight in the second half of the fight. Nobody expected such a development in the fight, but the Jamaican did not want to be knocked out and decided to “run away” from the ring.

In 2016, Lomachenko won two victories, which deservedly elevated him to the top of all possible ratings. We also could not resist the “high technology” of the very talented “Ackerman” champion.

4. Sergey Kovalev

Russian Sergey Kovalev(30-1-1, 26 KOs), despite the loss to Ward, continues to be one of the best boxers in the world. In the light heavyweight division, “Crusher” is openly feared by many opponents, since many worthy opponents were defeated with powerful blows.

In 2016, Kovalev began his ascent by beating him again in a rematch with the ex-champion Jean Pascal. The Russian won the second fight much more confidently than the first, teaching the Canadian a second lesson in boxing skills.

In the second fight of the past year, Kovalev defeated a difficult underdog in Russia Isaac Chilembu. The African's chin turned out to be so powerful that the Russian won only by a confident decision.

In 2017, Kovalev will probably have a rematch with Ward, since there is a lot of unsaid between the boxers.

5. Gennady Golovkin

In April, the Kazakh destroyed Dominic Wade only a few rounds, and then met with one of the best boxers in the welterweight category (up to 66.7 kg), the British Kell Brook.

For the sake of the fight with Golovkin, the Briton had to step over one weight category. Many experts in the boxing world criticized GGG for choosing such a small opponent, but the fight turned out to be very entertaining. Golovkin managed to win ahead of schedule, but before that he himself missed powerful hits from his opponent more than once. Gennady can only be reproached for his deficiencies.

The knockout artist from Kazakhstan could have been higher in the rankings, but in 2016 he lacked several more significant fights. Such a fight will take place next year. .

6. Terence Crawford

Ukrainian offender Viktor Postol world champion according to WBO and WBC in junior welterweight (up to 63.5 kg) 29-year-old American Terence Crawford(30-0, 21 KOs) is in 6th place in the rankings.

In the past year, Crawford had three fights. If Henry Lundy And John Molina The American was severely beaten and knocked out, then the victory over Postol was won only by a judge's decision.

The fight with the Ukrainian had the status of a unification and allowed Crawford to win the most prestigious title in his weight - WBC. Terence was the favorite of the fight and it was he who looked faster, more powerful and more technical in the ring. Postol tried, but could not do anything with his opponent ahead of him. On counterattacks, the American constantly shook the Ukrainian’s head.

In 2017, Crawford could get his biggest fight of his career against the Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao. There were discussions about this fight from the boxers' promoter Bob Arum, who wants to feed a veteran to a young prospect.

7. Roman Gonzalez

Previously, Gonzalez held the WBA titles in the minimum (up to 47.6 kg) and first fly (up to 48.9 kg), WBC titles in the flyweight (up to 50.8 kg) and second flyweight (up to 52.1 kg) weight categories.

Roman started the year with a successful defense of the WBC flyweight title in a fight against McWilliams Arroyo. The fight turned out to be not the easiest for “Chocolatito” and he was able to celebrate success only after the judges’ decision.

However, in September Gonzalez entered the ring against the WBC world champion at 52.1 kg Carlos Cuadras. The fight turned out to be even harder for the Nicaraguan, who was deprived of a knockout advantage in the new division.

Roman managed to celebrate his victory on points, but his face was covered with bruises. Apparently, moving between weight categories deprives the champion of his previous advantage in power.

8. Saul Alvarez

One of the most popular boxers in the world, 26-year-old Mexican Saul Alvarez in 2016 he fought two fights, which he finished with knockouts.

First the mentee Oscar De La Hoya defended WBC middleweight title against British welterweight Amir Khan. Like Golovkin, Alvarez has been criticized for choosing such opposition. Among the critics was the Kazakh himself, who then followed the example of the Mexican.

However, Khan performed well against Saul until he suffered a knockout blow. After this fight, Alvarez renounced the title and dropped down to junior middleweight to fight the WBO champion Liam Smith. This was the second British opponent for the promising Mexican in a year. In the new weight category, Saul also had no problems, and he knocked out the Briton with a blow to the liver in the 9th round.

Alvarez has no plans for 2017 yet, but the boxing world is looking forward to his fight with Golovkin.

9. Manny Pacquiao

For the Filipino Manny Pacquiao(59-6-2, 38 KOs) the past year turned out to be very eventful. First, in his farewell fight, he was declassed in the third head-to-head fight Timothy Bradley, and then became a senator in the Philippines, after which he returned to the ring.

“Pac-Man” was not able to live without boxing for long and in November he fought in the ring with a young 27-year-old American Jesse Vargas. Manny taught his opponent a good lesson by defeating him on points. The victory earned the 38-year-old Filipino the WBO welterweight title.

In 2017, he is wooing Pac-Man as his rival Terence Crawford, Danny Garcia And Vasily Lomachenko. The most likely fight will be a meeting with Crawford.

10. Alexander Usik

Also worth adding to the list of the best boxers in the world in 2016 is the Ukrainian world champion in the first heavyweight division (up to 90.8 kg) Alexandra Usika(11-0, 10 KOs).

The 2012 Olympic champion fought with a Pole for the title last year Krzysztof Glowacki. Usik confidently defeated the ex-champion on his territory. Alexander winning the title can be called a lesson for the Pole, who turned out to be less skilled.

A confident victory over Glowacki and defending the title in a fight with Mchunu became one of the components of the Ukrainian’s entry into the Top 10 in 2016. Our decision was also influenced by the confidence and colorfulness with which Alexander celebrated his victories. It is not unimportant that it was Usik who returned the cruise weight to the American television channel HBO.

Next up in the boxing evening is Golovkin-Jacobs.

Karen AGHABEKYAN