'TOP10' STATISTICS FOR FIGHTERS FROM 'FIGHTS'
(includes all champions '*'). August, 2005.
1. yyyy-yyyy is range of years fought Top 10 fighters
2. nn/nn is # of Top10 fighters met divided by TOTAL Registered fights.
3. .nn is result of the above division. (ie. % of Top 10 Reg. fights.)
4. #nn is the highest 'TOP 10' rating ever attained.
1. 2. 3. 4.
yyyy-yyyy nn/nn .nn #n
GEORGE GODFREY 1882-1893 8/22 = .36 #1
PETER JACKSON 1882-1898 11/24 .46 #1
*JOHN L SULLIVAN 1882-1905 5/15 .33 #1
FRANK SLAVIN 1890-1896 5/32 .16 #1
JOE GODDARD 1890-1900 17/40 .43 #1
*JAMES J CORBETT 1891-1903 8/20 .40 #2
PETER MAHER 1892-1907 20/51 .39 #1
*BOB FITZSIMMONS 1892-1909 16/32 .50 #1
TOM SHARKEY 1896-1903 15/26 .58 #1
GUS RUHLIN 1897-1905 13/34 .38 #1
*JAMES J JEFFRIES 1897-1910 8/19 .42 #1
*MARVIN HART 1902-1907 9/34 .26 #1
PH JACK O'BRIEN 1902-1911 13/93 .14 #1
*JACK JOHNSON 1902-1915 24/85 .28 #1
SAM MCVEY 1903-1920 26/67 .39 #1
*TOMMY BURNS 1904-1910 7/30 .23 #1
AL KAUFMAN 1905-1912 6/24 .25 #1
JOE JEANNETTE 1905-1919 34/98 .35 #3
SAM LANGFORD 1905-1922 58/180 .32 #1
FRANK MORAN 1912-1922 14/47 .30 #1
JIM COFFEY 1913-1917 7/42 .17 #1
GUNBOAT SMITH 1913-1921 24/81 .30 #1
*JESS WILLARD 1913-1923 5/19 .26 #1
HARRY WILLS 1913-1927 20/71 .28 #1
TOMMY GIBBONS 1914-1925 9/48 .19 #1
GEO CARPENTIER 1914-1926 7/22 .32 #2
BILLY MISKE 1916-1922 18/76 .24 #2
FRED FULTON 1917-1925 14/60 .23 #1
HARRY GREB 1918-1926 16/103 .16 #2
*JACK DEMPSEY 1918-1927 10/47 .21 #1
*GENE TUNNEY 1920-1928 11/38 .29 #1
LUIS FIRPO 1923-1924 3/17 .18 #3
GEORGE GODFREY 1924-1935 7/82 .09 #2
*JACK SHARKEY 1925-1936 18/46 .39 #1
JIMMY MALONEY 1926-1931 10/50 .20 #3
PHIL SCOTT 1927-1930 5/48 .10 #2
YOUNG STRIBLING 1927-1933 7/65 .11 #1
ERNIE SCHAAF 1929-1933 8/60 .13 #2
*JAMES J BRADDOCK 1929-1938 8/41 .20 #3
*PRIMO CARNERA 1930-1936 10/65 .15 #2
*MAX SCHMELING 1930-1939 12/32 .38 #1
*MAX BAER 1931-1941 13/45 .29 #1
ART LASKY 1932-1934 5/32 .16 #3
TONY GALENTO 1932-1939 3/78 .04 #3
*JOE LOUIS 1935-1951 24/62 .39 #1
TOMMY FARR 1937-1938 6/42 .14 #2
MELIO BETTINA 1939-1948 9/48 .19 #1
JIMMY BIVINS 1941-1952 27/81 .33 #1
TAMI MAURIELLO 1942-1952 9/52 .17 #1
ELMER RAY 1943-1948 6/51 .12 #1
*JERSY JOE WALCOTT 1945-1953 15/47 .32 #1
ARCHIE MOORE 1945-1962 17/107 .16 #1
*EZZARD CHARLES 1946-1959 23/81 .28 #1
*ROCKY MARCIANO 1951-1955 9/35 .26 #1
NINO VALDES 1952-1959 11/44 .25 #2
TOMMY JACKSON 1954-1957 9/33 .27 #2
*FLOYD PATTERSON 1954-1972 17/40 .43 #1
HENRY COOPER 1957-1970 7/45 .16 #2
*INGEMAR JOHANSSON 1958-1961 4/22 .18 #1
ZORA FOLLEY 1958-1968 9/60 .15 #2
CLVLND WILLIAMS 1959-1969 5/53 .09 #3
*SONNY LISTON 1960-1969 7/48 .15 #1
ERNIE TERRELL 1962-1972 8/39 .21 #2
*MUHAMMAD ALI 1963-1977 27/55 .50 #1
OSCAR BONAVENA 1965-1974 6/47 .13 #3
JIMMY ELLIS 1967-1975 8/27 .30 #3
JERRY QUARRY 1967-1975 15/45 .33 #3
LEOTIS MARTIN 1968-1969 4/20 .20 #2
*JOE FRAZIER 1968-1976 11/31 .35 #1
*GEORGE FOREMAN 1970-1977 7/33 .21 #1 (1st time champion)
RON LYLE 1973-1980 6/40 .15 #4
KEN NORTON 1973-1981 10/37 .27 #1
EARNIE SHAVERS 1973-1982 8/47 .17 #2
JIMMY YOUNG 1975-1982 8/41 .20 #3
GERRIE COETZEE 1976-1986 7/29 .24 #2
*LEON SPINKS 1978-1981 5/26 .19 #5
*LARRY HOLMES 1978-1995 13/58 .22 #1
JOHN TATE 1979-1980 4/23 .17 #2
MIKE WEAVER 1979-1985 7/37 .19 #2
MICHAEL DOKES 1979-1993 10/38 .26 #2
GERRY COONEY 1980-1987 4/20 .20 #1
TIM WITHERSPOON -1983-1999 8/49 .16 #2
*MICHAEL SPINKS -1985-1988 4/11 .36 #2
*BUSTER DOUGLAS -1986-1990 3/28 .11 #2
FRANK BRUNO -1986-1996 6/40 .15 #1
*MIKE TYSON -1986-2002 17/41 .41 #1
*EVANDER HOLYFIELD-1988-2002 16/34 .47 #1
OLIVER MCCALL -1989-2001 7/28 .25 #2
*GEORGE FOREMAN 1991-1994 2/22 .09 #3 (2nd time champion)
*LENNOX LEWIS 1991-2003 16/37 .43 #1
*RIDDICK BOWE 1992-1995 5/22 .23 #1
HERBIE HIDE 1994-1995 2/23 .09 #3
*MICHAEL MOORER 1994-2002 4/25 .16 #6
*SHANNON BRIGGS 1997-1998 2/23 .09 #20! (2005)
DAVID TUA 1998-2003 3/28 .11 #4
*VITALI KLITSCHKO 1999-2004 3/24 .13 #1
MICHAEL GRANT 2000-2000 1/25 .04 #3
CHRIS BYRD 2000-2004 5/25 .20 #2
JOHN RUIZ 2000-2005 5/23 .22 #2
*HASIM RAHMAN 2000-2005 7/23 .30 #3
WLAD KLITSCHKO - 0/31 .00 #2
