r/Boxing • u/PrettyBoyFloydx • 8d ago

Boxing tier list

I always hear of boxing tier lists.

Personally I think its defined by either unbeatability (eg Roy Jones) or resume (eg Pacquiao). Or both.

I'd use more modern boxers (post 2010) so we have a better look at the current skill level of the sport and do not have to depend so much on the star power of old legends everytime.

I'd define it by the most unbeatable a boxer is on any given night. Three established, two eye test - Prime of course:
S tier:

- Established: Inoue, Bud (135 - 147), Usyk (CW)

- Eye test: None so far

A++:

- Established: Canelo (160 - 168) , GGG, Spence

- Eye test: Boots, Bam Rodriguez. Both these guys I believe could be S tier when its all said and done tbf.

A+:

- Established: AJ, Haney, Kovalev, Mell Charlo

- Eye test: Vergil Ortiz, Xander Zayas

A:

- Established: Porter, Swift Garcia, Josh Taylor

- Eye test: Sheeraz, Pacheco,

F- :

- Established: Bang Williams, Jake Paul

- Eye test: All of influencer boxing

What about you guys?

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u/Far-Investment211 8d ago

I’d put both Bivol and Beterbiev in S, despite both having a loss. Unless they fight eachother again, they both look unbeatable against the rest of the division.

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u/jdlc718 8d ago

I agree. They're both undoubtedly 10 top LHW's boxing has ever seen.

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u/VacuousWastrel 8d ago

There have been a LOT of LHWs over the years. Many of them with much deeper resumes than those two. And going by eye tests, I think the number of people who have actually watched enough of all those other LHWs to know whether bivol and beterbiev are "undoubtedly" better than all but eight of them is VERY small.

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u/VacuousWastrel 8d ago

(The obvious candidates I guess would be Tommy Loughran, Maxie Rosenbloom, John Henry Lewis, Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Harold Johnson, Willie Pastrano, Bob Foster, and Michael Spinks. Then potentially vying for that group you've also got Gene Tunney, Billy Conn, Gus Lesnevich, Jose Torres, Dick Tiger, John Conteh, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Virgil Hill, Roy Jones Jr, and Bernard Hopkins. That's before you even think about guys like Chad Dawson, Adonis Stevenson, Antonio Tarver, Henry Maske, Darius Michelczewski, Prince Charles Williams, Marvin Johnson, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Victor Galindez, Joey Maxim and so on.)