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1. Sam Langford 20-0 (17)....78-2 (57)

Langford stopped Chad Dawson & James Toney in six rounds apiece. Leonard Morrow was blitzed in two before a UD12 over Tony Shucco and a third round TKO over Battling Siki in a dominant run.


2. Roy Jones, Jr. 19-0-1 (14)....58-1-1 (44)

After a twelve round draw with Jack Root, Roy destroyed Melio Bettina in three rounds before stopping Archie Moore in eleven rounds in a thrilling fight. Roy finished matters with UD12's over Ambrose Palmer & Antonio Tarver.


3. Ezzard Charles 20-0 (17)....40-0 (33)

Montell G4riffin was wiped out in a round before a stirring SD12 over Moore. Julio Gonzalez was flattened in six before Ezzard took a wide UD12 over Bettina and stopped Tomasz Adamek in twelve.


4. Bob Fitzsimmons 20-0 (14)....39-1 (33)

Yvonne Durelle was iced in two before a wide UD12 over Leo Houck. Ruby Red finished his unblemished campaign with UD 12's over Prince Charles Williams, George Gardiner & Tommy Yarosz


5. Billy Conn 20-0 (12)....38-2 (15)

Billy opened with a comprehensive UD12 over Maxie Rosenbloom before later stopping Bob Foxworth in nine , scoring a UD12 over Joey Maxim and knocking Thomas Hearns out in three rounds.


6. Harry Greb 19-0-1 (10)....39-0-1 (21)

Shucco was unanimously decisoned over twelve before Mauro Mina held Greb to a D12. Harry took a UD12's over Georges Carpentier & Joe Choynski before stopping Young Firpo in five.


7. Archie Moore 18-2 (15)....37-3 (30) (WBA)

Hearns was stopped in ten before Moore suffered the SD12 to Charles. Young Peter Jackson was halted in four and Tarver unanimously decisioned in twelve before the eleventh round stoppage loss at the hands of Jones. After a MD12 over Willie Pastrano Archie captured the WBA title with an eleventh round TKO over Rue Cameron. He made three defenses, the most noteworthy being a one punch twelfth round KO of Jack Burton.


8. Jimmy Bivins 20-0 (16)....40-0 (25)

Bivins, more than any other fighter, took advantage of his middleweight record. A twelfth round TKO of Freddie Mills & a UD12 over Pastrano were the most impressive results of a campaign devoid of star power.


9. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 18-1-1 (7)....37-2-1 (14)

A UD12 over Shucco preceded a twelve round draw with Carpentier. After being stopped in three by Jack Dillon, O'Brien got off of the canvas to decision Larry Lyons over twelve rounds. Jack took a tough SD12 Over Root before unanimously defeating Marvin Johnson & Firpo.


10. Ray Robinson 19-1 (10)....59-1 (44) (WBC)

After suffering a fourth round defeat to Bob Foster SRR slaughtered Thomas Hearns in 3 rounds. Ray won the WBC crown with a wide UD15 over Battling Bozo before defending the title five times including a DQ13 against Tavoris Cloud.


Other Champions:

17. Tiger Jack Fox (WBA)....18-2 (16)
78. James Scott (WBO)....19-1 (11)
194. Johnny Wilburn (IBO)....11-9 (6)


Other Unbeaten Fighters:

11. Gene Tunney 20-0 (14)
12. Floyd Patterson 20-0 (16)
18. Young Stribling 20-0 (14)
22. Dwight Qawi 20-0 (16)
27. Joe Knight 19-0-1 (12)
31. Michael Moorer 20-0 (18)
32. Harry Matthews 20-0 (14)
40. Tommy Gibbons 19-0-1 (11)
53. Al Gainer 19-0-1 (11)
61. Jesse Burnett 17-0-3 (8)
65. Dave Maier 20-0 (15)


Notables that missed the cut:

369. Julio Gonzalez(7) 10-9-1 (6)
373. Dick Hall(7) 16-4 (2)
441. Jimmy Slade(7) 11-6-3