A century of 135-pound champions, with gaslight-era scientists on one side and today's pay-per-view headliners on the other.
1Roberto DuranPanamanian Hands of Stone who ruled the lightweights through the 1970s with ferocious pressure.1000pts
2Benny LeonardNew York master who held the world lightweight title from 1917 to 1925, the longest reign in the division.999pts
3Lou AmbersHerkimer Hurricane who traded the 1930s lightweight title with Canzoneri and Armstrong.930pts
4Freddie WelshWelsh boxing scientist who held the world lightweight title from 1914 to 1917.891pts
5Gervonta DavisBaltimore knockout artist who headlined pay-per-view as WBA lightweight champion.818pts
6Alexis ArguelloNicaraguan gentleman who added the WBC lightweight crown to titles at two lighter weights.818pts
7Julio Cesar ChavezMexican legend who won and unified lightweight titles during his long unbeaten run.734pts
8Henry ArmstrongPerpetual-motion fighter who held the lightweight belt while also champion at feather and welterweight.734pts
9Ken BuchananScottish stylist who won the undisputed lightweight title in 1970.734pts
10Sammy AngottClutch-and-hold specialist who held the NBA lightweight title in the early 1940s.636pts
11Hector CamachoFlamboyant Macho Man who held the WBC lightweight title in the mid-1980s.636pts
12Battling NelsonDurable Danish-American who fought Joe Gans in epic lightweight title wars.520pts
13Ike WilliamsHard-hitting champion who held the lightweight crown from 1945 to 1951.520pts
14Beau JackGeorgia shoeshine boy turned two-time lightweight champion and Madison Square Garden headliner.520pts
15Joe BrownOld Bones, who made eleven defences of the lightweight title between 1956 and 1962.520pts
16Devin HaneyCalifornian who became undisputed lightweight champion in 2022.520pts
17Vasiliy LomachenkoUkrainian two-time Olympic champion who unified lightweight titles with dazzling footwork.382pts
18Diego CorralesChico who rose off the canvas twice to stop Castillo in the 2005 lightweight fight of the year.382pts
19Juan Manuel MarquezMexican counter-puncher who reigned as lightweight champion from 2008 to 2012.382pts
20Floyd Mayweather Jr.Pound-for-pound great who won the WBC lightweight title with two wins over Jose Luis Castillo.382pts
21Shane MosleySugar Shane, the unbeaten IBF lightweight champion of the late 1990s.382pts
22Ad WolgastMichigan Wildcat who took the lightweight title from Battling Nelson in a 40-round war in 1910.0pts
23Edwin RosarioPuerto Rican puncher who won lightweight world titles four times.0pts
Photo credits
- Roberto Duran — Jim Accordino, CC BY 2.0
- Gervonta Davis — MILLION DOLLAZ WORTH OF GAME, CC BY 3.0
- Julio Cesar Chavez — Box Azteca, CC BY 3.0
- Ken Buchanan — Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Devin Haney — MILLION DOLLAZ WORTH OF GAME, CC BY 3.0
- Vasiliy Lomachenko — KuRaG, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Diego Corrales — Bret "The Threat" Newton, Bret Newton on flickr, CC BY 2.0
- Juan Manuel Marquez — presidenciamx, CC BY 2.0
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. — DEWALT POWER TOOLS FIGHT NIGHT CLUB 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Shane Mosley — Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0
