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Best fighters (all time)

A ranking of fighters of any discipline (combat sports such as boxing, wrestling, MMA, etc.).

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Muhammad Ali
1

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer and the former undisputed heavyweight champion. A controversial and polarizing figure during his early career, Ali is today...
9.2
9.2
as boxer
from 6 votes
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Joe Calzaghe
2

Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William "Joe" Calzaghe (born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer. He held the WBO, IBF, WBC, WBA and The Ring magazine super middleweight titles, as well as The Ring light heavyweight title. Calzaghe is the...
9
9
as boxer
from 3 votes
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Jon Jones
3

Jon Jones

Jonathan Dwight "Jon" Jones (born July 19, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. In March 2011, at the age of 23, he became the youngest champion in UFC history.
8.8
8.8
as MMA fighter
from 4 votes
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Vitali Klitschko
4

Vitali Klitschko

Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko (Ukrainian: Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́; born 19 July 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and the current Mayor of Kiev (the capital and largest city in Ukraine), head of the Kiev City State Adminis...
8.7
8.7
as boxer
from 3 votes
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Lennox Lewis
4

Lennox Lewis

Lennox Claudius Lewis (born 2 September 1965) is a retired professional boxer and the former undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship. By way of rematch, he has beaten every opponent he...
8.7
8.7
as boxer
from 3 votes
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Daniel Cormier
4

Daniel Cormier

Daniel Cormier (born March 20, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler. He is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division. Cormier was the...
8.7
8.7
as MMA fighter
from 3 votes
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Fabricio Werdum
7

Fabricio Werdum

Fabrício Werdum (born July 30, 1977) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and the current Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is also a two-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, a two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club World Heavyweigh...
8.6
8.6
as MMA fighter
from 5 votes
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Wladimir Klitschko
8

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Володи́мирович Кличко́ [Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko]; born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian heavyweight professional boxer. Klitschko is the former Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, l...
8.5
8.5
as boxer
from 10 votes
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Cain Velasquez
9

Cain Velasquez

Cain Ramirez Velasquez (born July 28, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion.
8.5
8.5
as MMA fighter
from 8 votes
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George Foreman
10

George Foreman

George Edward Foreman (nicknamed "Big George"; born January 10, 1949) is a retired American professional boxer, two-time World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained minister, author, and entrepreneur. After a troub...
8.5
8.5
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Junior dos Santos
10

Junior dos Santos

Júnior "Cigano" dos Santos (born January 30, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Heavyweight Champion.
8.5
8.5
as MMA fighter
from 2 votes
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Rocky Marciano
12

Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano (born Rocco Francis Marchegiano; September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969) was an American professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from September 23, 1952, to April 27, 1956. Marciano is the only person to...
8.3
8.3
as boxer
from 3 votes
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Joe Louis
13

Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis, was an American professional boxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949.
8
8
as boxer
from 3 votes
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Sergey Kovalev
14

Sergey Kovalev

Sergey Kovalev (born 2 April 1983) is a Russian professional boxer.
8
8
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Arturo Gatti
14

Arturo Gatti

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was an Italian Canadian professional boxer. Born in Cassino, Italy and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to Jersey City, New Jersey as a teenager. He return...
8
8
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Bernard Hopkins
14

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Humphrey Hopkins, Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American professional boxer who currently fights at light heavyweight and previously at middleweight.
8
8
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Larry Holmes
14

Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which gave birth to his boxing nickname, the "Easton Assassin".
8
8
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Alistair Overeem
18

Alistair Overeem

Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is an English-born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, DREAM Heavyweight Champion, K-1...
8
8
as kickboxer
from 1 vote
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Adonis Stevenson
18

Adonis Stevenson

Stevenson Adonis (born September 22, 1977), best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian-born Canadian professional boxer. His known name is an inversion of his family name and given name. His nickname is "Superman"...
8
8
as boxer
from 1 vote
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Joe Frazier
18

Joe Frazier

Joseph William "Joe" Frazier (January 12, 1944 – November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer, Olympic gold medalist and undisputed world heavyweight champion, whose professional career lasted fro...
8
8
as boxer
from 1 vote
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Mamed Khalidov
18

Mamed Khalidov

Mamed Khalidov (born 17 July 1980) is a Polish mixed martial artist competing in the middleweight division of Polish MMA promotion KSW. Khalidov is currently undefeated in the promotion. As of October 2013, Khalidov was ranked the...
8
8
as MMA fighter
from 1 vote
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Alexander Povetkin
22

Alexander Povetkin

Alexander Vladimirovich Povetkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979 in Kursk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional boxer. Formerly trained by Alexander Zimin and Teddy Atlas, Povet...
7.7
7.7
as boxer
from 3 votes
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Fedor Emelianenko
22

Fedor Emelianenko

Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko (Russian: Фёдор Влади́мирович Емелья́ненко, tr. Fyodor Vladimirovich Yemelyanenko) is a Russian politician and retired Heavyweight mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, and judoka. He has won champio...
7.7
7.7
as MMA fighter
from 3 votes
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Conor McGregor
22

Conor McGregor

Conor Anthony McGregor (born 14 July 1988) is an Irish mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight champion. A...
7.7
7.7
as MMA fighter
from 3 votes
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Tyson Fury
25

Tyson Fury

Tyson Luke Fury (born 12 August 1988) is an English undefeated professional boxer, fighting in the heavyweight division. He is the current WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring unified heavyweight champion.
7.6
7.6
as boxer
from 7 votes
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Jake LaMotta
26

Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta (born July 10, 1921), nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is an American retired professional boxer and former World Middleweight Champion. He was portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1980 film...
7.5
7.5
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Mike Tyson
27

Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American retired professional boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heav...
7.3
7.3
as boxer
from 3 votes
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Manny Pacquiao
28

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao (born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino world champion professional boxer. At 32 he was elected to the Philippine House of Representatives. He has also been involved in basketball, acting, and is...
7.1
7.1
as boxer
from 7 votes
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Sugar Ray Leonard
29

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard (born Ray Charles Leonard; May 17, 1956) is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor.
7
7
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Sugar Ray Robinson
29

Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer.
7
7
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Jack Dempsey
29

Jack Dempsey

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), also known as "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer.
7
7
as boxer
from 2 votes
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Jean Pascal
32

Jean Pascal

Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born October 28, 1982) is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer.
7
7
as boxer
from 1 vote
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Alexander Gustafsson
32

Alexander Gustafsson

(1987)
Alexander L. Gustafsson (born 15 January 1987) is a Swedish mixed martial artist. He is currently signed with the UFC, fighting in their light heavyweight division.
7
7
as MMA fighter
from 1 vote
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Chris Weidman
32

Chris Weidman

Christopher J. "Chris" Weidman (born June 17, 1984) is an undefeated American mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion.
7
7
as MMA fighter
from 1 vote
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Roy Nelson
32

Roy Nelson

Roy "Big Country" Nelson (born June 20, 1976) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), there holding a record of 7-5. He won Season 10 of Spike TV's...
7
7
as MMA fighter
from 1 vote
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Anthony Johnson
32

Anthony Johnson

Anthony Kewoa Johnson (born March 6, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
7
7
as MMA fighter
from 1 vote
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José Aldo
37

José Aldo

José Aldo (born September 9, 1986) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who competes as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Aldo was the fourth and final WEC Featherweight Champion and thus, became the first and...
6.8
6.8
as MMA fighter
from 5 votes
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
38

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American professional boxer. He is currently undefeated as a professional and is a five-division world champion, having won ten world titles and the lineal c...
6.7
6.7
as boxer
from 11 votes
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Mariusz Pudzianowski
39

Mariusz Pudzianowski

Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski (born 7 February 1977), nicknamed Pudzian, is a Polish former strongman and current mixed martial artist. During his career as a strongman, Pudzianowski won five World's Strongest Man titles; more tha...
6.1
6.1
as MMA fighter
from 10 votes
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Urijah Faber
40

Urijah Faber

Urijah Christopher Faber (born May 14, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist, fighting as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Faber won the WEC Featherweight Championship at WEC 19 on March 17, 2006 and held...
6
6
as MMA fighter
from 2 votes
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Frankie Edgar
40

Frankie Edgar

Frank James Edgar (born October 16, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is a former UFC Lightweight Champion.
6
6
as MMA fighter
from 2 votes
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Gennady Golovkin
42

Gennady Golovkin

Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin (Kazakh: Геннадий Геннадьевич Головкин; born 8 April 1982) is a Kazakhstani professional boxer...
6
6
as boxer
from 1 vote
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Vitor Belfort
43

Vitor Belfort

Vitor Vieira Belfort (born April 1, 1977) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion as well as UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu wi...
5.5
5.5
as MMA fighter
from 2 votes
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Rolles Gracie Jr.
44

Rolles Gracie Jr.

Rolles Gracie Jr. (born July 14, 1978) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is a 3rd degree black belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and the son of Rolls Gracie.
5.3
5.3
as MMA fighter
from 3 votes
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David Haye
44

David Haye

David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British professional boxer. As a professional, he has captured numerous world titles in the Cruiserweight and Heavyweight divisions. Haye was known for his quick power punches and combi...
5.3
5.3
as boxer
from 3 votes
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Marcel Cerdan
candidate

Marcel Cerdan

Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan (22 July 1916 – 28 October 1949) was a French boxer.
0
0
as boxer
from 0 votes
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