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Top 10 American Boxers

1-Floyd Mayweather Jr 

Floyd Mayweather Jr

Floyd Mayweather Jr., born on 24 February 1977, is considered the greatest boxer of America of all time. He is basically an eminent American former professional boxer and he is no doubt an undefeated as a professional and a superb boxer of his era. Floyd Mayweather Jr. not only won twelve world titles, a five-division world champion and he also won the lineal championship four times.

2-Muhammad Ali 

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali, born on 17 January 1942, is regarded as the second greatest and notable boxer of America of all time. He is also a former American professional boxer, he is widely considered the greatest heavyweight in the entire history of the sport. Muhammad Ali is no doubt one of the most prominent and notable sports figures of the last 100 years, he is crowned by "Sports Illustrated" as a "Sportsman of the century".

3-Rocky Marciano 

Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano, born on 01 September 1923, is also included in our list of the top ten notable American boxers of all time. He was basically an eminent American professional boxer who not only held the title of the world heavyweight from 1952 to 1956 that he defended six times but he also remained undefeated throughout his career. Rocky Marciano is included in the list of the best heavyweight boxers of all time.

4-Mike Tyson 

Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson, born on 30 June 1966, comes with the number four in our list of the most notable American boxers of all time. He is basically a former American professional boxer who held the "Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship". Mike Tyson won different heavyweight titles such as IBF, WBC, and WBA at the age of just 20 years and in this way he holds the record of having these great titles as the youngest boxer.

5-Sugar Ray Robinson 

Sugar Ray Robinson

The fifth most notable and greatest American boxer of all time is Sugar Ray Robinson, born on 03 May 1921. He was also an eminent American professional boxer and sometimes described as the greatest American boxer of all time. In 1990, Sugar Ray Robinson was also inducted into "International Boxing Hall of Fame", he is regarded as the originator of modern sports.

6-Joe Louis 

Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow, commonly known as Joe Louis, born on 13 May 1914, is considered the sixth most notable American boxer of all time. He was also a prominent American professional boxer who had succeeded in holding the "world heavyweight championship" for twelve years from 1937 to 1949. Joe Louis is included among the greatest heavyweights of all time, he died on 12 April 1981.

7-Willie Pep 

Willie Pep

GuglielmoPapaleo, commonly known as Willie Pep, born on 19 September 1922, is regarded as the seventh greatest and most notable American boxer of all time. He was also one of the most famous American professional boxer, who succeeded in holding the "World Featherweight championship" two times between 1947 and 1950. Willie Pep was also inducted into "International Boxing Hall of Fame" and died on 23 November 2006.

8-Sugar Ray Leonard 

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard, born on 17 May 1956, is also included in the list of the top ten notable American boxers of all time. He is basically a former American professional boxer, occasional actor, and motivational speaker and widely considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. Sugar Ray Leonard was one of the "Fabulous Four" and in 1980, he was named "Boxer Of The Decade".

9-Jack Johnson 

Jack Johnson

John Arthur Johnson, commonly known as "Jack Johnson" and also nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", born on 31 March 1878, comes with the number four in our list of the most notable American boxers of all time. Jack Johnson was the first African-American who became the "world heavyweight boxing champion from 1908 to 1915, he remained for thirteen years not only a most famous but also a most notorious African-American on Earth.

10-Henry Armstrong 

Henry Armstrong

Henry Armstrong, born on 12 December 1912, is also one of the most recognized American boxers of all time. He was also an eminent American professional boxer, A great number of his fellow professionals and boxing critics regarded him as one of the greatest American fighters of all time. Henry Armstrong held the record of achieving the titles of lightweight, featherweight, and welterweight world championships.

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