H&G Elo v1.1.2 division leaderboard

Best Middleweight boxers of all time

Sugar Ray Robinson leads the Rank list, with Harry Greb and Mickey Walker close enough to make the order worth arguing about.

This page keeps the middleweight argument inside one weight class. It uses the frozen H&G Elo v1.1.2 launch leaderboard set, so it is a preview rather than a complete divisional encyclopedia.

H&G Elo v1.1.2 public leaderboard. These visual leaderboards are built from the published men's release and should be read with the methodology, versions and corrections notes.

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17 fighters shown from the H&G Elo v1.1.2 launch leaderboard set.

#1Sugar Ray RobinsonRank: #1Compare in head-to-head

#2Harry GrebRank: #2Compare in head-to-head

#10Mickey WalkerRank: #10Compare in head-to-head

#22Mike GibbonsRank: #22Compare in head-to-head

#24Marcel ThilRank: #24Compare in head-to-head

#29Emile GriffithRank: #29Compare in head-to-head

#32Carlos MonzonRank: #32Compare in head-to-head

#39Mike O'DowdRank: #39Compare in head-to-head

#44Gennadiy GolovkinRank: #44Compare in head-to-head

#48Fred ApostoliRank: #48Compare in head-to-head

Readable table

Best Middleweight boxers of all time, H&G Elo v1.1.2
Rank	Fighter	Division	Rank	Peak form Elo	Active	Signature wins	Compare
#1	Sugar Ray Robinson	Middleweight	#1	2,094	1949-1965	Gene Fullmer, Bobo Olson, Jake LaMotta	Head-to-head
#2	Harry Greb	Middleweight	#2	2,047	1921-1926	Gene Tunney, Tommy Gibbons, Tommy Loughran	Head-to-head
#10	Mickey Walker	Middleweight	#10	1,875	1923-1935	No listed opponent summary	Head-to-head
#22	Mike Gibbons	Middleweight	#22	1,930	1911-1922	Harry Greb, Jack Dillon, Ted Kid Lewis	Head-to-head
#24	Marcel Thil	Middleweight	#24	1,919	1926-1937	Len Harvey, Lou Brouillard, Vince Dundee	Head-to-head
#29	Emile Griffith	Middleweight	#29	1,856	1959-1977	No listed opponent summary	Head-to-head
#32	Carlos Monzon	Middleweight	#32	2,049	1963-1977	Jose Napoles, Nino Benvenuti, Emile Griffith	Head-to-head
#39	Mike O'Dowd	Middleweight	#39	1,812	1915-1923	No listed opponent summary	Head-to-head
#44	Gennadiy Golovkin	Middleweight	#44	2,161	2006-2022	Kell Brook, Daniel Jacobs, David Lemieux	Head-to-head
#48	Fred Apostoli	Middleweight	#48	1,878	1934-1948	No listed opponent summary	Head-to-head
#59	Ken Overlin	Middleweight	#59	1,856	1935-1944	No listed opponent summary	Head-to-head
#72	Bernard Hopkins	Middleweight	#72	2,076	1988-2016	Oscar De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jr, Felix Trinidad	Head-to-head
#78	Frank Klaus	Middleweight	#78	1,779	1905-1913	No listed opponent summary	Head-to-head
#83	Jeff Smith	Middleweight	#83	1,805	1919-1927	No listed opponent summary	Head-to-head
#86	Marvin Hagler	Middleweight	#86	2,059	1973-1987	Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Juan Domingo Roldan	Head-to-head
#89	Freddie Steele	Middleweight	#89	1,958	1930-1941	No listed opponent summary	Head-to-head
#91	Michael Nunn	Middleweight	#91	2,033	1984-2002	Sumbu Kalambay, Donald Curry, Juan Domingo Roldan	Head-to-head

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H&G Elo v1.1.2 is a fixed public release, not a live database. A fighter can lead one signal and still sit lower in the main all-time list because the final score blends peak, prime, era dominance, title evidence, signature wins and longevity.

For disputed placements, use the fighter page, methodology page and corrections process rather than treating one number as the whole argument.

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