No. 94 - Deontay Wilder

One of the most tiring or entertaining debates today is whether or not Deontay Wilder is one of the all-time greats or a one-trick pony knocking off a series of tomato cans.

In my system, his recent win over Luis Ortiz moved him into the top 100 fighters all time, but he has a ways to go before he deserves to be in the conversation of top heavyweights ever.

Here are the positives for the "Bronze Bomber."

He has an amazing knockout record, having recorded knockouts in 41 of his 43 fights. No heavyweight ever has that kind of record. He's maximized the points against the fighters they've put in front of him.

Counting his unanimous win over Bermane Stiverne in 2015 to win the WBC heavyweight title, Wilder now has 10 wins in world title fights (so the draw against Tyson Fury is not included). The list of heavyweights who have accomplished that feat is not long. Here are the other heavyweights with 10 plus heavyweight title fight wins: Wladimire Klitschko, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko, Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier. That's a good list to be on.

Here are the negatives. Wilder has fought no unification fights so he's not racking up a lot of points with each title fight. To really make a run at the fighters above he needs to begin unifying the belts.

He has no Hall of Fame points and needs to take some risks. Right now, the only Hall of Fame bonus points he'll likely receive is for his draw against Tyson Fury. If Luis Ortiz rebounds and wins a title he'd have a shot at the Hall of Fame, which would help Wilder's case. For Deontay to make a run at the top 50 or even top 25 - as some of his supporters already believe he is - he'll need to beat Fury and the winner of the Andy Ruiz/Anthony Joshua fight and then defend those belts successfully against someone like Oleksandr Usyk.

That's a tall task and if Wilder accomplishes it his detractors won't have much of a case. But the clock is ticking. Wilder already is 34 years old.

Deontay Wilder
Significant Fights
Opponent	Result	Fight Points	Title Points	HOF Points	Total	x Win %	Final Total
Kelvin Price	KO	100	20		120	100.00%	120.0
Siarhei Liakhovich	KO	100	20		120	83.33%	100.0
Nicolai Firtha	KO	100	20		120	67.74%	81.3
Bermane Stiverne	UD-W	90	40		130	96.00%	124.8
Eric Molina	KO	100	40		140	92.00%	128.8
Johann Duhaupas	KO	100	40		140	94.12%	131.8
Artur Szpilka	KO	100	40		140	95.24%	133.3
Chris Arreola	KO	100	40		140	90.00%	126.0
Gerald Washington	KO	100	40		140	100.00%	140.0
Bermane Stiverne	KO	100	40		140	92.59%	129.6
Luis Ortiz	KO	100	40		140	100.00%	140.0
Tyson Fury	Draw	50	20		70	100.00%	70.0
Dominic Breazeale	KO	100	40		140	95.24%	133.3
Luis Ortiz	KO	100	40		140	96.88%	135.6
Totals (13-0-1, 12 KOs)							1,694.6
Record in non-significant fights
29-0-0, 29 KOs		2,900
% of fights toward 50 (100%)		2,900			2,900	66.55%	1,930.0
7 fight adjustment to 50		66.6	x7		466.2	75.00%	349.7
Totals							2,279.6
Peak 5 Fights
Luis Ortiz							140.0
Gerald Washington							140.0
Luis Ortiz							135.6
Artur Szpilka							133.3
Dominic Breazeale							133.3
Peak 5 Totals							682.3
Final Totals (significant, non-significant, Peak 5)							4,656.5

Boxing's 100 Countdown
Rank	Fighter	Significant Fights	Non-Significant Fights	Peak 5	Final Total
94.	Deontay Wilder	1,694.6	2,279.6	682.3	4,656.5
95.	Marcel Thil	2,579.8	1,170.9	900.9	4,651.6
96.	Nicolino Locche	1,858.0	1,946.8	820.3	4,625.1
97.	Ricky Hatton	3,458.8	449.1	708.9	4,616.8
98.	Ismael Laguna	1,059.5	2,659.4	889.9	4,608.7
99.	Ramon "Chocalatito" Gonzalez	2,187.1	1,771.9	638.6	4,597.5
100.	Wilfredo Benitez	1,439.4	2,223.0	914.4	4,586.5

No. 85 - Sven Ottke

Sven Ottke would be unknown outside of Germany if not for the zero in the loss column of his professional record.

Ottke was a celebrated amateur who competed in three Olympic Games and had more than 300 amateur fights before turning pro in 1997 at the age of 29. Less than a year later, he won the IBF Super Middleweight title in a disputed decision over Charles Brewer.

He would make 16 successful title defenses and pick up the WBA championship along the way when he beat Byron Mitchell in a split decision. He retired in 2004 with a 34-0 record.

He worked his way on this list by being an active and long-reigning champion. Those are the positives. The negatives are that Ottke never fought outside of Germany and benefitted from "home cooking" in several close decisions. It is highly unlikely that any of his opponents will make a major boxing Hall of Fame.

The reason Ottke pops up now is as point-counterpoint in the daily Facebook fights between fans of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny fans point out that Mayweather is one of 13 championship fighters to retire undefeated - Ottke being one of them.

Sven Ottke
Significant Fights
Opponent	Result	Fight Points	Title Points	HOF Points	Total	x Win %	Final Total
Asmir Vojnovic	UD-W	90	20		110	100.00%	110.0
Charles Brewer	SD-W	75	40		115	86.49%	99.5
Giovanni Nardiello	KO	100	40		140	89.47%	125.3
Gabriel Hernandez	UD-W	90	40		130	100.00%	130.0
Thomas Tate	UD-W	90	40		130	87.80%	114.1
Glen Johnson	UD-W	90	40		130	92.31%	120.0
Lloyd Bryan	UD-W	90	40		130	86.96%	113.0
Tocker Pudwill	UD-W	90	40		130	91.89%	119.5
Charles Brewer	SD-W	75	40		115	85.37%	98.2
Silvio Branco	UD-W	90	40		130	90.91%	118.2
James Crawford	KO	100	40		140	94.29%	132.0
Ali Ennebati	KO	100	40		140	93.75%	131.3
James Butler	UD-W	90	40		130	94.74%	123.2
Anthony Mundine	KO	100	40		140	100.00%	140.0
Rick Thornberry	UD-W	90	40		130	89.29%	116.1
Thomas Tate	UD-W	90	40		130	87.23%	113.4
Joe Gatti	KO	100	40		140	81.08%	113.5
Rudy Markussen	UD-W	90	40		130	100.00%	130.0
Byron Mitchell	SD-W	75	60		135	96.15%	129.8
David Starie	UD-W	90	60		150	91.18%	136.8
Mads Larson	SD-W	75	60		135	97.78%	132.0
Robin Reid	UD-W	90	60		150	92.31%	138.5
Armand Krajnc	UD-W	90	60		150	93.55%	140.3
Total (23-0-0, 5 KOs, 3 SD)							2,824.5
Record in non-significant fights
11-0-0, 1 KO		1,000
% of fights toward 50 (100%)		1,000				63.01%	630.1
16 fight adjustment to 50		57.3	x 16		916.8	75.00%	687.6
Totals							1,317.7
PEAK 5 Fights
Armand Krajnc							140.3
Anthony Mundine							140.0
Robin Reid							138.5
David Starie							136.8
Mads Larson							132.0
PEAK 5 Total							687.5
Final totals (significant, non-significant, PEAK 5)							4,829.7

Boxing's 100 Countdown
Rank	Fighter	Significant Fights	Non-Significant Fights	Peak 5	Final Total
85.	Sven Ottke	2,824.5	1,317.7	687.5	4,829.7
86.	Ronald "Winky" Wright	2,243.3	1,658.3	922.5	4,824.1
87.	Fighting Harada	1,259.6	2,409.2	1,105.9	4,774.7
88.	Humberto Gonzalez	1,866.7	1,952.3	907.3	4,726.4
89.	Ricardo Lopez	2,830.5	1,188.1	702.7	4,721.3
90.	Carmen Basilio	1,723.3	1,804.7	1,184.1	4,712.2
91.	Orlando Canizales	2,529.3	1,510.3	669.3	4,708.9
92.	Jeff Fenech	2,103.9	1,728.7	844.8	4,677.4
93.	Michael Carbajal	2,333.7	1,519.2	817.0	4,669.9
94.	Marcel Thil	2,579.8	1,170.9	900.9	4,651.6
95.	Nicolino Locche	1,858.0	1,946.8	820.3	4,625.1
96.	Ricky Hatton	3,458.8	449.1	708.9	4,616.8
97.	Ismael Laguna	1,059.5	2,659.4	889.9	4,608.7
98.	Ramon "Chocalatito" Gonzalez	2,187.1	1,771.9	638.6	4,597.5
99.	Wilfredo Benitez	1,439.4	2,223.0	914.4	4,586.8
100.	Carlos Zarate	1,124.2	2,707.1	751.5	4,582.8

No. 84 - Joe Gans

Joe Gans was the first African-American world boxing champion of the 20th century and one of the longest reigning world lightweight champions every, holding the title from 1902 to 1908.

Known as the Old Master, Gans was rated the greatest lightweight every by Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer and a bronze statue of Gans remains at Madison Square Garden. He was one of the first scientific boxers, who studied his opponents weaknesses and used those against him. In a day where you had to fight to survive, Gans took on all-comers, including losing a unanimous decision to Sam Langford.

Although his place in history is secure, he doesn't rank that highly in my system because he doesn't have a signature victory. Although he successfully defended his undisputed world title 12 times (worth a valuable 100 points each time) only one was over a Hall of Fame fighter, Battling Nelson. And Nelson's winning percentage was below 80 percent when they fought so none of Gans' victories were worth even 200 points in my system.

Perhaps some day Mike Twin Sullivan may make a Hall of Fame, earning Gans more bonus points. Otherwise, Gans is stuck in the lower echelon of the top 100 because of a lack of top-flight opponents.

Joe Gans
Significant Fights
Opponent	Result	Fight Points	Title Points	HOF Points	Total	x Win %	Final Total
Young Griffo	Draw	50		25	75	96.23%	72.2
Young Griffo	Draw	50		25	75	93.75%	70.3
Bobby Dobbs	UD-L	0			0		0
Frank Erne	KO-L	-25			-25		-25
Young Griffo	KO	100		50	150	93.33%	140.0
Terry McGovern	KO-L	-25			-25		-25
Steve Crosby	Draw	50	10		60	88.89%	53.3
Frank Erne	KO	100	20	50	170	87.50%	148.8
George "Elbows" McFadden	KO	100	100		200	82.00%	164.0
Kid McPartland	KO	100	100		200	76.36%	152.7
Gus Gardner (DQ)	UD-W	90	100		190	57.58%	109.4
Steve Crosby	KO	100	100		200	85.45%	170.9
Sam Langford	UD-L	0			0		0
Willie Fitzgerald	UD-W	90	100		190	77.78%	147.8
Joe Walcott	Draw	50		25	75	84.47%	63.3
Mike Twin Sullivan	KO	100	100		200	94.12%	188.2
Dave Holly	UD-W	90	100		190	77.32%	146.9
Battling Nelson	KO	100	100	50	250	79.25%	198.1
Kid Herman	KO	100	100		200	80.85%	161.7
Jimmy Britt	KO	100	100		200	80.00%	160.0
George Mesmic	UD-W	90	100		190	77.78%	147.8
Rudy Unholz	KO	100	100		200	59.70%	119.4
Battling Nelson	KO-L	-25			-25		-25
Battling Nelson	KO-L	-25			-25		-25
Total (14-6-4, 10 KOs, 4 KOd)							2,314.9
Record in non-significant fights
131-4-12, 90 KOs		13,290
% of fights toward 50 (17.7%)		2,352.3				69.71%	1,639.8
PEAK 5 Fights
Battling Nelson							198.1
Mike Twin Sullivan							188.2
Steve Crosby							170.9
George "Elbows" McFadden							164.0
Kid Herman							161.7
PEAK 5 Total							883.0
Final totals (significant, non-significant, PEAK 5)							4,837.6

Boxing's 100 Countdown
Rank	Fighter	Significant Fights	Non-Significant Fights	Peak 5	Final Total
84.	Joe Gans	2,314.9	1,639.8	883.0	4,837.6
85.	Sven Ottke	2,824.5	1,317.7	687.5	4,829.7
86.	Ronald "Winky" Wright	2,243.3	1,658.3	922.5	4,824.1
87.	Fighting Harada	1,259.6	2,409.2	1,105.9	4,774.7
88.	Humberto Gonzalez	1,866.7	1,952.3	907.3	4,726.4
89.	Ricardo Lopez	2,830.5	1,188.1	702.7	4,721.3
90.	Carmen Basilio	1,723.3	1,804.7	1,184.1	4,712.2
91.	Orlando Canizales	2,529.3	1,510.3	669.3	4,708.9
92.	Jeff Fenech	2,103.9	1,728.7	844.8	4,677.4
93.	Michael Carbajal	2,333.7	1,519.2	817.0	4,669.9
94.	Marcel Thil	2,579.8	1,170.9	900.9	4,651.6
95.	Nicolino Locche	1,858.0	1,946.8	820.3	4,625.1
96.	Ricky Hatton	3,458.8	449.1	708.9	4,616.8
97.	Ismael Laguna	1,059.5	2,659.4	889.9	4,608.7
98.	Ramon "Chocalatito" Gonzalez	2,187.1	1,771.9	638.6	4,597.5
99.	Wilfredo Benitez	1,439.4	2,223.0	914.4	4,586.8
100.	Carlos Zarate	1,124.2	2,707.1	751.5	4,582.8