The best-ever American boxers, ranked decade by decade
On Independence Day this year, Boxingscene.com rated their best American boxers by decade.
The United States has been at the forefront of the sport of boxing for over a century, producing the most iconic champions in history.
Here are a list of the States' best-ever pugilists decade by decade.
1880s: John L Sullivan
1890s: James Corbett
1900s: Jim Jeffries
1910s: Jack Johnson
1920s: Jack Dempsey
1930s: Henry Armstrong
1940s: Sugar Ray Robinson
1950s: Sugar Ray Robinson
1960s: Muhammad Ali
1970s: Muhammad Ali
1980s: Sugar Ray Leonard
1990s: Roy Jones Jr
2000s: Floyd Mayweather Jr
2010s: Floyd Mayweather Jr
2020s: Terence Crawford (so far)
