With the always deep welterweight division there is always a lot of controversy, Who was the best? Who currently is the best? (Spence or Crawford). The list of the best welterweights of all time is not designed to make fans happy by putting their favorite boxer on the list, it is a list of the best boxers whoever fought at 147 pounds, whether A boxer was popular or not does not determine there rank. It’s about skill and dominance.

Best Welterweights of All Time: Top 30:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Pernell Whitaker
5. Julio Cesar Chavez
6. Jimmy McLarnin
7. Manny Pacquiao
8. Jose Napoles
9. Thomas Hearns
10. Kid Gavilan
11. Felix Trinidad
12. Mikey Walker
13. Shane Mosley
14. Jack Britton
15. Oscar De La Hoya
16. Sam Langford
17. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
18. Marvin Hagler
19. Juan Manuel Marquez
20. Roberto Duran
21. Carmen Basilio
22. Wilfred Benitez
23. Barbados Joe Walcott
24. Marcos Maidana
25. Emile Griffith
26. Timothy Bradley
27. Charley Burley
28. Ike Quartey
29. Barney Ross
30. Ted “Kid” Lewis

Honorable Mentions:
Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Harry Greb, Freddie Cochrane, Miguel Cotto, Héctor Camacho, Fritzie Zivic, James McGirt, Meldrick Taylor, Paul Williams, Marlon Starling, Antonio Margarito, Curtis Cokes, Carlos Palomino, Milton McCrory, Donald Curry, Dan Jordan, Cory Spinks & Maurice Blocker.

Best Super Welterweights (154) Top 20:

1. Thomas Hearns
2. Mike McCallum
3. Terry Norris
4. Winky Wright
5. Erislandy Lara
6. Oscar De La Hoya
7. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
8. Wilfred Benitez
9. Shane Mosley
10. Saul Canelo Alvarez
11. Sandro Mazzinghi
12. Ayub Kalule
13. Maurice Hope
14. Antonio Margarito
15. Fernando Vargas
16. Koichi Wajima
17. Laurent Boudouani
18. Harry Simon
19. Julio Cesar Vasquez
20. Oscar Albarado