ALL-TIME ALTERNATIVE LIST.

        
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Instead of YEARLY ratings we'll use MONTHLY ratings to determine 
ALL-TIME GREATNESS!

Folowing are the number of months each fighter was rated as #1:

    *=CHAMPION              
109.*JOE LOUIS 
 96.*LARRY HOLMES
 84.*MUHAMMAD ALI
 62.*EVANDER HOLYFIELD
 61.*SONNY LISTON
 60.*JAMES J JEFFRIES
 59.*JACK DEMPSEY
 58.*JOHN L SULLIVAN (1st 'M.Q.' title fight in 1885) 
 54.*JACK JOHNSON                           
 49. PETER JACKSON
 45.*ROCKY MARCIANO
 45.*LENNOX LEWIS
 44.*RIDDICK BOWE
 43.*FLOYD PATTERSON                       
 41.*JOE FRAZIER
 40.*BOB FITZSIMMONS                      
 38.*GENE TUNNEY
 34.*MAX SCHMELING
 34. JIMMY BIVINS
 28.*EZZARD CHARLES
 28.*MIKE TYSON
 27.*MAX BAER
 25. PAT KILLEN 
 25.*JACK SHARKEY
 21.*GEORGE FOREMAN
 19.*TOMMY BURNS
 14. PH JACK O'BRIEN
 14. FRED FULTON 
 13. FRANK SLAVIN       
 13. SAM LANGFORD
 12.*JIM CORBETT
 12. GUNBOAT SMITH
 12. YOUNG STRIBLING
 11.*JESS WILLARD
 10.*INGEMAR JOHANSSON
  9. TOM SHARKEY 
  9. BILLY MISKE 
  9. TOMMY GIBBONS
  9.*JERSEY JOE WALCOTT
  8. KEN NORTON
  7. FRANK MORAN
  7.*MICHAEL SPINKS
  7. ARCHIE MOORE
  6. JIM COFFEY 
  4. KID MCCOY
  4. AL KAUFMAN
  4. SAM McVEY
  4. HARRY WILLS (#2 SIX times!!)
  4. MELIO BETTINA 
  3. MIKE CLEARY
  3. GEORGE GODFREY (OLD CHOCOLATE)
  3. JACK ROOT
  3.*MARVIN HART
  3. ELMER RAY
  2. HARRY GREB      
  1. TOMMY RYAN
  1. TOM LEES
  1. GEORGE GARDNER
  1. CARL MORRIS
  1. GEO CARPENTIER
  1. TAMI MAURIELLO


Of the thirty-six Champs only the seven below were never #1.
Their highest ratings:
 # 2 PRIMO CARNERA (#2 twice & #3 once)
 # 5 JAMES J BRADDOCK
 # 5 BUSTER DOUGLAS 
 # 5 MICHAEL MOORER  
 # 7 LEON SPINKS
 # 8 HASIM RAHMAN
 #27 SHANNON BRIGGS (The only champ never in the top 10; or 20!!)
     

 . . . A N D   S O . . . 
According to the above this ALTERNATIVE All-Time List is ...

  1.*JOE LOUIS
  2.*LARRY HOLMES
  3.*MUHAMMAD ALI
  4.*EVANDER HOLYFIELD
  5.*SONNY LISTON
  6.*JAMES J JEFFRIES
  7.*JACK DEMPSEY
  8.*JOHN L SULLIVAN (1st 'M.Q.' title fight in 1885) 
  9.*JACK JOHNSON                           
 10. PETER JACKSON
 
 11.*ROCKY MARCIANO
"11.*LENNOX LEWIS (includes August 2002)
 13.*RIDDICK BOWE
 14.*FLOYD PATTERSON                       
 15.*JOE FRAZIER
 16.*BOB FITZSIMMONS                      
 17.*GENE TUNNEY
 18.*MAX SCHMELING
"18. JIMMY BIVINS
 20.*EZZARD CHARLES
"20.*MIKE TYSON

 22.*MAX BAER
 23. PAT KILLEN 
"23.*JACK SHARKEY
 25.*GEORGE FOREMAN
 26.*TOMMY BURNS
 27. PH JACK O'BRIEN
"27. FRED FULTON 
 29. FRANK SLAVIN       
"29. SAM LANGFORD

 31.*JIM CORBETT
"31. GUNBOAT SMITH
"31. YOUNG STRIBLING
 34.*JESS WILLARD
 35.*INGEMAR JOHANSSON
 36. TOM SHARKEY 
"36. BILLY MISKE 
"36. TOMMY GIBBONS
"36.*JERSEY JOE WALCOTT
 40. KEN NORTON

 41. FRANK MORAN
"41.*MICHAEL SPINKS
"41. ARCHIE MOORE
 44. JIM COFFEY 
 45. KID MCCOY
"45. AL KAUFMAN
"45. SAM McVEY
"45. HARRY WILLS (#2 SIX times!!)
"45. MELIO BETTINA 
 50. MIKE CLEARY
"50. GEORGE GODFREY (OLD CHOCOLATE)
"50. JACK ROOT
"50.*MARVIN HART
"50. ELMER RAY

 55. HARRY GREB      
"56. TOMMY RYAN
"56. TOM LEES
"56. GEORGE GARDNER
"56. CARL MORRIS
"56. GEO CARPENTIER
"56. TAMI MAURIELLO


Of the 1449 months from December 1881 thru August 2002 only the 
above 61 heroes were ever rated at #1.