The best-ever American boxers, ranked by decade

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)