Boxing's Best of the Century
Dateline: 12/30/99Bantamweight Fighter of Century as chosen by a five-member panel for The Associated Press:
1. Ruben Olivares, 88-13-3, 78 KO's, 1965-81. 19 years active.
tie. Carlos Zarate, 61-4, 58 KO's. 1970-88. 12 years active.
3. Eder Jofre, 72-2-4, 50 KO's. 1957-76. 17 years active.
4. Panama Al Brown, 128-19-11, 58 KO's, 4 ND. 1922-42. 19 years active.
5. Manuel Ortiz, 96-28-3, 49 KO's. 1938-55. 16 years active.
6. Lionel Rose, 42-11, 12 KO's. 1964-76. 10 years active.
tie. Fighting Harada, 55-7, 22 KO's. 1960-70. 11 years active.
8. Alfonso Zamora, 33-5, 32 KO's. 1973-80, 8 years active.
9. Sixto Escobar, 45-22-3, 30 KO's. 1930-40. 11 years active.
10. Jimmy Carruthers, 21-4, 13 KO's. 1950-62. 7 years active.
Note: Career denotes years of first and last fights; years active is number of years with at least one fight.
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