By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

There are many boxers in all eras that never became world champions, and that were most deserving of a title.

Here is my personal list (in order) of the top thirty:

1)  Sam Langford / Heavyweight / 1902 -1926

2)  Charley Burley / Welterweight / 1936 – 1950

3)  Peter Jackson / Heavyweight / 1882 – 1899

4)  Harry Wills / Heavyweight / 1907-1932

5)  Jim Driscoll / Featherweight / 1901 – 1919

6)  Jerry Quarry / Heavyweight / 1965 – 1992

7)  Bennie Briscoe / Middleweight / 1962 – 1982

8)  Les Darcy / Middleweight / 1910 – 1916

9)  Lew Tendler / Lightweight / 1913 – 1928

10) Herol Graham / Middleweight / 1978 – 1998

11)  Jimmy Bivins / Heavyweight / 1940 – 1955

12)  Cocoa Kid / Welterweight / 1929 – 1948

13)  Enrique Bolanos / Lightweight / 1941 – 1952

14)  George KO Chaney / Lightweight / 1910 – 1925

15)  Holman Williams / Middleweight / 1932 – 1948

16)  Packey McFarland / Lightweight / 1904 – 1915

17) Tyrone Everett / Junior Lightweight / 1971 – 1977

18)  Owen Moran / Featherweight / 1900 – 1916

19)  Kid Norfork / Light Heavyweight / 1910 – 1926

20)  Joe Jeannette / Heavyweight /  1904 – 1922

21)  Mike Gibbons / Middleweight / 1907 – 1922

22)  Armando Muniz / Welterweight – 1970 – 1978

23)  Young Stribling / Heavyweight / 1921 – 1933

24)  Hedgemon Lewis / Welterweight / 1966 – 1976

25)  Joe Choynski / Heavyweight / 1888 – 1904

26)  Tony Ayala Jr. / Middleweight / 1980 – 2003

27)  Sam McVey / Heavyweight / 1902 – 1921

28)  Lloyd Marshall / Middleweight / 1936 – 1951

29)  Yaqui Lopez / Light Heavyweight / 1972 – 1984

30)  Randy Shields / Welterweight / 1974 – 1990