Boxing.com's heavyweight poll - the result

I dislike Cox. Don't find any of his lists, reasons, or writings to be remotely impressive.

 

He has some interesting articles IMO.....

 

I agree Pete, I don't see why he gets such high praise.

 

I agree, they call him an expert I don't ....everyone has an agenda or bias but with him he is so far off

 

I am not amused. :-(

 

:deal I have evander at 9, Dempsey struggles to make the top 15 for me absolute fraud of a champion that got beat by the only great heavyweight he faced.

 

Perhaps because the whole business of grading the great fighters is a bit silly ?
These lists are all a bit ridiculous with their 10 degrees/notches of greatness.


Having said that, if I understand lists and grades of greatness at all, I'm still mystified at how Sonny Liston ranks so high under so many people's mysterious criteria.
Sonny Liston is the poster boy for under-achieving heavyweights surely.

 

It's nice to see Gene Tunney thrown in to some of these lists.

 

Maybe. That's true in many cases I'm sure but I'm not sure it should work like that. Norton and Schmeling don't get dragged far up when Ali or Louis are #1.
Some of the guys have Tunney without any mention of Dempsey.

Anyway, I'm not being a Tunney advocate or a list arguer, but it's good to see certain guys getting a mention that sometimes get forgotten.

 

A prety fair list.

Inevitably there are some placments and omissions that I have issues with, but most of the placments have a fair grounding in logic, and there is a good blend of old and new.

Good to see Bob Fitzsimmons make the top 20, which is probably valid even today.

 

Again, like pretty much all the polls I have seen Holyfield ends up lower than Tyson.....