Your top 10 greatest Heavyweight of all time?

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  1. Meazy-E

    Meazy-E Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What criteria are you using to rank Liston so high and over the likes of Louis of all people. Not knocking your list, I am genuinely intrigued.
     
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  2. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ah, ok. :good
     
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  3. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe Louis
    Mike Tyson
    James Jefferies
    Ali
    Foreman
    Holmes
    Marciano
    Liston
    Jersey Joe Walcott
    Frazier

    these men on their ABSOLUTE Best nights 'can' beat any HWs and back n forth with one another too...

    S-HWs
    LL
    Bowe
    Klit
    Klit2
    Carl Williams
    Jack Johnson
     
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  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jack Johnson........a SUPER HW ?
     
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  5. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    a believe he was over 6' 3" and weighed more than 225lbs, so Yes!
     
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  6. The Wanderer

    The Wanderer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I rank based mostly on resume, (so quality of opposition beaten is far and away my top consideration) followed by achievements, (such as a long time spent holding the title, multiple reigns, etc.) and then at the end my perception of how fighters would do in a H2H basis, although this has by far the lowest consideration.

    I also don't rank anyone that doesn't have extensive video footage of them, which means certain old timers get squeezed. They were great fighters and all, but sorry, I'm not including anything I can't see for myself as proof.

    The bottom half or so of my list changes often, but it would go something like this:

    1. Ali
    2. Louis
    3. Holmes
    4. Foreman
    5. Lewis
    6. Marciano
    7. Holyfield
    8. Tyson
    9. Frazier
    10. Liston

    Honorable mentions for Dempsey, Johnson, Patterson, Wlad.
     
    The Wanderer, Dec 12, 2013
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  7. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Rocky Marciano
    4. Jack Dempsey
    5. Lennox Lewis
    6. George Foreman
    7. Joe Frazier
    8. Jersey Joe Walcott
    9. Mike Tyson
    10. Larry Holmes
     
    Bummy Davis, Dec 12, 2013
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  8. janitor

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    That is my take.

    Let Louis and Ali flip a coin for the No1 slot, then try to work out who the hell is No3.

    Sullivan, Jeffries, Johnson, Dempsey, Marciano, Foreman, Holmes, Tyson, Lewis are all plausible picks for the No3 slot IMHO.

    The real question is "who is No3".
     
    janitor, Dec 12, 2013
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    Ail
    Louis
    Holmes
    Lewis
    Frazier
    Marciano
    Foreman
    Dempsey
    Johnstone
    Tyson
     
    anton, Dec 12, 2013
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  10. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Do you really believe this?
     
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  11. spinner

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    1. Muhammed Ali

    2. Joe Louis

    3. Jack Johnson

    4. Harry Wills

    5. Larry Holmes




    I'm kinda lost as to who should fit in from 6-10 but agree that you guys listed some very good choices above.
     
    spinner, Dec 12, 2013
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  12. PhillyPhan69

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    01 Louis
    02 Ali

    03 Holmes
    04 Foreman
    05 Lewis

    06 Marciano
    07 Frazier
    08 Holyfield
    09 Tyson

    10 Johnson
    11 Jeffries
    12 Wlad

    13 Dempsey
    14 Liston

    15 Schmeling
    16 Walcott
    17 Charles

    18 Bowe
    19 Vitali

    20 Patterson
    21 Wills
     
    PhillyPhan69, Dec 12, 2013
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  13. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. Full Member

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    I don't think there is a clear cut #1. I say Ali because he beat the best completion. I also think the difference between #3 and say #7 is razor thin.

    Here's a head to head list for today using 15 rounds.

    Ali
    Holmes
    Lewis
    Jeffries
    Louis
    Liston
    V. Klitschko
    Foreman
    Dempsey
    W. Klitschko
     
    Mendoza, Dec 13, 2013
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  14. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jack Johnson for becoming the first blac man to win the title in an era when you couldnt fight for the title if you were black

    #2 I'd like to say George Foreman but he lost to Ali so I'm going to say Jim Jeffries on account of his big wins

    #3 you have to give it to Ali becuz he beat Foreman

    #4 to Big Daddy Bowe based on sheer talent (he had it all) and becuz he was so bitchin and cuz he won the trilogy between himself and Holyfield :D

    #5 Jack Dempsey, who savagery made him nearly the irrisistable force

    # 6 George Foreman (on a good day he might whip them all)

    #7 Larry Holmes

    #8 Joe louis

    #9 Lennox Lewis

    #10 Mike Tyson
     
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  15. Collie

    Collie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1 and 2 - Ali and Louis (interchangable but have to be #1 and #2)

    3 + is take your pick.
     
    Collie, Dec 13, 2013
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