Top 5, or top 10 heavyweights post-Ali era

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  1. Foxy 01

    Foxy 01 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Top 5.

    Lewis
    Holmes
    Klitch V
    Holyfield
    Klitch W
     
    Foxy 01, May 7, 2014
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  2. The Mongoose

    The Mongoose I honor my bets banned

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    The Greats:

    Larry Holmes
    Mike Tyson
    Evander Holyfield
    Lennox Lewis
    Wladimir Klitschko

    The Borderline:
    Riddick Bowe
    Vitali Klitschko

    The Near Men:
    Mike Weaver
    Tim Witherspoon
    Pinklon Thomas
    Michael Moorer
    Chris Byrd
    John Ruiz
    Hasim Rahman
     
    The Mongoose, May 7, 2014
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  3. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    That's fair.
     
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  4. slender4

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    Going by whom could beat whom:

    1-Lewis
    2-V. Klitschko
    3-W. Klitschko
    4- Holmes
    5-Tyson
    6-Holyfield
    7-Bowe
    8-Corrie Sanders (yup you read right)
    9-Tua
    10- Moorer / Cooney (tied)
     
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  5. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Yeah, Byrd and Ruiz weren't the best per se, but their resume is what I'm looking at here. Byrd over Vitali, Tua, old Holyfield, draw w/ Golota, a tiny bit better than a few others. Personally I couldn't stand Ruiz, but he has a solid resume on paper. Holyfield, Kirk Johnson, Rahman, Golota...hard to see anyone else off the top of my head better than this. Dokes? Tucker? Douglas? All 3 mentioned whips Byrd and Ruiz. But their resumes pale I think. Maybe Tubbs up there?

    Who do you think belongs in their place?
     
    Sangria, May 9, 2014
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  6. 9522

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    Find it hard to argue that list :good
     
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  7. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    I wonder if McCall realises that he made himself an enormous pain in the arse for a bunch of Internet historians who are trying to rate people. To be perfectly honest, that punch was kind of a dick move, in retrospect. He should've known better. Granted, the Internet wasn't what it is now but have a little foresight, man. Come on. Manners.
     
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  8. McGrain

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    I've been thinking about this and your right that he should be higher. It think you and Magoo are right that he is neck-and-neck with Ruddock.
     
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    01 - Lennox Lewis
    02 - Larry Holmes
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    03 - Evander Holyfield
    04 - Mike Tyson
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    05 - Wladimir Klitschko
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    06 - Vitali Klitchko
    07 - Riddick Bowe
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    08 - Tim Witherspoon
    09 - Chris Byrd
    10 - Pinklon Thomas
    11 - Michael Moorer
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    12 - James Douglas
    13 - Ray Mercer
    14 - Oliver McCall
    15 - Razor Ruddock
    16 - Trevor Berbick
    17 - Hasim Rahman
    18 - Mike Spinks
    19 - David Tua
    20 - Mike Weaver
    21 - John Ruiz
    22 - Tony Tucker
    23 - Michael Dokes
    24 - Gerry Cooney
    25 - Corey Sanders?
    26 - Lamon Brewster?
    27 - Greg Page?
    28 - Ike Ibeabuchi?
    29 - Ruslan Chagaev?
    30 - Tommy Morrison?
    31 - Bonecrusher Smith
     
    McGrain, May 10, 2014
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  10. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    This is prety much how I see it, though I would add more people to the last category!
     
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  11. Unforgiven

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    :good

    Cool. And maybe all the Jamaican-Canadians could be more closely grouped together? :hey
     
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  12. Unforgiven

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    I have no clear ideas. :lol:
    It does get a bit wishy-washy past the first nine or ten. I'd be tempted to throw M.Spinks or old Foreman in there, just because they legends.
     
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  13. FlyingFrenchman

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    1. Holmes
    2. Holyfield
    3. Tyson
    4. Lewis
    5. V. Klitschko
    6. W. Klitschko
    7. Bowe
    8. Foreman (old Foreman)

    Some other decent Heavyweights-

    Ibeabuchi, Byrd, Tua, Moorer, Witherspoon, McCall, Rahman, Bruno, Toney, Maskaev and some others.
     
    FlyingFrenchman, May 13, 2014
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  14. Foxy 01

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    Out of interest if your ( not you in particular ) grandparents emigrated from Eastern Europe the late 19th / early 20th century, and your parents and you were born in America, does that make you American or say Russian, Polish, or whatever?
     
    Foxy 01, May 13, 2014
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  15. mcvey

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    1.Holmes
    2.Lewis
    3.Foreman
    4.Bowe
    5. Holyfield
     
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