Top ten Heavyweight champs based upon dominance of era

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  1. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Over how many years, over how many top 5 contenders, over how many men? But yea looks like 1 mans favourites
     
    PowerPuncher, Nov 18, 2015
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    It's interesting you should say so, as it actually looks a little different to how it did when it first went up.

    I don't understand the rest of your post.
     
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  3. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd have to agree on Wlad based on the criteria given here. No one has come close to him for almost a decade.

    Louis did remove any doubts by knocking Conn, Walcott and Godoy senseless in rematches.

    I would take Holmes off. Besides a few questionable decisions, he didn't face the best fighters in the division often enough to be classed as dominating his era.
     
    Berlenbach, Nov 18, 2015
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  4. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Liston and Tyson were dominant before they became (lineal) champs. Liston only had one successful defense; Tyson only two.
     
    sweetsci, Nov 18, 2015
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  5. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    and never once fought the number 2.

    based on your the criteria of this thread, hes not being more dominant than the others "lower" in your list, who all fought the number 2 on many occasions.

    wlad should be last on your list, and by a long way.
     
    HerolGee, Nov 18, 2015
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  6. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Who would you replace Homes with? The thing about keeping Holmes up there is he wasn't losing either. He didn't face Greg Page, Gerrie Coetzee or Pinklon Thomas, but those guys were also losing while Holmes kept winning.
     
    Sangria, Nov 18, 2015
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  7. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    1. Joe Louis
    2. Rocky Marciano
    3. Sonny Liston
    4. Muhammad Ali
    5. Mike Tyson
     
    swagdelfadeel, Nov 18, 2015
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  8. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    Povetkin.
     
    lufcrazy, Nov 18, 2015
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  9. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's easier to keep winning when you aren't meeting the best challengers. I can't credit Holmes with dominating his era when he never held more than 50% of the available titles and didn't face many of the top heavies around.

    Jeffries, Liston, Lewis and Marciano were more dominant in their eras than Holmes was in his.
     
    Berlenbach, Nov 19, 2015
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  10. HerolGee

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    theres povetkin, true, albeit only number 2 when vitali was out of the picture.
     
    HerolGee, Nov 19, 2015
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  11. BCS8

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    Ah, Herol is back to form, I see.
     
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  12. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    Well that's kinds the way it works. Patterson v Moore was only 1 v 2 cos Marciano was out of the picture.
     
    lufcrazy, Nov 19, 2015
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  13. HerolGee

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    Patterson wasn't avoiding Marciano, period, so your point is null.
     
    HerolGee, Nov 19, 2015
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  14. BCS8

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    Marciano
    Louis
    Wlad

    other people
     
    BCS8, Nov 19, 2015
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  15. edward morbius

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    On Sullivan, what about the draw with Mitchell?
     
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