Bill Caplan's 20 greatest heavyweights

Nice mix of old and new.

 

Terrible list imo.

 

I disagree with a lot on that list but my only major issues are Tunney making the top 10, and Tyson/Wladimir not making the top 15.

Tunney has no business being in the top 10. He beat Dempsey twice, an over the hill Dempsey, and then retired. Michael Spinks beat Holmes twice too, and yet even though he ranks Holmes significantly higher than Dempsey, Spinks doesn't make the top 20? Quite hypocritical.

Tyson absolutely makes the top 10, but it's too difficult to make a case for him when he fizzled out so quickly and you know his detractors have so much material to work with. It's pointless.

Wladimir Klitschko being at number 20 is perhaps the most ridiculous ranking on that list. Below Ellis and Quarry??? Seriously???

Whether people like it or not, Wlads accomplishments are jaw-dropping and he blows guys like Dempsey and Marciano away on resume. He is an ABSOLUTE LOCK for the top 10, debatable top 5.

Ridiculous.

 

Great list:good. Maybe not in that order, but that are exactly the names I have in my top-10, too.

 

This is somewhat close to the Top 20 Heavyweights we came up with years ago!

 

Great list. :good

 

Liston was quite low as well. I like that Patterson's actually in here for a change.

 

Even tried sneaking in Marciano.

 

My current Top 10:

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

 

I would switch Holmes with Tyson, then with Frazier. But a very good list. :good

 

Klitschko has a much better resume than Marciano. The only thing Marciano has going for him is the 0.

Klitschko is superior in terms of dominance, longetivity, and he probably beat a better caliber of opposition as well.

Although Moore and Charles were P4P giants they weren't all that as heavyweights. Walcott was pretty good but inconsistent and on the brink.