What is your list of top 6 ATG heavyweights?

My list is -

Ali - Almost everyone has him in top list so does me. Knocking out beast like Foreman was awesome... Even Evander could not finish the job against fat past prime big George ....

Lennox Lewis - Yes , he was knocked out twice by lesser fighters but he avanged his defeats in good fashion. He was very big and could box very well. For being a tall guy he had awesome inside game. He had killer combinations and beast uppercuts. He is of of the most completed boxers in HW division love it or hate it. He had almost everything.


Evander Holyfield - I rate Evander over Tyson. He was just a smarter boxer with better boxing skills. He fought almost everyone and never ducked any fight. He faced greats like - Lennox Lewis , Foreman , Tyson , Bowe , Byrd, Holmes and even as an old man he was robbed against Valuev.

George Foreman - He was very powerfull puncher. Probably the strongest puncher of all time. Even as and old man he was not knocked out by boxers like young Briggs or Evander (who knocked Tyson out)

Rocky Marciano - He would get probably tko by boxers like Lennox for being too small. Not real super heavyweight. But he had amazing career without losing .


Vitaly Klitschko - Big , agressive and granite chin. His resume is much worse than Wladimir's but he is 5x better boxer overall.




Another honorable mentions are - Mike Tyson , Joe Luis , Ridick Bowe

 

Classic section homie. Take your garbage over there

 

Why top 6? Leaves alot of people out who should be left on, no list should be smaller than top ten, and top 20 is a better list that captures the he's who most deserve atg rankings.
Also, is this h2h, legacy and impact, resume, or a combination of all?

My would include all, and it would go Louis, Ali, Lewis, Marciano, Dempsey, Johnson, Sullivan, Foreman, Holmes, Vitali, Tyson, Wlad, Frazier, Schmeling, Tunney, Corbett, Holyfield, Jeffries, in that order at the moment.

 

Joe Louis must be top 6 (not in a H2H sense, but for his achievements).

 

I can only think of a clear top 5. The sixth is a toss up.

1. Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Foreman
4. Mike Tyson
5. Frazier

 

1-Foreman
2-Holmes
3-Tyson
4-Marciano
5-Bowe
6-VK

 

No Ali or Lewis??

 

No Clay/ali because he had too many close fights...( even Cooper almost ko,d him )
Liston 2 was a hoax. but he did have heart ( maybe number 1 in that appartment)
Lewis lost ofcourse 2 times in his prime

 

I give you a top 10 :

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Lennox Lewis
4. Evander Holyfield
5. Larry Holmes
6. George Foreman
7. Mike Tyson
8. Vitali Klitschko
9. Wladimir Klitschko
10. Joe Frazier

 

Any list sans Louis and Ali is not a list to be considered. It's the rare situation where opinions can be wrong.

 

Ali
Louis
Lewis
Foreman
Marciano
Holmes



Rounding out the top ten...

Tyson
Frazier
Liston
Wlad

 

lol. A younger Joe Luis would have beaten the **** out of Marciano, so would Tyson. I'd have Jack Johnson in there over Evan Fields as well. I don't honor that steroid using mother ****er.

 

In order:

1. Lennox
2. Ali
3. Holmes
4. Louis
5. Foreman

At any given time, these men were effectively unbeatable.

 

1. Louis
2. Ali
3. Holmey
4. Lennox
5. Marciano

number 6 is where you include the slightly less cast iron votes, so it could be several names.

 

H2h and resume combined

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Lennox Lewis
4. Wlad
5. Big George
6. Evander Holyfield
7. Mike Tyson
8. Larry Holmes
9. Vitali klitschko
10. Sonny Liston