We often do a top ten All Time Heavies,I thought I would try doing a second ten 11 to 20. Here are my names ,in no order,and I've included non champs here.. No active fighters please. W Klitschko Marciano Frazier V Klitschko Bowe Jeffries Langford Jeannette Wills Tunney Who are yours? Tunney now in ,Baer out.
11 - Evander Holyfield 12 - Jack Johnson 13 - Harry Wills 14 - Jack Dempsey 15 - Jim Jeffries 16 - Sam Langford 17 - Ezzard Charles 18 - Floyd Patterson 19 - James J Corbett 20 - Jersey Joe Walcott
It is getting to the point where the next #1 super heavyweight will skills rates somewhere at the #16 ( Joshua ) mark after a few title defenses for me, but since the OP asked for no active fighters: 11. Marciano 12. Holyfield 13. Tyson 14. Bowe 15. J. Frazier 16. Tunney 17. Johnson 18. S Langford 19. B. Fitzsimmons 20. Jackson
In no order ,apart from Ali as they can alternate a couple of places. 1.Ali Dempsey Louis Johnson Holmes Liston Lewis Foreman Holyfield Tyson
11. Lewis 12. Liston 13. Charles 14. Tunney 15. Schmeling 16. Walcott 17. Patterson 18.Vladimir Klitschko 19. Vitali Klitschko 20. Norton Other than Lewis and Liston at 11 and 12, the order of the rest of the list is pretty much arbitrary.
My top 10 Louis Ali Holmes Wlad Marciano Lewis Tyson Holyfield Foreman Liston --- Johnson Jeffries Dempsey Frazier Wills Schmeling Charles Tunney Langford Vitali
I don't have any rankings but I do think Bowe should be considered in the second tier. IMO a prime Bowe beats guys like Schmelling, Jeffries and Charles.
There are certain fighters that you associate with this category: Jim Corbett often appears in such lists, but I wonder if Peter Jackson or Bob Fitzsimmons has a better claim! Sam Langford Harry Wills Max Schmeling Max Baer Ezzard Charles Jersey Joe Walcott Floyd Patterson Riddick Bowe These are all fighters who you associate with this category.
Greatest of all time or favorite fighters? I wouldn' even try to do a greatest of all time but favorites I would say off the top of my head 11th evander holyfield 12th earnie shavers 13th Shannon briggs 14th rocky marciano 15th viteli klitchko 16th wladamir klitlscko 17th gerry cooney 18th Sam Langford 19th david tua 20th Archie Moore Had to make a list bellow to keep my top list correct 1 joe frazier 2 mike Tyson 3 jack dempsey 4 sonny liston 5 george foreman 6 joe Louis 7 max baer 8 Jimmy Braddock 9 tommy Morrison 10 floyd Patterson