Top 50 heavyweights of all time

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    I try to make one of these lists every few years


    My top 50

    Head to Head and Accomplishments


    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Lennox Lewis
    4. Larry Holmes
    5. Wladimir Klitschko
    6. George Foreman
    7. Rocky Marciano
    8. Sonny Liston
    9. Joe Frazier
    10. Mike Tyson
    11. Jack Johnson
    12. Jack Dempsey
    13. James Jeffries
    14. Evander Holyfield
    15. Vitali Klitschko
    16. Riddick Bowe
    17. Sam Langford
    18. Ezzard Charles
    19. Max Schmeling
    20. Jersey Joe Walcott
    21. Gene Tunney
    22. Floyd Patterson
    23. Ken Norton
    24. Harry Wills
    25. Bob Fitzimmons
    26. Tim Witherspoon
    27. Jimmy Young
    28. Jimmy Ellis
    29. Alexander Povetkin
    30. Max Baer
    31.Tyson Fury
    32 Ingemar Johansson
    33 Jack Sharkey
    34 Tony Tucker
    35 James J Corbett
    36 Peter Jackson
    37 Anthony Joshua
    38 Elmer Ray
    39 Pinklon Thomas
    40 Archie Moore
    41 Joe Jeanette
    42 Ernie Terrell
    43 Ike Ibeabuchi
    44 Billy Conn
    45 Jerry Quarry
    46 Sam McVea
    47 Jimmy Bivins
    48 Ray Mercer
    49 Ruslan Chagaev
    50 George Godfrey

    Hm: Ron Lyle
     
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    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    No Tunney?
     
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  3. SuzieQ49

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    Ah **** forgot

    I’ll edit
     
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  4. JohnThomas1

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    Greg Page must have come close to that 50!!!
     
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    Liking the top 10 a lot excepting Wlad. Nice effort.
     
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    He did I considered him

    I like page a lot. Closest style to Ali since 1980
     
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  7. SuzieQ49

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    Where would you put wlad?
     
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    FYI I can’t stand when I see Dokes rated above page!
     
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    He'd just miss the top 10 for me. Tho circumstancial and incredibly unlucky i cannot get past the fact that he didn't/couldn't fight the best or second best heavyweight of the era's. It is impossible to say either was the best fighter and both stood tall over the rest. Shame really.
     
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    Agreed. Michael has a suspect win over Weaver, a draw where he should have lost a tight one and not oodles more. Page has more in the W column and tho he has his losses he was out there facing top ten opponents often.

    Dokes was plenty talented as well tho. In his case it was coke.
     
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  11. SuzieQ49

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    Fair enough

    It does suck by the time the big skilled heavyweights came along Joshua fury wilder ....wlad was pushing 40 near retirement


    Would have been much better if those men were around 5-6 years earlier when wlad was still in his physical prime

    I think the incredible effort he gave at age 41 against Joshua showed what he was capable of doing to a skilled super heavyweight had he been in his prime
     
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  12. SuzieQ49

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    Page really did get robbed of a title shot vs Holmes

    Holmes dropped the ball on that one

    Would have been a very close fight
     
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    Yes if only. His effort vs Joshua was excellent for sure and but am waiting patiently to see exactly what we have in Joshua. Interesting times coming.
     
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    At that exact time it would have been a fascinating matchup. Holmes had a way of really riling up his opponents (bad blood with so many) and Page was certainly rearing to go. He actually would have came in ready. Tough fight.
     
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  15. Gudetama

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    No old school Jeanette, McVey or Sullivan?
     
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