Rank the Greatness of these Fighters

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  1. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    John L Sullivan
    James J Jeffries
    Jack Johnson
    Ezzard Charles (take only heavyweight feats)
    Joe Frazier
     
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    Frazier
    Johnson
    Jeffries
    Sullivan
    Charles
     
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  3. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Sullivan
    Johnson
    Chareles
    Frazier
    Jeffries
     
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    At heavyweight:

    Sullivan
    Johnson
    Jeffries
    Frazier
    Charles

    Pound for pound Charles tops it.
     
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  5. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not sure if ranking is a h2h or achievement for era...so off of achievement at hw for me
    Jeffries
    Frazier
    Johnson
    Charles
    Sullivan
     
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  6. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    "Greatness" is in the title. Achievement
     
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  7. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    I didn't expect this to be so varied
     
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  8. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Neither did I but that is half of the fun lol
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Taking all the eras of these fighters into account, I feel as time went on the heavies got bigger and better, this means Johnson`s feats pale in comparison to Frazier`s and Ezzard`s despite Johnson maybe being able to beat both fighters if he was allowed to clinch as much as he did during his reign, I`d say in the ring Charles showed more skill than Frazier and did amazingly well against a great fighter like Marciano, plus he was great v the brilliant Walcott, having said that I feel Frazier matched these feats when beating Ali, he was awesome in that bout, he had great moments in his second bout with Ali alsio, but li was sharpe in that one and Frazier rushed his work too much, so I would place Frazier and Charles ahead of the other guys hee even the brilliant Johnson.
     
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  10. Mendoza

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    Jeffries
    Frazier
    Johnson
    Sullivan
    Charles
     
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    The guys that Ezzard and Frazier beat, were in the same size range as the ones that Johnson beat, for the most part!
     
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  12. The Undefeated Lachbuster

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    Johnson's era's heavies were actually bigger than Charles' and Frazier's lol
     
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    Frazier
    Jeffries
    Johnson
    Charles
    Sullivan
     
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  14. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I think you could make a case for about any order

    Jack Johnson
    James J Jeffries
    Ezzard Charles
    Joe Frazier
    John L Sullivan
     
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  15. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Yeah, they're who I rank 8-15. (Lewis and Wlad fit somewhere in there too)

    Personally, mine is:

    Frazier
    Johnson
    Sullivan
    Jeffries
    Charles
     
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