Best Heavy Of Each Decade 1900-2000?

Good question mcvey, going to try and do this later on when less busy.
I'll have a ponder.

 

Not necessarily H2H, which would look pretty different.

1900 - Jack Johnson
1910 - Jack Johnson
1920 - Jack Dempsey
1930 - Joe Louis
1940 - Joe Louis
1950 - Rocky Marciano
1960 - Muhammad Ali
1970 - Muhammad Ali
1980 - Larry Holmes
1990 - Lennox Lewis
2000 - Wladimir Klitschko

The first 3 decades are pretty dire imo. Massive pick up for the 30s, dip again on the 40s&50s, then steadily decent after that. 2000s was pretty poor too but without question better than the first 3 imo, maybe the 40s and 50s as well.

 

1900s- James J Jeffries
1910s- Jack Johnson
1920s- Gene Tunney
1930s- Joe Louis
1940s- Joe Louis
1950s- Rocky Marciano
1960s- Muhammad Ali
1970s- Muhammad Ali
1980s- Larry Holmes
1990s- Evander Holyfield
2000s- Wladimir Klitscthko
2010s- Anthony Joshua

 

Excellent!
1900s Jeffries
1910s Dempsey
1920s Dempsey
1930s Louis
1940s Louis
1950s Marciano
1960s Frazier
1970s Ali
1980s Holmes
1990s Holyfield
2000s Lewis
2010s Wilder.

 

I've a couple of decades where the top heavyweight spot is shared, if that's OK.
1900 - 1910 Jack Johnson
1910 - 1920 Jack Johnson/Sam Langford.
1920-1930 - Jack Dempsey
1930 - 1940 Joe Louis
1940 - 1950 Joe Louis
1950 - 1960 Rocky Marciano
1960-1970 Muhammed Ali
1970 - 1980 Muhammad Ali
1980- 1990 Larry Holmes /Mike Tyson
1990-2000- Lennox Lewis
2000 - 2010 Wlad Klitchko /Vitali Klitchko

 

I TRULY BELIEVE HE HAS THAT INTANGIBLE KNOWN AS GREATNESS. RARE AIR.

 

1900-Jeffries
1910-Johnson
1920-Dempsey
1930-Louis
1940-Louis
1950- Marciano
1960-Ali
1970-Frazier Ali Foreman Holmes who the hell knows!!!!!!
1980 Tyson
1990-Lewis
2000-Wlad
2010-Fury
Almost wish you could split decades to give men like Liston, Bowe, Holyfield and Holmes their just due

 

If true, that is depressing!

 

1880s - Sullivan
1890s - Fitzsimmons
1900s - Jeffries
1910s - Johnson
1920s - Dempsey
1930s - Louis
1940s - Louis
1950s - Marciano
1960s - Ali
1970s - Ali
1980s - Tyson
1990s - Holyfield
2000s - Lewis
2010s - Wlad

 

Open to arguments, hard with some split across decades

1880s- John L Sullivan
1890s- James J Jeffries
1900s- Jack Johnson
1910s- Harry Wills
1920s- Jack Sharkey
1930s- Joe Louis
1940s- Joe Louis
1950s- Rocky Marciano
1960s- Muhammad Ali
1970s- Muhammad Ali
1980s- Mike Tyson
1990s- Lennox Lewis
2000s- Wladimir Klitchsko

 

1900s - Jack Johnson
1910s - Jack Johnson
1920s - Jack Dempsey
1930s - Joe Louis
1940s - Joe Louis
1950s - Rocky Marciano
1960s - Muhammad Ali
1970s - Muhammad Ali
1980s - Larry Holmes
1990s - Evander Holyfield
2000s - Lennox Lewis
2010s - Wladimir Klitschko

 

I suspect Jack Sharkey will be a very unpopular pick, and I surprised myself by settling on it.

Wills had a great body of work in the 10s, but had very few in the 20s.
Dempsey's run in the 20s was also pretty poor after his explosive rise at the end of the 10s.
Tunney peaked high, his body of work is very shallow, only really his wins over Dempsey, a past it Gibbons, and maybe Greb.

I think Sharkey, despite some inconsistent results, wins out with wins over Wills, Godfrey, Stribling, Loughran and deserving a win over Dempsey (in my opinion)

 

Over Holmes? How come?