Teddy Atlas Top 5 HWs

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    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Jack Johnson
    4. Rocky Marciano
    5. Gene Tunney
     
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    Just another Rockista :(

    him, Ali and Foreman need to take off their rose tinted glasses :(
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Tunney at #5 reveals the mental deficiency of the arbiter.
     
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    Someone should tell him Gene Tunney is a LHW.
     
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    The term Greatest is such a broad net to cast. If you give proper criteria, you could make John L Sullivan #1. There is certainly a case for Mr. Atlas' Top 4 with reasonable criteria. I think you would have to have some pretty specific, slanted rationale for including Tunney.
     
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    Agree with #1 and #2

    It comes down to personal preference really. Anyway..

    1. Joe Louis
    2. Cassius Clay
    3. Jack Dempsey
    4. Lennox Lewis
    5. Mike Tyson
     
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    Huh?
     
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    I beg your pardon.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    How comes you have Mr Dempsey at #3?
     
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    I always feel the need to chuck in athletes from the early 20th century. I'm a weird CU Next Tuesday when it comes to stuff like that.
     
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    Numbers 1 and 2 are pretty much a lock (bonus he got them in the right order!) I don't see good arguments for keeping Marciano off a top ten list so having him as high as 4 is perfectly reasonable. Similar argument for Jack Johnson.

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    Gene Tunney? Really?
     
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    1 Louis
    2 Ali
    3 Holmes
    4 Foreman
    5 Frazier Holy or Dempsey take your pick
     
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    Ali
    Louis
    Holmes
    Lewis
    Foreman
     
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    My top 5 is

    Ali
    Louis
    Johnson
    Marciano
    Foreman

    So overall I thought he had a really solid list. I of course disagree with Tunney being 5, but that’s his prerogative. I share the same top four as him, although in a slightly different order, so that was cool.
     
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    Ali is dead.
     
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