Best five wins thread. Lineal / Ring Magazine heavyweight champions.

Fury

1. Wilder 2
2. Klitchsko
3. Chisora
4. Cunningham
5. Wallin

 

This has been an absolutely fantastic thread @Mendoza . Really enjoyed it. I learned a lot about the resumes of these champions that i previously hadn't thought of. Great stuff.

Looking forward to the next thread.

 

I propose a bonus question.

Which fighter gave you the biggest surprise in this thread?

Who went up in your estimation, and who went down?

 

Douglas probably.

 

I gained a new perspective on Marvin Hart.

 

Fighters who stayed the same in my estimation in terms of their best wins: Ali, Louis, Holyfield, Lewis, Holmes

Fighters who went slightly down: Johnson, Bowe

Fighters who went up: Douglas for certain, better than i thought.

Fighters i learned more about: Sullivan, Hart.

 

going down or unimpressive--Corbett, Burns, Willard, Tunney (at heavyweight), Johansson, Spinks, Briggs, Vitali

going up--Hart, Douglas, Braddock*

very impressive--Holyfield

more impressive than expected--Sharkey

less impressive than one might expect--Holmes, Wlad (although both have terrific depth), Jeffries, Johnson

*Braddock--if Tuffy Griffiths is allowed on his list rather than being blacklisted, Braddock's top five is really rather good.

 

Have you done a complilation or table, so we can look at the results .

I missed most of the fun on the way through, bu wouldnt mind an easy catchup.

 

you can look at the first page, Mendoza edited it so you can see the entire rankings for each fighter.

 

Thanks.

Looking at the list of the 5th plaxce fighter only, is it possible or even likely that the Spinks brothers have the two worst resumes of any lineal heavyweight, ever?

 

No, Briggs has worse resume comparing to both Spinks brothers