Who wins my fantasy heavyweight super series?

So, after having a poll for the fantasy middleweight super series the eventual winner was Marvin Hagler, closely followed by Roy Jones Jr.

The final was Hagler v Jones.

Seeing as it generated a nice discussion on the merits of each fighter, and highlighted a few names who were missing, I figured I'd see what everyone thought about a heavyweight version.

Now, I thought about it and came to the conclusion that the Marciano, Louis, Dempsey size heavyweights were just too small to realistically be put in the same category as some of the super sized heavyweights.

Seeing as Ali fought and defeated Foreman, a true next generation heavyweight when compared to those guys i mentioned, I figured Ali would be the starting point.

I may have gotten this wrong, but looking back at some of those guys a lot are more like big cruiserweights.
(I acknowledge Wilder is not big by the super heavyweight standard, and Holyfield wasn't really either...but still)

All that being said, these are my favourite 8 heavyweights who I would put into a winner takes all super series;

Ali
Foreman
Frazier
Tyson
Lewis
Holyfield
Klitchko
Fury

Okay, so I know I've left out Holmes, Bowe, Wilder, Joshua etc...but i wanted to try and cover a few generations and you could even argue Foreman is everything Joshua is in terms of size (sort of).

Like I said, these aren't a list of the best 8 heavyweights in order, but my favourite 8 who would offer the most varied styles, and come in all different heights, with different reach etc...

I should also state that it's Vlad Klitchko, and he's there mainly because of longevity and Fury because he's generally considered the best at this moment.

Anyway...ramble over, who do you guys think can win this thing?

What reason?

Is there anyone you'd like to have seen?

Anyone you think should be there that isn't?

 

I was thinking about doing one for the pre-Ali heavyweights, you know what I mean?

I noticed you voted for Foreman?

A connoisseur, very nice.

I went for Lewis, but it's a tough one.

 

Oh, there were 2 votes (one mine) and 2 comments (one mine and one yours) so I assumed.

Never mind though.

 

I did kind of feel that too, but, let's remember he did take on and beat Foreman so he was more than capable of holding his own against the bigger men.

It's also why I felt anyone pre-Ali was simply too small.

 

Brilliant analysis.

There's so many permutations and variables.

Remember though, each fighter is frozen in time at the absolute peak of their powers.

I mean, could you image a prime Mike Tyson dealing with the height, weight, and reach advantage Fury would have?

What's more, if there's any short heavyweight that could find a way it's prime Iron Mike.

 

Lewis was my pick in the end.

Such a great fighter, and, bizarrely, often forgotten.

 

Definitely, in this kind of knock out format a lot of it is who faces who.

I didnt want to create actual match ups because then you have to assume a winner each time, then the same for the next round, and so on.

I think it's nicer to let everyone imagine their own face offs at each stage - but pick an overall winner and then vote for them.

 

Lewis got my vote too.

Who do you think deserves to face him in the final?

Fury would be an intriguing match up.