American Heavyweights 2000-Present

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  1. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    Who are the best American Heavyweights of the 21st century.

    Thet dont make them like they used to.
     
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  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Honestly I'd say.....

    Chris Byrd
    Deontay Wilder

    Were the top 2.

    And then Brewster, J. Ruiz, Rahman, are all in the same type of bracket.
     
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  3. lepinthehood

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    If you had to go deeper. List a top 20 maybe, its a hard task.
     
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  4. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Top 10 United States Heavyweights in the 21st Century, so far (Alphabtical):

    Lamon Brewster
    Chris Byrd
    Evander Holyfield
    Roy Jones, Jr.
    Hasim Rahman
    Andy Ruiz
    John Ruiz
    James Toney
    Mike Tyson
    Deontay Wilder
     
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  5. ikrasevic

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    Only Hasim Rahman (from the list) has defeated the current lineal Champion (in the 21st century). If I have to choose who is the "best of the best" from the list, I would say that it is Andy Ruiz. Especially if we look at it from the perspective that his second loss (to Parker) was not entirely deserved.
    Definitely a great list to help me decide :)
     
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  6. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think you nailed the top two. I would add Andy Ruiz and the very forgotten but talented Calvin Brock and Fast Eddie Chambers.
     
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  7. lepinthehood

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    Good job.
     
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  8. lepinthehood

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    Tony thompson was probably the best american gatekeeper of the 21st century.
     
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  9. mr. magoo

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    I think Eddie is a little underrated personally
     
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    Yes. I could easily see Calvin Brock and Eddie Chambers added to my list, extending it to 12. If we keep plugging away, we may yet get to 20.
     
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    13! We need 7 more! Dig! Dig! Dig! Hahaha.
     
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    Hard, but maybe not impossible? We are up to 13!
     
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  13. Journeyman92

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    I think Brewster beats Wilder. The best might’ve been Byrd… damn…
     
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  14. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Now we are really getting into underachieving group. Dare we add Jameel Mcline, Monte Barrett, Michael Grant, Dominick Guinn, Darval "Touch Of Sleep" Williamson, Ray Austin and Joe Messi?

    That's a pretty watered down top 20 lol.
     
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  15. Terror

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    Chris Arreola for sure. He was great entertainment and could give a lot of guys a run for their money. Then I have to think a bit to get past names mentioned: Kevin Kingpin Johnson, Lance Whitaker, Zuri Lawrence, I always liked Amir Mansour, Travis Walker (so fun to watch), USS Cunningham (even at HW prob one of the better offerings since he nearly got Fury out of there).
     
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