Larry Merchant's Top Ten All Time Heavies

Yeah he should prob be around 3

 

Let's see if I can remember my own list. Not much of a list maker, but.....

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Holmes
4. Lewis
5. Marciano
6. Johnson
7. Dempsey
8. Foreman
9. Tyson
10. Liston

I don't know, something like that.

 

It sure doesn’t look very torn watching it closely in the fight.

 

Of course I see your point, but no one gets awarded points for what they could probably do.

 

16-20.

Wlad has the longevity, just not the quality.

 

Again, hard to say, because Holmes does not have the big wins to back up his head to head reputation.

How many would go life and death with nearly 35 year old Ken Norton?

 

So he claims. It doesn't change the fact that its his best win, and it's not all that great.

I turn the Marciano observation right back around. You are good at demanding the highest levels of achievement form some fighters...others not so much.

We end where we started: Holmes has done NOTHING to merit #2. Out of the question.

 

I generally agree with Larry Merchant on his list

 

I do not understand all the fuzz about Larry Holmes. To me, he is a lock at N°2. If he is not N°2, he is at least N°3. Let's not forget that Larry got robbed in the rematch with Spinks

 

I can’t say I agree with that, observing the bout.

 

Insane to have Holmes at 2 and Wlad nowhere. Similar careers.

 

I don’t know what the article is supposed to do to alleviate the footage which doesn’t corroborate the claim IMO.