Rank these HW fighters: Fury, Joshua, Bowe, Schmeling, Norton, Witherspoon

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  1. pennyslots079

    pennyslots079 New Member banned Full Member

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    I think I'd have it

    1 Fury
    2 Bowe
    3 Schmeling
    4 Joshua
    5 Norton
    6 Witherspoon
     
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  2. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    1 Bowe
    2 Witherspoon
    3 Fury
    4 Schmeling
    5 Norton
    6 Joshua
     
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    Yorbals Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Norton
    Witherspoon
    Bowe
    Fury
    Schmeling
    Joshua
     
    Yorbals, Dec 20, 2025
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    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Norton
    Bowe
    Fury
    Schmeling
    Witherspoon
    Joshua
     
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  5. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is how I have it. Although, head to head, Bowe has a chance of beating Norton.
     
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    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    1 Fury
    2 Bowe
    3 Joshua
    4 Witherspoon
    5 Norton
    6 Schmeling
     
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    The Professor Socialist Ring Leader Staff Member

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    1: Bowe
    2: Fury
    3: Joshua
    4: Norton
    5: Witherspoon
    6: Schmeling
     
    The Professor, Dec 20, 2025
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  8. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    Bowe
    Norton
    Schmeling
    Fury
    Whiterspoon
    Joshua
     
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  9. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    H2H:

    Bowe
    Fury
    Witherspoon
    AJ
    Schmeling
    Norton

    Greatness:

    Schmeling
    Fury
    AJ
    Norton
    Bowe
    Witherspoon
     
    Melankomas, Dec 20, 2025
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  10. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Norton and Schmeling each have a win over one of the two top heavyweights in history.

    Bowe is overrated, his best win is Holyfield (who lost twice to Lewis and to John Ruiz, Michael Moorer, Chris Byrd, James Toney and Larry Donald).

    Fury and Joshua have wins over an old faded Klitschko, but their resumes are weak after that, Joshua's being better than Fury's.

    Witherspoon won one title fight (for a vacant title, his opponent Page later beat him and avenged the loss) and then lost it in his next fight. He later lost to Bigfoot Martin, and then a string of losses to Thunder, Donald, Golota, Neilson, etc.).

    Norton
    Schmeling
    Bowe
    Joshua
    Fury
    Witherspoon
     
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    Perkin Warbeck, Dec 20, 2025
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  11. Dangerwood84

    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Schmeling
    Norton
    Witherspoon
    Bowe
    Fury
    Joshua
     
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  12. JL Fighter

    JL Fighter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    As long as that homo AJ the gay is last, any list is good.
     
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  13. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bowe
    Witherspoon
    Joshua
    Fury
    Norton
    Schmeling
     
    JackSilver, Dec 20, 2025
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    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Norton
    Schmeling
    Bowe
    Fury/Joshua
    Witherspoon

    Those rating Witherspoon so high- jeez, you do know his best wins were Page, Tubbs, Bonecrusher and Bruno, don't you? And Tubbs was either-way. This is all part of the Larry Holmes delusion.He's Holme's second best win, so he has to that high!

    Those rating Schmeling so low--you do know he beat the acknowledged #1 or #2 heavyweight champion of all time by stoppage, don't you?

    Really, let's not be anti-historical, here.
     
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  15. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bowe
    Norton
    Witherspoon
    Schmeling
    Joshua
    Fury
     
    HistoryZero26, Dec 21, 2025
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