Top 25 Heavyweights OAT

Ofc, a lot did. I assume you are primarily focused on legacy, less on h2h right?!

 

I would lean probably more towards legacy.

 

then go ahead with yourt list...when preferences are set. ;-)

 

Here is a list i roughly cobbled together (does not include any current fighters)
1 Muhammad Ali
2 Joe Louis
3 Larry Holmes
4 Lennox Lewis
5 Joe Johnson(Jack)
6 George Foreman
7 Rocky Marciano
8 Sonny Liston
9 Mike Tyson
10 Joe Frazier
11 Evander Holyfield
12 Jack Dempsey
13 Wladimir Klitschko
14 Ezzard Charles
15 Gene Tunney
16 J.J.Jeffries
17 Vitali Klitschko
18 Henry Wills
19 Riddick Bowe
20 Sam Langford
21 Max Schmelling
22 Floyd Patterson
23 Jersey Joe Walcott
24 Bob Fitzsimmons
25 Ken Norton

 

Interesting question as most people go to 10 or 20 then stop.

 

Here is my chronological top 25

Langford
Wills
Fulton
Miske
Dempsey
Tunney
Loughran
Schmeling
Braddock
Tommy Farr
John Henry Lewis
Max Baer
Louis
Buddy Baer
Sonny Liston
Ali
Frazier
Norton
Foreman
Jimmy Young
Lyle
Larry Holmes
Riddick Bowe
Lennox Lewis
Wladimir Klitschko

Every time I do this a few shift in and out like Moorer, Gibbons and Tyson. Can probably find an older list I've made and find some contradictions. Don't think I put Buddy Baer in last time. The big issue with putting Tyson in isn't Tyson it's that I'd have to put Holyfield in and I'm not doing that.

 

Joe Johnson the snooker player mate ? Only kidding.

 

Hehe my mistake,i certainly would not rank him that high on a list of alt great snooker players

 

Here is the list I made sorting the lineal champions a while ago.

Ali
Louis
Holmes
Lewis
Wlad
Tyson
Foreman
Frazier
Holyfield
Usyk
Marciano
Liston
Johnson
Dempsey
Jeffries
Charles
Patterson
Fury
Moorer
Tunney
Walcott
Schmeling
Burns
Sullivan
Michael Spinks

Looks OK to me, but would need to think about which non-lineal champions I should add. Langford would definitely be out there. Perhaps Vitali too. Ken Norton maybe?

 

1 Joe Louis
2 Muhammad Ali
3 Rocky Marciano
4 Wladimir Klitschko
5 Jack Johnson
6 Jack Dempsey
7 Lennox Lewis
8 Larry Holmes
9 George Foreman
10 Mike Tyson
11 Joe Frazier
12 Evander Holyfield
13 Vitali Klitschko
14 James J. Jeffries
15 Sonny Liston
16 Gene Tunney
17 Floyd Patterson
18 Ezzard Charles
19 Max Schmeling
20 Jersey Joe Walcott
21 Harry Wills
22 Sam Langford
23 Max Baer
24 Jim Corbett
25 John L. Sullivan

 

As expected Ali and Louis ranked top 2 but after that no consistency with the rankings from 3 all the way down.

 

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Lewis
4. Wlad
5. Tyson
6. Holmes
7. Marciano
8. Frazier
9. Holyfield
10. Usyk
11. Fury
12. Vitali
13. Foreman
14. Wills
15. Dempsey
16. Wilder
17. Liston
18. Charles
19. Bowe
20. Joshua
21. Schmeling
22. Witherspoon
23. Thomas
24. Weaver
25. Norton

Skipping a bunch of early 1900s guys on purpose bc I don't want to think about it. In the twenties, there are tons of guys with roughly equal resumes too.