2026 TOP 10 ALL-TIME HEAVYWEIGHTS SURVEY

EDIT: VOTING CLOSED!!!

It's been 6 years since Rummy's all-time heavyweight survey. Few things happened since then, mainly Usyk raising to the top of the division and becoming the next undisputed champ. Also, some more time passed since Wladimir Klitschko's retirement. I wonder how your all-time Top 10 HW lists changed. Maybe there were some people that didn't take part in the survey last time.

So, drop your "Top 10 Greatest Heavyweights Of All Time" lists here!

 

1 : Muhammad Ali
2 : Joe Louis
3 : Larry Holmes
4 : Lennox Lewis
5 : Jack Johnson
6 : George Foreman
7 : Rocky Marciano
8 : Mike Tyson
9 : Sonny Liston
10 : Joe Frazier

 

I don't have a exact top 10 list in order but I think the top 4 is possibly Ali Louis Holmes Lewis.

After that I struggle.

 

Try

 

Ali
Holmes
Tyson
Lewis
Foreman
Louis
Holyfield
Vitali
Bowe
Frazier

 

Same. If I were to try:

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Larry Holmes
4. Lennox Lewis
5. George Foreman
6. Sonny Liston
7. Joe Frazier
8. Rocky Marciano
9. Oleksandr Usyk
10. Mike Tyson

The top 4 is set in stone, but the rest is very much subject to change.

EDIT 1: Perhaps I should sub in Dempsey or Johnson in place of anyone from 5-10.

EDIT 2: If I was strictly considering H2H, Vitali Klitschko would be in here.

EDIT 3: I would actually include Wladimir Klitschko upon further thought, though I'm not sure where. Top 4 is still pretty set.

 

Lemme know in a separate post if you make any changes.

 

Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Lennox Lewis
Larry Holmes
George Foreman
Evander Holyfield
Joe Frazier
Jack Dempsey
Mike Tyson
Sonny Liston

 

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. Oleksandr Usyk

 

I only include boxers who have been retired a few years in my all time lists.

1. Louis
2. Ali

3. Holmes
4. Lewis
5. Marciano

6. Johnson
7. Wlad

8. Jeffries
9. Liston
10. Tyson

Where no gap exists, I can see them in any order. I could also easily see Foreman (my 11) as high as 8. No problem with Frazier (my 12) being top 10 either.

 

I would have had Wlad top 5 if he either didn't suffer those bad earlier losses or avenged them. Probably would have him in the 6-10 part.

 

He avenged 1 loss (Brewster) and tried to avenge another (Purrity), but the opponent wasn't interested.

 

1. Lewis
2. Louis
3. Ali
4. Wladimir Klitschko
5. Holmes
6. Tyson
7. Holyfield
8. Sullivan
9. Usyk
10. Wills

 

Sanders was most of my thinking there. Either if it didn't happen or was avenged convincingly.

 

In no order
Liston
Foreman
Louis
Ali
Lewis
Holmes
Holyfield
Johnson
Tyson
Dempsey