Top 10 Heavyweights Who Never Won The Undisputed Title

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  1. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm curious to see who you guys come up with!

    My apologies if this has been discussed before. If so, someone kindly point me to that thread.
     
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  2. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably the best was Larry Holmes (WBC Champion) Beat WBA counterpart Mike Weaver, but not in a unification bout.
    2. Sam Langford
    3 Harry Wills
    4. Wladimir Klitschko
    5. Tim Witherspoon
    6. Ken Norton
    7. Mike Weaver
    8. Frank Bruno
    9. Mike Dokes
    10. Greg Page
     
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  3. heehoo

    heehoo TIMEXICAH! Full Member

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    Peter Jackson
    Sam Langford
    Joe Jeanette
    Sam McVea
    Ken Norton
    Tim Witherspoon
    Wladimir Klitshcko
    Harry Wills
    Chris Byrd
    Mike Weaver
     
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  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Excluding active fighters

    1. Sam Langford
    2. Peter Jackson
    3. Harry Wills
    4. Jimmy Young
    5. Sam McVea
    6. Ken Norton
    7. Archie Moore
    8. Tommy Loughran
    9. Frank Slavin
    10. Mike Weaver
    11. Tim Witherspoon
    12. Tom Sharkey
     
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  5. mr. magoo

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    Where's Quarry?
     
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    1. Harry Wills
    2. Sam Langford
    3. Peter Jackson
    4. Wladimir Klitschko
    5. Elmer Ray
    6. Archie Moore
    7. Joe Jeanette
    8. Tim Witherspoon
    9. Ken Norton
    10. Ike Ibeubuchi
    11. Harold Johnson
    12. Cleveland Williams
    13. Lee Q Murray
    14. Pinklon Thomas
    15. Zora Folley


    HM: Sam Mcvea Eddie Machen, Jerry Quarry, Clarence Henry, Luther Mccarthy, Rex Layne, Mike Weaver david tua
     
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  7. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    You could make a case Harold Johnson deserves it over Loughran. He beat better heavyweights Ezzard Charles, Nino Valdez, Archie Moore, Clarence Henry, Eddie Machen, Bob Satterfield. He had equal the jab Loughran had(I think slightly a bit more polished)....but he blows loughran away in the other areas.



    Also did you accidently forget Joe Jeanette or do you consider Mcvea better?
     
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  8. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I think McVea rates slightly higher.

    I probably missed a few people though.
     
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    Oscar Bonavena
    Jerry Quarry
    Jimmy Young
    Ken Norton
    Ron Lyle
    Cleveland Williams
    Larry Holmes
    Tim Witherspoon
    Ernie Terrell
    Jimmy Ellis.
     
    ThinBlack, Nov 29, 2012
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  10. lufcrazy

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    Holmes and wlad are the obvious choices.

    Dempsey never fought the top coloured champions nor contenders so his title wasn't exactly undisputed.

    Then guys like spoon, tua, wills and some others.
     
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    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    those are the 3 I thought about, funny nowadays, baring the S-HWs land of the giants Klits, the whiteman is out.
     
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    10: Lennox Lewis
    9: James Jeffries
    8: Jack Dempsey
    7: Rocky Marciano
    6: Evander Holyfield
    5: Larry Holmes
    4: Jack Johnson
    3: George Foreman
    2: Joe Louis
    1: Muhammad Ali

    But seriously, there has not been an Undisputed Heavyweight champion, not least because the moment anyone challenges him, he is 'disputing' his claim...

    So I think the thread starter meant 'generally recognized as' Heavyweight Champion, thus the last time I did such a list (2006):

    1: Wills
    2: Langford
    3: Norton
    4: Jackson
    5: Vitali
    6: Jeanette
    7: McVey
    8: Witherspoon
    9: Quarry
    10: Bivens
     
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  13. Stevie G

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    In my time as a boxing fan,Ken Norton and Jimmy Young would be way up there.
     
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  14. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I've always looked upon Holmes as an undisputed champion,funnily enough. In spite of only being recognised by one commision at a time.
     
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    No I think it's the one thing that can be held against him personally.
     
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