Who the Best Heavyweight ever to never win a Title?

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  1. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    ???
     
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  2. captain

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    Sam Langford, but I'm a noob ... so maybe not.
     
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  3. anut

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    donovan ruddock @ that time
     
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  4. Henke67

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    Noob or not, you're dead right. The best fighter, not just Heavyweight, never to win a world title.
     
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  5. MAG1965

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    David Tua demolished two guys who became champs Moorer and Ruiz.
     
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  6. Neverchair

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    Ernie Shavers?
     
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  7. Asterion

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    Sam Langford.
    Harry Wills.
    Ken Norton.
    Vitali Klitschko.

    The Black Heavyweight Championship, and the WBC belt, do not count as World Titles.
     
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  8. captain

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    :yep i was just playin' false modesty. Never saw the man fight so the choice was academic.
     
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  9. TommyV

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    Wills. Possibly Jackson.
     
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  10. Nonito Smoak

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    Harry Wills, Sam Langford are the biggest examples. Then other old school guys like Joe Choynski, Tom Sharkey, Peter Jackson, Sam McVea, and Joe Jeannette. Vitali is the only modern example I can think of.
     
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  11. Jorodz

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    i think langford is a good pick but as a HEAVYWEIGHT, the records of guys like wills and mcvea deserve a higher ranking. langford is easily, as henke said, the best fighter all around but there were heavyweights with better records that never received their shot
     
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  12. TommyV

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    Witherspoon & Page > Vitali. And they were never lineal. If that's what we are talking about.
     
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  13. Cachibatches

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    Joe Chonyski, who, unlike Lnagford, KOd Jack Johnson.
     
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  14. bodhi

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    Jimmy Bivins should be mentioned. Was interim champ during WW2.
     
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  15. Gantrithor

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    Andrew Golota
     
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