Your top 5 best HW of all time

I know exactly what he said. You know exactly what I said. I don't back off of it.

 

William Sheriff
Ed Martin
Bronco Billy Wright
Jordan Keepers
Elijah Tillery

 

then what you said is irrelivent if you realize he basically rates it on acomplishments??
Head to head doesn't matter in accomplishments

 

I don´t have an atg list but for me the most remarkable hw champions were:
Sullivan
Johnson
Dempsey
Louis
Marciano
Ali
Tyson

 

1. Joe Louis
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Sonny Liston
4. Larry Holmes
5. Rocky Marciano

 

1. Louis
2. Ali

3. Marciano
4. Holmes
5. Johnson

6. Foreman
7. Frazier
8. Dempsey

9. Lewis
10. Liston

11. Jeffries
12. Holyfield
13. Tyson

14. Schmeling
15. Walcott
16. Wills
17. Patterson

 

Common sense always prevails. Thank you Tommy.

 

In chronological order:
The 1919 Dempsey of Toldeo. Just a monstrous fighting machine.
The Louis of Max Baer and Godoy II
1966-1967 Ali
Frazier, circa 1969-1971
Holmes of Shavers I and 1982 (Cooney and Cobb)

Marciano's the hardest to leave out of my top five, but the FOTC is a better win than Rocky ever had the opportunity to produce.

As something of an eclectic choice, I sometimes go with Corbett as the best pre Dempsey heavyweight. He was past prime when he handed Jeffries a boxing lesson for 22 rounds, very possibly was robbed of a knockout win over Fitz when already dissipating from drink (and Fitz wanted nothing more to do with Corbett after that), and reports are that it was Peter Jackson, and not he, who collapsed following their 61 round marathon. He also found that Sullivan was a sucker for his feints, and this is a weakness John L. would have always had.

If all fights were to a finish, then Jeffries would easily be my top choice. Like Foreman, he was a freak of nature. An incredible athlete.

Tunney was still improving when he retired. Head to head, a real headache for a peak Louis and Marciano. I believe the Dempsey of Toldeo would have stopped him, but hold myself short of suggesting that Jack ever could have won a decision over Gene.

Post championship distance era fighters I can't fairly rate. I did see Holyfield beat Qawi over 15 rounds, and maybe that's why I rate him over all other post Holmes heavyweights.

For me, there's a top three of Dempsey, Ali and Holmes. Louis and Frazier then make that a top five.

 

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Holmes
4. Tyson
5. Foreman

 

1. SNV
2. Ali
3. Louis
4. Holmes
5. Frazier-Holyfield-Tyson-Foreman...I'm ambivalent about number five.

 

You clown.

 

Ali
Louis
Holmes
Johnson
Foreman

Holyfield
Tyson
Fraizer,Marciano,Lewis you could move these 3 around any way you want.

 

Ali
Lewis
Louis
Holmes
Wlad K.