Muhammad Ali's Top Ten Heavyweight Champions

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  1. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    The book I got this from was copyrighted in 2010, but Im not sure when Ali submitted his list.

    In Chronological Order


    Jack Johnson: Defensive fighter.....scientific boxer....first black heavyweight champion

    Jack Dempsey:     Strong....Could take a punch....He hit hard... good boxer

    Gene Tunney: Great left jab....Accurate left jab and right cross.......straight punches.....good defensive fighter

    Joe Louis: Knockout punching.....fast.....fought a lot

    Ezzard Charles: Scientific boxer....fast

    Jersey Joe Walcott: Movement...he would come in, then move out....fast shuffle...he punched at the same time as he was moving....hard to hit....good defensive fighter

    Rocky Marciano: Rugged.....could take a punch and just keep coming....he beat up on opponents' arms so they could not hold them up to defend themselves

    Joe Frazier: Joe Frazier hit hard....brawler...Just kept coming, moving forward, no matter how hard you hit him.....could take a punch.

    George Foreman:     Strong....hard hitter....knockout puncher....good left hook and right cross....dynamic.

    Larry Holmes:     Strong.....hard hitter.....He beat me didnt he?





    I will start posting a new list like this every week until I run out of lists.

    Next Week:
    Earnie Shavers - Top Ten Hardest Punches I Ever Threw
     
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  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Very Interesting. Charles and Walcott over Marciano. Frazier over Foreman. Dempsey and Tunney at two and three.
     
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  3. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    No! Its not in any order


    just chronological in terms of time period, sorry I should have clarified!
     
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  4. guncho

    guncho next champion! Full Member

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    he had no view on patterson and Liston? ingo?
     
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  5. guncho

    guncho next champion! Full Member

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    he did spar Ingo if i remember corectly!
     
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  6. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    he never thought highly of ingo
     
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  7. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Muhammad's always changed his mind a lot about his list of heavy champs. One I read,he put himself first (who else ?) Jack Johnson second and Joe Louis third.
     
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  8. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I have a Ring Magazine Extra MIke Tyson Special from I think May 1995 (well it was just about when he was coming out of prison the first time anyway - and there is a one page article in it which is called 'The Mike Tyson Book Of Lists' and here are the lists from it:

    TOUGHEST OPPONENTS

    James Tillis
    Jesse Ferguson
    Buster Douglas
    Tony Tucker
    Razor Ruddock

    ALL-TIME POUND-FOR-POUND

    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Ray Robinson
    3. Benny Leonard
    4. Ray Leonard
    5. Tony Canzoneri
    6. Jack Johnson
    7. Henry Armstrong
    8. Carlos Monzon
    9. Julio Cesar Chavez
    10. Joe Gans
    11. Johnny Kilbane

    HARDEST PUNCHERS

    1. Rocky Marciano
    2. Jack Dempsey
    3. Joe Louis
    4. Ike Williams
    5. J.C. Chavez
    6. Joe Gans
    7. Joe Walcott

    MOVIES

    Gentleman Jim "Ward Bond was incredible in that - he played John L. Sullivan"
    Raging Bull
    Rocky 1 & 2

    BOOKS

    "Nat Fleischer's book about Benny Leonard....I read In This Corner. That's a good one."
     
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  9. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Im suprised he didnt have Duran on there he always raves about him.. And has mentioned him as his fav or one of his favorites. .. Ive also heard him say Canzoneri was a favorite too.
     
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  10. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    O ok. I like how much Ali respects Charles/Walcott. Rates them very highly
     
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  11. bman100

    bman100 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I have an interview where Tyson says p4p, SRR in number 1.
     
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  12. greathamza

    greathamza Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he didnt like ingo very much
     
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  13. amhlilhaus

    amhlilhaus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    awesome! I love lists
     
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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Ali beat Paterson easily and Liston also.
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Ali said the same thing.
     
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