ten best heavyweights

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  1. Brian Zelley

    Brian Zelley Active Member Full Member

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    :patschTEN GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS

    An interesting list:
    James J. Corbett:hammertime
    Bob Fitsimmons :wall
    Jim Jeffries :vonnecunt
    Jack Johnson :ban1
    Sam Langford :bbb
    Jack Dempsey :fight
    Gene tunney :soccergr:
    Joe Louis :angel
    Rocky Marciano :vonnecunt
    Sonny Liston
     
  2. Brian Zelley

    Brian Zelley Active Member Full Member

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    GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHT

    Of the ten names we do not see
    Ali, Frazier, Foreman or Tyson


    Of course, the above ten names does not resemble the East Side
    published poll by a country mile and then some. The above list
    is in chronological order and not best from 1 to ten as LOUIS, JOHNSON,
    and MARCIANO would likely be rated in the top five of that list of ten.
     
  3. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think it pretty obvious that Tyson, Holmes, Ali, Lewis and their contemporaries could not possibly make this list and anyone who put them in there had rocks in their head.

    I think Peter Jackson should be included in the list, without question, and of course, Sullivan. Other than that it is a pretty good list. Though Wills, Walcott, Charles, Schmelling, Baer and possibly even Willard and Carnera must consider themselves pretty unlucky omissions.
     
  4. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just curious Boilermaker, what do you do for a living and how old are you?
     
  5. Hank

    Hank Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Marciano, Louis, Dempsey, Tyson. That is top 4. Holyfield and Foreman deserve mention for longevity, although at best neither was all time great, overall careers were great. Sulivan for bridging gap from bareknuckes to glove era. Jeffires, Charles, Ali.

    Vitali may belong in top 10, I would like to see him in tougher fight to see how he reacts.
     
  6. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Best HWs :
    1. Sam Langford
    2. Mike Tyson
    3. James Toney
    4. Oliver McCall
    5. David Tua
    6. Chris Byrd
    7. Orlin Norris
    8. Ezzard Charles
    9. Arnold Cream
    10. Doug Jones

    HM : Rocco Marchegiano , Muhammad Qawi , Roy Jones Jr. , Eddie Mustaffa Muhammad , Michael Spinks , Lamon Brewster , Joe Frazier , Sultanakhmed Ibragimov , Ross Puritty

    but most unbeatable h2h @ 200lbs + will b :

    1. Valuev
    2. Vitali
    3. Foreman
    4. McCall
    5. Tua
    6. Bowe
    7. Holyfield (lost 2 Bert Cooper 4 me)
    8. Tyson
    9. Lewis (DQd vs Michael Grant 4 me)
    10. Ibeabuchi

    11. Wladimir
    12. McCline
    13. Akiwande
    14. Tucker
    15. Douglas
     
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    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Frankenfrank's list is better than the OP's
     
  8. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cooper would have stopped Holyfield (and Moorer) if Holyfield did not receive d extra time 4 "fixing" his glove (same with Moorer and same with Henry Cooper vs Muhammad Ali) . Lewis fouled by holding behind d head and hitting with an uppercut . Hardly defining fights ? they would have been 4 Cooper if he won by stoppage in both like he deserved 2 .
    And getting stopped by Cooper as well would have put Moorer in2 a journeyman status and ended Holyfield's reign . Cooper was in fact d true lineal champ after that fight . D supposedly chinny Carl Williams did stop Cooper fair & square and so did old George Foreman .
    McCall stopped Lewis , Akiwande & Maskaev and was also competitive vs prime Tucker , Douglas , Norris & Fergusson , while his "loss" 2 Lewis doesn't count as he was in no condition 2 fight .
    McCall > Lewis and this is how he will alwyas squueze in2 my top 10 .
    Ibeabuchi fought Tua 2 an actual 12 rounds draw and stopped Byrd , but I can understand if some1 keeps him just below his top 10 or even top 15 .
    Valuev stopped McCline & Barrett , never went down and obviously never trained seriously 4 his fights and is 1 of d very few 2 probably never use PEDs .
    Tua might have been worse than a prime Tyson , but prime 4 prime if they met about 3 times , 1 punch would have made it irrelevant .
    Tua stopped Ruiz , Maskaev , Izon , Sullivan , Oquendo , an undefeated Darroll Wilson who just KOd an undefeated Shannon Briggs in his previous fight , drew with Rahman and took Lewis d distance . He never lost 2 Byrd & Ibeabuchi despite fighting them .
    Akiwande beat Tucker , Norris , he even outpointed Timo Hoffman in Germany (!!) if it says anything 2 u . KOd Maurice Harris @ 1 and Jeremy Williams @ 3 , knocked Lennox Lewis down but got disqualified 4 using d same tactics Wladimir Klitschko uses 2day .
    But u probably haven't seen Tua , McCall & Cooper fights and hence these questions , or maybe u watched them only once .