Post your Top 10 ATG Heavyweight list.

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  1. dyna

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    1.Lennox Lewis
    2.David Haye
    3.Ali
    4.Marciano
    5.George foreman
    6.Dereck Chisora
    7.Alexander Povetkin
    8.Mayweather
    9.Valuev
    10.Butterbean
     
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  2. PhillyPhan69

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    Good list, and welcome to the classic forum! I can tell that you will prove to be a valuable source of knowledge combined with an uncanny depth of insight.
     
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  4. MadcapMaxie

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    You forgot Ugandan Heavyweight Champ His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.
     
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    1, john candy
    2, Fatty arbuckle
    3, Dan goodman
    4, Oliver Hardy
    5, John belushi
    6, Fats domino
    7, barry white
    8, peter kaye
    9, mario lanza
    10, elivis "vegas years" presley
     
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  6. Webbiano

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    Well it's all a matter of opinion really. Do you give credit for Ali beating Norton 'twice' because in my eyes Norton got the best of Ali in the 3 fights. That's pretty impressive if you look at it that way considering no one did that to him.
    Beat Jimmy Young when he was near his peak, as well as dropping a close decision to a top 5 ATG heavyweight when he was past his best. Sure he got KOed by Shavers and Foreman, two of the biggest punchers of all time, but we let Frazier and Lewis (too an extent) get away with that so why not Norton?

    You think Frazier is a H2H beast and have him at 5? I'd say having Norton in my top 15 is a lot more plausible
     
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    You keep thinking that! but Frazier at 5 is much closer to a consensus than Tunney/Norton in a top 20 let alone a top 15. I give credit for reality, legacy & accomplishment. On a personal note I also had Norton winning all 3 fights...but that does not change reality....Tunney only had a handful of fights at HW and while I rank him high (higher than some) at LHW...he does not crack my top 25. I really wasn't go to say anything, but you seem to like calling others out, and not enjoying it when it happens to you!
     
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    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well it's all down to our perspective's and opinion's of each fighter. Personally I feel I should credit the fighter for who I think won, as long as I do the same for every fighter, of course this can cause quite interesting responses, much like if your consistent with the opposite of this (like crediting JCC for beating Pea). On your second point, I wouldn't say I dislike people calling me out, I'm just very strongly opinionated about my own views. I tend to only call someone out if I either know they're wrong, or if I strongly disagree with a certain opinion.
     
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    If you line up the "experts" that were brought in for the American television broadcast of the Ali-Norton rematch, you will find that each and every one of them scored at least one of the eight rounds that Ali needed to win. In other words, of the six "judges" at ringside, they could find, between them, 8 rounds for Ali.

    I think that fight had a lot to do with where you sat. I had it to Norton by a round.



    I have Frazier at #5 too, I think it's fine. As an aside, at his very best I think he was a fighter that could not be outpointed.
     
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    1. Sullivan
    2. Corbett
    3. Fitzsimmons

    4. Jeffries
    5. Hart
    6. Burns
    7. Johnson

    8. Willard
    9. Dempsey
    10. Tunney
     
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  11. PhillyPhan69

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    Did you do this just for Seamus?
     
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    Also for frankenfrank!
     
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    You apparently didn't see my list. I'm a changed man.
     
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    1. Jack Dempsey
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    2. Gene Tunney
    3. Harry Wills
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Tommy Gibbons
    6. Billy Miske
    7. Fred Fulton
    8. Luis Firpo
    9. Cowboy Luttrell
    10. Willie Meehan


    .... that's my current list, but I'm considering ways to move Dempsey up a notch or two. :D
     
    Legend X, Jul 16, 2012
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  15. MadcapMaxie

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    You should, he's far too low. Jungle Jess Willard should be top 5 IMO.
     
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