Who is the best heavyweight of all time?

Ali and Louis are the top 2 contenders for greatest

But in terms of h2h ability, Lennox wins it hands down. Followed up by guys like Ali/Vitali/etc

 

SURELY THE BEST AND GREATEST WOULD BE THE SAME GUY NO???

LIKE SAYING MY BEST DINNER IS BEANS ON TOAST BUT MY GREATEST DINNER....OH THATS SPAGETTI ON TOAST.atsch

 

Doesn't have to be. Some people equate "best" with the most talented and "greatest" with the strongest resume/career.

 

1. Joe Louis

2.Muhammad Ali

 

I voted Ali but that doesnt necessarily mean he would beat all the others head-to-head

 

Rocky Marciano 49-0

 

Boxing would not be half the sport it is today, if there was no Mohammed Ali. Not only was Ali the greatest boxer, but next to Jack Johnson, also the greatest personality in boxing history.
No one else comes close. Not even Lennox Lewis.

 

Name one great fighter that he beat in their prime.

Edit: And while I do agree he beat some great fighters, regardless of being past prime, it is not enough to be greatest.

 

Most people will say Ali. But Lewis would have beaten Ali, so surely that makes him the greatest?

 

Muhammed Ali is the most overrated boxer of all time.


- Ali lost to Leon Spinks, who had just 8 pro fights.

- knocked out by a light heavyweight, Henry Cooper.

- robbed Jimmy Young.

- lost to Frazier once officially, was going to quit in another Frazier fight

- lost to Ken Norton once officially.

- had his shady judges rob Ken Norton.

- was knocked down by clubfighter Chuck Wepner

- had title defenses against limited opponents like Jean-Pierre Coopman

- fought an old shot Floyd Patterson in 1972

- lost to Trevor Berbick (Ali was 8 yrs younger than Archie Moore was when they fought in 1962)

- fought weak opponents like Juergen Blin

 

why would you write such a **** post if you want to be taken seriously. probably one of the weakest posts written here ever, every sentence is terrible.

 

H2H and resume... Lennox Lewis.

if anyone thinks it's Ali, put all their fights side by side and compare the quality. and Ali lost a good handful of his as well ( a few of them were robberies )

it's Lewis all day.

 

the Ali era is the most overrated era of all time. fact. :deal

it's the truth.

 

Yet Lewis in many interviews compares himself to Ali... I wonder why that is

 

Not even Lewis himself believes that bull****. But obviously you know better:good