Your top 10 Heavyweight rankings from the 1980's and thoughts on the division

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Nice list

I have


1. Mike Tyson
2. Larry Holmes
3. Pinklon Thomas
4. Tim Witherspoon
5. Mike Weaver
6. Trevor Berbick
7. Greg Page
8. Razor Ruddock
9. Michael Spinks
10. Michael Dokes

 

Noway can Greg Page be left out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

In the 80s Larry Holmes won 16 world title fights in row! But yep, I guess Tony TNT Tucker did a little better and Michael Spinks too.....

 

Which would he H2H after 1985, when Tucker and maybe Spinks could be rated higher than Holmes. But there is no way in therms of resume you could rate someone else as Tyson or Holmes #1

 

Well, didn´t Holmes win the second fight? He could have retired after that one too. I give Tyson more credit for the Holmes job than many more here on BF24, since he showed grid vs Holyfield years later, but he wasn´t the fluid 212lb fighter he was before.
So for arguably for 4-5 years Holmes das definately above H2H-level of Tucker and Spinks. This is half the decade of the 80s. Tucker and Spinks were fine for 2 years.

 

1 - Larry Holmes
2 - Mike Tyson
3 - Tim Witherspoon
4 - Trevor Berbick
5 - Pinklon Thomas
6- Mike Weaver
7- Micheal Spinks
8- Greg Page
9 - Gerrie Coetzee
10 - Mike Dokes

 

Ruddock can't make the top 10 in any scenario. His only even semi notable wins in the 80's were over -

Mike Weaver whose last three fights included a stoppage loss to Thomas followed by a stoppage win over Williams after being in desperate trouble and a loss inside 2 1/2 minutes to Smith who had lost 4 of his last 5 fights with the last being a decision loss to Marvis Frazier.

James Broad who had lost 4 of his previous 5 including a loss to Greg Page.

Bonecrusher Smith who was 19-7-1 who hadn't won any of his previous 3 fights including a loss to Adlison Rodrigues.

I can only assume you are talking H2H which would go agaisnt the grain of the norm.

 

Anyone who puts Holmes or Tyson outside the top 2 needs a check up from the neck up.

 

1 - Larry Holmes
2 - Buster Douglas
3 - Michael Tyson
4 - Michael Spinks
5 - Pinklon Thomas
6 - Razor Ruddock
7 - Michael Dokes
8 - Tony Tubbs
9 - Tony Tucker
10 - Gerrie Coetzee

 

You have Tony Tucker mighty high. I couldn’t put Tyrell Biggs above mike Weaver.