Top 25 HWs

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  1. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Pretty simple. Happy to explain my picks.
    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Lennox Lewis
    4. George Foreman
    5. Larry Holmes
    6. Wladimir Klitschko
    7. Joe Frazier
    8. Sonny Liston
    9. Evander Holyfield
    10. Jack JohnsonM
    11. Mike Tyson
    12. Rocky Marciano
    13. Ezzard Charles
    14. Jersey Joe Walcott
    15. Jack Dempsey
    16. Max Schmeling
    17. Floyd Patterson
    18. Riddick Bowe
    19. James J Jeffries
    20. Chris Byrd
    21. Ken Norton
    22. Harry Wills
    23. Max Baer
    24. Sam McVea
    25. Vitali Klitschko
     
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  2. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Be prepared George...
     
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  3. ChrisJS

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    Wladimir is grossly overrated IMO.

    Mine changes around a bit but this feels about right today-

    1. Ali
    2. Louis
    3. Holmes
    4. Marciano
    5. Johnson
    6. Lewis
    7. Holyfield
    8. Foreman
    9. Frazier
    10. Liston
    11. Tyson
    12. Dempsey
    13. Wills
    14. Walcott
    15. Charles
    16. Jeffries
    17. Wladimir
    18. Patterson
    19. Norton
    20. Tunney
    21. Langford
    22. McVea
    23. Schmeling
    24. Bowe
    25. Baer
     
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  4. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I' ll take a stab at it but in no order.
    Ali
    Dempsey
    Holmes
    Lewis
    Louis
    Liston
    Foreman
    Tyson
    Johnson
    W Klitschko
    Frazier
    Holyfield
    Bowe
    Jeffries
    Fitzsimmons
    V Klitschko
    Langford
    Charles
    Walcott
    Jackson
    Schmeling
    Patterson
    Tunney
    Marciano
    Jeannette
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I have a feeling having Wlad at 6 and not having Dempsey or Marciano in the top 10 might cause a **** show
     
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  6. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Liston too high
     
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  7. The Malibu Mauler

    The Malibu Mauler Lakers in 5 Full Member

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    I'm selling popcorn for the upcoming war in this thread at $2.00 a serving and sodas at $1.50 per can
    Top 11
    1. Louis
    2. Ali
    3. Marciano
    4. Dempsey
    5. Foreman
    6. Holmes
    7. Frazier
    8. Lewis
    9. Holyfield
    10. Wlad
    11. Tyson
    In no particular order
    Johnson
    Jeffries
    Charles
    Liston
    Langford
    Vitali
    Sullivan
    Fitzsimmons
    Baer
    Tunney
    Walcott
    Patterson
    Schmeling
    Idk who else to put so Leon Spinks at number 0
     
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  8. Fergy

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    I actually put razor Ruddock below Leon . Razor was fun to watch but never achieved anything mindblowing where's Leon actually grabbed the belt .
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I'm lowkey hoping we catch the Rockistas in full force
     
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  10. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is this a resume list or H2H one?
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    An achievements list. Résumé for the most part, things like records and title defences are taken into account
     
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  12. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Then I don't know why Jeffries is lower than Bowe or Walcott. I don't think McVea should be that high, but I'm not an expert of his career. Also, Fitzsimmons should be in top 25 definitely.
     
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  13. ironchamp

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    My Top 25 ATG Heavyweight List:

    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Jack Johnson
    4. Larry Holmes
    5. Rocky Marciano
    6. Mike Tyson
    7. Lennox Lewis
    8. George Foreman
    9. Joe Frazier
    10. Evander Holyfield

    11. Wladimir Klitschko
    12. Jack Dempsey
    13. Sonny Liston
    14. Sam Langford
    15. Ezzard Charles
    16. Harry Wills
    17. Jim Jeffries
    18. Floyd Patterson
    19. Riddick Bowe
    20. Vitaly Klitschko

    21. Jersey Joe Walcott
    22. Gene Tunney
    23. Ken Norton
    24. Max Schmeling
    25. Chris Byrd
     
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  14. Seamus

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    Under general criteria of greatness and of this instant (may change any minute)...

    1. Ali
    2. Louis
    3. Lewis
    4. Holmes
    5. Foreman
    6. Wlad
    7. Tyson
    8. Frazier
    9. Holyfield
    10. Johnson
    11. Liston
    12. Marciano
    13. Dempsey
    14. Sullivan
    15. Bowe
    16. Jeffries
    17. Vitali
    18. Wills
    19. Norton
    20. Byrd
    21. Schmeling
    22. Charles
    23. Walcott
    24. Tua
    25. Langford
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Coz two wins over Ezzard Charles > 2 wins over Fitsimmons
    And 2 wins over Evander Holyfield > 2 wins over Fitsimmons

    His whole set of wins are good but not as good as Bowe's 2 over Holyfield or Walcott's résumé imo.
     
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