The ten greatest European Heavyweights of all time?

Didn’t he have a connection to Jamaica too?

 

Take that back, this man could have been the greatest we ever saw boxrec.com/en/box-am/895713

 

I think we need to define who is European. For example, does the fighter need to be born in Europe, or just grow up in Europe, or live in Europe as an adult during their boxing career, etc?

 

Top Nordic vikings: Ingo Johansson, Robert Helenius, Gunnar Bärlund, Brian Nielsen, Otto Wallin, Attila Levin, Janne Katajisto, Jarno Rosberg, Tony Halme and Gunnar Kristinsson

 

To be defined as European or anything else for that matter surely where you were born should take precedence.There are lots of fighters who are naturalised citizens etc in other Country’s and as such some have dual Nationality’s. For example Lewis being born in West Ham,London then moved to Canada so has both British and Canadian Nationality .

 

Here's my top 5

Dave Allen
Nick Webb
Alen Babic
David Price
Kash Ali

 

These threads always get at least one of these pathetic lists,trying to be funny and failing completely

 

Do you feel better about yourself now you miserable old fart?

 

1. W. Klitschko
2. Lewis
3. V. Klitschko
4. Usyk
5. Fitzsimmons (smallest HW champ, he fought mostly at MW and later LHW)
6. Johansson
7. Fury
8. Joshua
9. Schmeling
10. Povetkin or Ibragimov

Honorable mention to Cooper, Chagaev, and Nielsen.

 

Not really your imbecile remarks are not important to me just a shame you have to ruin an interesting thread.

 

Greatest European HWs, based on what they achieved in their own era (i.e. not factoring cross era H2H) excluding active fighters:

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Wladimir Klitschko
3. Vitali Klitschko
4. Max Schmeling
5. Ingemar Johansson
6. Tom Sharkey
7. Alexander Povetkin
8. Primo Canera
9. Peter Maher
10. Tommy Farr

Fitzsimmons would be #5, if considered British rather than an Aussie

 

No Calzaghe or Hatton?