Teddy Atlas' top ten heavyweights of all time, do you agree? If not, what is your list??

Rocky and Jack are way too... high.

 

I actually don’t mind the Usyk pick…Tunney was a little short on big fights there. Mine goes something like this
1) Ali
2) Louis
3) Lewis
4) Marciano
5) Foreman
6)Frazier
7) Tyson
8) Usyk
9)Wlad
10) Holmes

I see he still hasn’t let the Tyson beef go. I don’t mind the Dempsey and Johnson picks as well I just don’t put pre 30s fighters in. Was almost a different sport

 

Johnson is way too high. Nowadays he's lucky to make fringe 15-20. Dempsey is also really pushing it, but you can maybe make a case for 11-15. Either way, Lennox certainly did more than enough to be above Dempsey.

Tunney doesn't belong anywhere near the top 20, his resume was far too thin at HW to be considered.

 

One of the worst lists I've ever seen.

 

How much film do we have of Jack Johnson? That's my problem in ranking him.

 

These lists are subjective to a large degree so not going to barrage it but I think Wladimir Kiltschko is a omission.

 

Hi Mike/
My thoughts are, Johnson way to high, Marciano also high, Tunney shouldn't be there, Uysk is very good, but not top ten, Lewis is way to low, as is Holmes, Atlas is steeped in boxing, trainer, coach, historian, writer, pundit, so puzzled by his choices and rankings !!.
stay safe, chat soon buddy.
Mike.

 

I agree. Also Usyk.

 

shite..

I won't forget this one.

 

Agree

 

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/teddy-atlass-10-greatest-heavyweights-of-all-time.736564/

 

Wow I’m disappointed. He’s supposed to be an expert but apparently doesn’t understand the difference in eras. Joe Louis beating Ali Dempsey beating L Lewis???? This guy may know boxing technique but has no ability to understand the evolution of the sport. Jersey Joe Walcott who refereed Ali vs Liston and fought both Louis and Marciano said no contest Ali could beat any fighter that came before him. He was way better. If there is a person we should listen to would be him who was so close to seeing all of them fight. Also watch Ali Liston 1 Joe Louis was tv color man and said on the broadcast Liston was on the way to being the greatest of all time. Meaning he could have beaten him plus all the others.

 

The Usual Suspects with a Ukrainian slipping into the lineup.

 

Anyone who includes Tunney in their top ten either needs a lobotomy or just had one. One of the worst, most ill-informed lists I have ever seen.