Your favourite heavyweight outside of your top 10?

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I’d say my two are Archie Moore and Ezzard Charles, in that order.
     
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  2. Dynamicpuncher

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  3. mr. magoo

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    So many.. Tim Witherspoon, Gerry Cooney, Jerry Quarry, Mike Weaver. Hard to pick just one
     
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  4. themaster458

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    Probably Vitali and Povetkin always enjoy watching them when they're at their best.
     
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  5. catchwtboxing

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    There was a section in FACING TYSON about Scaff, and the respect that others had for him was theme that developed.

    He was a union pipe-fitter.
     
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  6. GoldenHulk

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  7. Fireman Fred

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    I second Steve Garber thanks to his one punch ko of John Fury
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  8. ETM

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    Carl "The Truth" Williams was alot of fun. So much talent with a few flaws.

    Bert Cooper was must see TV where im from. I liked seeing the Joe Frazier style in there but without the defense part.
     
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  9. Stevie G

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    Ken Norton.
     
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  10. Potwash

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  11. nyterpfan

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    I would pick Earnie Shavers. Had devastating power--unquestionably one of the hardest punchers in boxing history--but he could never quite get to the summit!
     
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  12. McGrain

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    Yeah, he was a lovely guy. I can't remember if it was in Facing Tyson or something else, but the journalist that interviewed him wrote that as he was pulling out of Danny's drive he came running out of the house and to the car window and said "Hey, don't forget about me." There's just something lovely and honest about the man. That Tyson KO and the Jackson one always made a special impact on me as a kid though. Those men were big as houses and Tyson just...

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    I probably should add Donny Long too.
     
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  13. MaccaveliMacc

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  14. Man_Machine

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  15. Bigcheese

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    Corrie Sanders...flawed but dangerous guy with a unique skillset.
     
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