NOTE: This list is excluding guys who are still active and near the top or who still have numerous opponents who are active and near the top,...
:huh This seems a bit inconsistent. Why would Marciano rank higher than Jeffries at heavyweight, but lower pound-for-pound? Jeffries was...
I would also like to say here, lest I come off sounding like a Patterson detractor, that I consider Patterson a lock for the top 25 of all-time at...
All right, Dave Anderson of the New York Times also had Frazier winning, for one. Or you talking about Ali in reverse?
It's good in spots, but Ali's constantly fouling, which he gets away with over and over and over again throughout the fight, really both damaged...
I like Frazier by close decision. He was the busier man, possessed superior stamina and was the harder hitter between the two. If Holyfield slugs...
Russell, you really ought to just watch the film of this fight. The topic doesn't need a thread. It's right there on the tape; Marciano gets up at...
No, that was just one of the embellishments he put in there as the tale grew taller.
I think it's possible one of the other champions would beat Marciano 7-8 times out of 10, but I would never bet on that as a probability.
The biggest fighter Patterson ever beat was a 222-pound journeyman by the name of Charlie Polite. Marciano beat 229 and 254-pound opponents during...
Which ones? The IBRO is the biggest organization of boxing historians around and has him in the top 5 after polling. The RING Magazine staff has...
I agree with pretty much everything you write here. Carnera is an underrated champion, not at all the joke he is sometimes made out to have been,...
No, actually, Marciano is pretty widely top-fived ranked among the boxing public. The IBRO ranks him #5, and he always came out in the top 5 when...
I don't believe Carnera's matches were fixes. I just don't think he was as good as Baer. Baer beating his face to mush and knocking him down 11...
None of those guys were top 10 heavyweights, even in that time period. And it's a little odd to say Tyson "slaughtered" Botha when he was being...
