Lewis is my #13, behind Ali, Louis, Foreman, Marciano, Frazier, Holmes, Dempsey, Jeffries, Johnson, Holyfield, Liston and Tyson.
I consider him one of the top 15 of all time, pound-for-pound, and possibly the #1 light heavyweight of all time.
He actually did go down in his second pro fight, I think for a flash one-or-two count, before icing the guy a few seconds later.
I wouldn't have such a high drop-off on the pound-for-pound scale, personally. If he's #7 at heavyweight in spite of being so much smaller than...
It's impossible to know what Rocky would've been like coming off a four-year layoff. Just out of probability, I favor Johansson. Valdes was well...
I'd favor Seldon, Cooney and Williams here, I think.
1. Marciano's greatness is not built entirely on his undefeated career, or even mostly on it (though it is certainly a boost). Let's imagine, say,...
Correction: he's KO'd some 27 opponents in 31 wins. Knockout percentage out of wins alone can be deceptive; sometimes, a guy who's just a really...
That's what I've been saying all along. He's in my top 25.
UGH.:patsch It was technically against the rules for Marciano to have a professional fight and then have more amateur fights (though not really...
:patsch :wall Really... explain why Muhammad Ali is an all-time great, but, say, Henry Armstrong, Harry Greb, Archie Moore or Roberto Duran aren't.
Oh, and I do think Williams' survival skills could really have used some improvement. He desperately needs to clinch in the sequence between the...
The first Liston-Williams fight is one of the best performances I've seen from either man, particularly Williams. The first round Williams put on...
Well, I don't think one would really be accurate in describing Machen as having been "destroyed" by Johnson. He just lost a pretty close decision....
Yes, but he didn't have a multiple-division reign the way Mayweather has. I think Mayweather's failure to ever really clean out a division hurts...
