10 most complete offensive heavyweights ever

I've always thought Foreman's handspeed was deceptive & underrated.

I don't think Liston was consistent enough w/ his right to rank him so high on a list of complete offenses. He had a strong (but slow) overhand right, but he tended to club w/ it @closer quarters.

 

I do agree with Bolo with the fact that Liston wasn't exactly a heavyweight with top 10 offensive prowess, his toolbox of punches was still amazing. That upwards jab he threw at Roy Harris to drop him was gorgeous.

 

I’d say these guys strike me as pretty complete:

Riddick Bowe: Could fight in or out, could box off the jab and had power.

Evander Holyfield: Had every punch in his arsenal, combination puncher, could box or slug, worked body and head and had super educated footwork (mentioned by many in their Best I Faced along with having one of the highest IQs) to be on position to do what he wanted.

Larry Holmes: Underrated body puncher. He wasn’t a guy who dug to the belly 20 times or more a round but placed those well. Lot of KOs in his title defenses. Right hand was a sniper shot. Uppercut ended Mike Weaver. Didn’t use his hook as much later in his career but watch his entire reign and you can see him find selective use of it … heck, the fact that he used it so sparingly shows how good his offense was. Also could outbox/stick-and-move or be the aggressor, often within the same fight.

To me, the ability to both box and slug, fight in and out, is part of being a complete offensive fighter. For that reason, I can’t see Tyson making this list — he couldn’t box from the outside, was a one-dimensional stalker and also wasn’t a very good infighter (fell into clinches, didn’t work once he got close to the target, etc.). His offense was very good and very effective but not very complete.

 

Hi Buddy.
Good pics Saint, especially Holy, and in full agreement with Tyson.
stay safe buddy.

 

grrrrrrrrrrrr

 

#2 and #4 on your list have no heart...they're quitters...so all that other **** means nothing...NEXT!

 

@SonnyListon> @White Bomber Beef ! Beef! Beef ! Beef ! Beef ! Beef ! Beef ! Beef ! Beef !

 

They quit when they dared to take on opponents who weren't old men.

Some fighters quit before attempting that.

 

1. Martin Bakole

 

Give it a rest you idiot.Both Liston and Tyson had proved their courage during other fights.
So called ' quitters ' don't become world champions.It takes courage for a man to make
any sort of living from boxing,never mind becoming a world-champion like Tyson or Liston.

 

Please stop with this nonsense. You act as if Liston enters the ring and starts crying. He was the scariest man to ever step in a boxing ring and was a professional fighter who ate on the dime of his fights. He was a HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! The ONLY fights he ever “gave up” was Ali 1 and 2. Ali 1 he made $1M for himself and an associate and 2… well theres lots of theories. He fought for multiple with a BROKEN JAW! HOW DO PEOPLE HAVE THIS OPINION???

Please stop commenting about “heart”, you Marciano fans are so damn annoying.

 

Walcott