5 Favourite Heavyweights

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  1. KeedCubano

    KeedCubano Read my posts in a Jamaican accent Full Member

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    Big George
    Big John
    Joe frazier
    ken Norton
    Pinklon Thomas

    Those are my five! what r yours....
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Evander Holyfield
    Joe Frazier
    Oleksandr Usyk
    Floyd Patterson
    Joe Louis

    I dunno, I wouldn't count Charles as a heavyweight, but if he is, then he's number one.
     
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  3. TipNom

    TipNom Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not counting guys who did their best work or are best known for fighting at lower weight classes (Charles, Moore, Conn etc.)

    Holmes
    Liston
    Holyfield
    Foreman
    Frazier
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    My dad has said four of those names in Jamaican accent to me when I was a kid, I specifically like the way he said Pinklon in his accent after Tyson smashed Thomas in the 80`s, lol
     
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  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think Charles could have beat most fighters that were 10 pounds bigger than him.
     
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  6. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Among top 10 ATG's:

    Joe Louis
    Muhammad Ali
    Mike Tyson
    Sonny Liston
    George Foreman

    Among non top 10 ATG's:

    Sam Langford
    Tim Witherspoon
    Riddick Bowe
    David Tua
    Tommy Morrison
     
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  7. Shrollleftupper

    Shrollleftupper Active Member banned Full Member

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    Evander Holyfield
    Tyson Fury
    Oleksandr Usyk
    Sonny Liston
    Larry Holmes
     
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  8. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali / Louis
    Liston
    Patterson
    Frazier
    Ali has been my number 1 since a young age but recently I can’t separate him from Joe Louis, I simply can’t get enough of Joe Louis on film.
    Floyd Patterson was the first fighter I ever got into as a young kid pre Ali, I just loved his style and was aghast when big bad Sonny twice knocked him out, however being a boxing fan I learned to admire Sonny and appreciate what a great fighter he was.
    Joe Frazier bought my admiration as soon as he won the FOC against my hero, what a performance. My admiration increased even more when he kept getting up after big George kept bouncing him off the canvas, then what can you say about the Thrilla.
    Tyson and Foreman just fail to make this list.
     
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  9. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Guys I like reading about
    William Stevens
    George Milsom
    John L Sullivan
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    James J Jeffries

    Guys I like watching
    Jack Sharkey
    Joe Louis
    Rocky Marciano
    Floyd Patterson
    Lennox Lewis
     
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  10. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Floyd Patterson
    Muhammad Ali
    Larry Holmes
    Lennox Lewis
    ?
     
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  11. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali
    Marciano
    Archie Moore
    George Foreman
    Max Baer
     
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  12. Philly161

    Philly161 "Fundamentals are the crutch of the talentless" banned Full Member

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    Frazier
    Ray Mercer
    Holmes
    Evander
    Bert Cooper
     
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  13. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Joe Frazier
    Joe Louis
    Joe Walcott

    Holyfield
    Tyson
     
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  14. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Sam Langford
    Joe Frazier
    Joe Louis
    Tyson Fury
    Floyd Patterson
     
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  15. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Foreman
    Liston
    Ali
    Frazier
    Louis
     
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