AllTime Heavyweight Rankings by Experts

And he's not even joking.

 

You are in no position to criticize. ....

..... I do hope you ARE joking.

 

so you actually weren't joking?

No, i'm not. My list is a very good and fair one. Your list looks like the 1st life boat on the titanic

 

You MUST be kidding? :?

If you'd posted that list today I would have thought it was an obvious April fool

 

My list is very good too, and fairer than yours.

 

yeah its alot fairer

 

You probably have an issue with me not ranking Jake Klirain or Jem Mace and I must admit I'm not so familiar with the old-timers, hence my somewhat modern bias.
Also, I don't include London Prize Ring resumes.

And, yes, I do think it's reasonable to rank Frazier above Foreman, yet obviously I can see the argument to the contrary.

It's all just opinion anyway.

 

that would be my top 10 but id have lewis in 9th and marciano in 10th :good

 

My full top 30 heavyweights all-time ......

1. Jack Dempsey
2. John L. Sullivan
3. Peter Jackson
4. Jim Jeffries
5. Joe Louis
6. Sam Langford
7. Bob Fitzsimmons
8. Jim Corbett
9. Gene Tunney
10. Jack Johnson
11. Rocky Marciano
12. Muhammad Ali
13. Joe Frazier
14. Tom Sharkey
15. Harry Wills
16. Max Schmeling
17. Jack Sharkey
18. Ezzard Charles
19. Larry Holmes
20. Joe Choynski
21. Sonny Liston
22. George Foreman
23. Jersey Joe Walcott
24. Jimmy Bivins
25. Evander Holyfield
26. Jerry Quarry
27. Joe Jeanette
28. Max Baer
29. Peter Maher
30. Mike Tyson

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Your list is pretty solid.

 

same names as me, pretty similar groupings. i like foreman in the 3-5 category and lewis in the 6-8 category though. i'd also have frazier and holyfield switching categories. can see your reasoning though.

 

BASED ON ACHIEVEMENTS:


1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Evander Holyfield
4. George Foreman
5. Larry Holmes
6. Rocky Marciano
7. Jack Johnson
8. Jack Dempsey
9. Mike Tyson
10. Joe Frazier


BASED ON H2H:

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Mike Tyson
3. George Foreman
4. Larry Holmes
5. Sonny Liston
6. Evander Holyfield
7. Lennox Lewis
8. Vitali and.or Wladimir Klitschko
9. Rocky Marciano
10. Joe Frazier


BASED ON ATG STATUS AND ALL OTHER THINGS COMBINED:

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Jack Johnson
4. Larry Holmes
5. Evander Holyfield
6. George Foreman
7. Jack Dempsey
8. Mike Tyson
9. Rocky Marciano
10. Joe Frazier

 

Numbers 11 to 20 of the greatest heavyweights of all time

11. Sonny Liston
12. Jim Jeffries
13. Lennox Lewis
14. Floyd Patterson
15. Riddick Bowe
16. John L Sullivan
17. Max Schmeling
19. Ken Norton
20. Wladimir and/or Vitali Klitschko

 

Okay, I know what you're thinking : you're wondering how come I don't have Frank Slavin in my top 30, right ?
Well, he's a lock for #31, I just feel Tyson did a little bit more than him to dominate the division, albeit in a weak era.
I'm still in the process of compiling the next ten, and hope eventually to have a top 50. Anything more than 50 would be pointless. I haven't settled exactly on the order 32 - 40 but the likely names are Gus Ruhlin, both George Godfreys, Rex Layne, Tommy Burns, Ken Norton, Roland LaStarza, Lou Nova and Lennox Lewis