At their peak, who was the most Dominant Heavyweight champion ever ?

If were just going with the word dominant than look no further than Tyson. He totally dominated his era, even better than Ali did from 65" to 67". J.Louis also dominated his era, but he was put on his ass a few times during his run, and had a very close call with Conn. But the total destruction Tyson put together during his 85 to 88"89" run is hard to argue against.

 

I'll go with this .If being dominant also means looking like you won't lose for another Ten years then it's Tyson .That's how he was looked at back in the day .

 

Sullivan.

In his prime there doesn't seem to have been anybody capable of offering him a competitive fight.

 

For dominance look no further than Marciano. Beat them all, knocked most of them out, ducked nobody.

Most other great champions have a coupe of prime losses that make people point and laugh. Wlad has Sanders and Brewster; Lewis has Rahman and McCall. Louis has Schmeling. Even Ali got beaten by little man Frazier and Foreman has his religious experience.

Say what you want about how Marciano would have fared vs the big champs, but he doesn't have that blotch on his dominance.

 

Tyson, Ali, Louis, Johnson, Wlad, Liston would all be in the mix

 

Holmes is only second to Louis in title defenses. He was a very active champion something we don't see today even in the lighter weight classes

 

If the criteria is dominates and looks invincible, not how good they actually were then:
Foreman
Liston
Tyson
John L Sullivan
Dempsey
Louis
Marciano
Jack Johnson
Ali

I put Foreman first because he is the strongest most devastating heavyweight champ of all time, if Liston had come along with color TV and ESPN reporters would have fainted. Tyson ,enough said.

 

Frazier would hardly be a "point and laugh" loss on anyone's record.

 

I would have to suggest that it was Joe Louis.

Although wouldn't totally disagree with anybody who gave a shout to Wladimir Klitschko

 

Pretty much. Tyson and Louis.

 

Surprise no mention of Liston. From 1958-1964 he was dominant. Cleaned out the best of the era, knocked out top men like Williams, Harris, Foley, dejohn, Valdes early. His closest fight, Machen, was a wide decision win. He then took out the reigning heavyweight champ Patterson twice in 1 round. The only man he missed, Johansson, did not want to fight Liston

Hard to be more dominating that that