Best heavyweight fighter of each decade

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  1. baconmaker

    baconmaker Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Starting in 1910s

    1910s Jack Johnson
    1920s Jack Dempsey
    1930s Max Baer
    1940s Joe Louis
    1950s Rocky Marciano
    1960s Muhammad Ali
    1970s Joe Frazier
    1980s Mike Tyson
    1990s Lennox Lewis
    2000s Wladimir Klitschko
    2010s Wlad?
     
    baconmaker, Nov 18, 2015
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  2. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    70s, 80s and 90s are tricky because you had at least one other candidate who equally had a claim to being the best of that decade.
     
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  3. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    60s and 70s Ali
    80s Holmes/Tyson
    90s lewis/holyfield
    00s and 10s wlad
     
    Mordechai, Nov 19, 2015
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  4. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    The one who whooped on the baconmaker, Harry Plopper!
     
    drenlou, Nov 19, 2015
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  5. blundell

    blundell Active Member Full Member

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    I suspect this post will soon break out with a huge Wladamir Klitschko related argument. Let the games begin!
     
    blundell, Nov 19, 2015
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  6. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He lost to a journeyman!
    He's the longest reigning champion!
    Let's go champ! :lol:
     
    theanatolian, Nov 19, 2015
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  7. BOGART

    BOGART Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1900s Jack Johnson
    1910s Harry Wills but you could make a case for Dempsey
    1920s Gene Tunney
    1930s Joe Louis
    1940s Joe Louis
    1950s Rocky Marciano
    1960s Muhammad Ali
    1970s Muhammad Ali
    1980s Mike Tyson but Holmes has a strong case as well
    1990s Lennox Lewis
    2000s Wladimir Klitschko
    2010s Wladimir Klitschko
     
    BOGART, Nov 20, 2015
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