Best three fighters of every decade! Which was the best? HW only

Oh right. Eh he could've been there

 

Spinks wasnt a dominant era HW of the 80's,he avoided Tucker who while not popular was the better fighter as a HW and got a win over injured Holmes and should have lost the rematch ....see the Lewis fight and that's the 90's with Tucker,only loss was M.Tyson as well with a win over Douglas who upset a lack luster M.Tyson in 89.


Byrd ? IDK,you had guys like Povetkin lurkin ( still today ) I would have to really look at this one, a lot of good fighters the Klitschkos both dispatched of like ibragomov and those guys Byrd only became really relevant with Vitali injury win.

Lewis dominated the 90's not Holyfield who was more inconsistent .Lewis also defeated him twice really. Bowe ? Yea probably 3,just goes to show even some eras have top guys that don't stay on top to long.

Hard to argue the rest.

 

I'll give it a quick go, probably some glarring omisions though

1880's John L Sullivan, Charlie Mitchell, Jack Burke
1890's James J Jeffreis, Bob Fitzsimmons, Peter Jackson
1900's Jack Johnson, James J Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons
1910's Jack Johnson, Harry Wills, Jack Dempsey
1920's Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Jack Sharkey
1930's Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Max Baer
1940's Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott
1950's Rocky Marciano, Jersey Joe Walcott, Floyd Patterson
1960's Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson
1970's Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Larry Holmes
1980's Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks
1990's Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe
2000's Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko
2010's Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua

 

Didn't Corbett not only beat Jackson but was heavyweight champ in the 90s? So shouldn't Corbett be here above Jackson?

No Fitzsimmons?

 

I'm not sure much of anything can be taken from that contest, so little fighting was done.

I think Jackson has the stronger record of the two over the 1890's, not a lot in it. And Jackson had a reasonable claim to the championship from various victories.

 

It's pretty bizzaire to not rank the fighter who beat two of the fighters included.

 

A fair call!

 

Somebody needs to read about Fitzsimmons' second encounter with Jeffries

In short, Fitzsimmons beat the **** out of him

Also Sullivan was waaaaay past it when he fought Corbett

 

Does a win over Derek Chisora and Shannon Briggs really put you over Fury or Joshua?

 

1900s: Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, Joe Jeannette

1910s: Harry Wills, Sam Langford, Jack Dempsey

1920s: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Jack Sharkey

1930s: Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Max Baer

1940s: Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott

1950s: Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Ezzard Charles

1960s: Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson

1970s: Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman

1980s: Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes, Tim WItherspoon

1990s: Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe

2000s: Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko

2010s: Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua

 

A natural Cruiserweight who started at LHW doesn't put you as the number 1 in my book

Audley Harrison was a gold medalist as was Leon Spinks. They weren't exactly legends

 

Can I make an amendment to my 2010 list

 

Jean Marc Mormeck was also 2 years campaigning at HW, I don't give Klitschko much credit for that win. Adamek was a good HW, nothing overly special. Golota was past it, Grant was never very good and neither was Arreola. One extra top 10 win doesn't put you over Fury and AJ.
Well yes he was stopped in 3 rounds in reality. Glad to see you can grasp that concept