Chicago's Greatest Ever Heavyweight: Ernie Terrell, Andrew Golota, or Someone Else?

I'd probably lean towards Oliver McCall. He was never stopped in 73 fights. Of course the Lewis rematch was listed as a TKO, but that was more of a breakdown on McCall's part than an actual stoppage. He probably should have been disqualified for failure to compete. He has wins over Lennox Lewis, Francesco Damiani, Bruce Seldon, Henry Akinwande, and a resurgent Larry Holmes. He also might have been robbed in his fights with Orlin Norris and Tony Tucker. Golata was tough and certainly put the hurt on some good men. But he also freaked out and folded in his bigger fights. The dirty tactics in the Bowe fights also make me reluctant to rate him higher. Ernie Terrell's resume is thin. A lot of his best wins were close decisions that could have gone either way and there are many who felt Chuvalo was robbed in that WBA title fight.

 

The answer is obviously Clubber Lang.

Is the Windy City Gym still open?

 

Louis was from Lafayette Alabama ,Johnson from Galveston Texas.

 

I'll go with Ernie as well, for reasons already stated.

 

Jack Johnson lived in Chicago when he was trying to make it as a fighter. He was homeless for some nights, sleeping under some famous statues on Michigan Ave that are still there today. So he tells...


Could be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure he moved his mom to Chicago. And stayed there a lot.

 

No, but the head trainer from Windy City has his own gym now in Chicago.
I think it's been around for a couple years now.

Lot's of talent there.

 

It should've been Walter Moore Jr, but he did a stint in Vietnam after being a top amateur heavyweight and National Golden Gloves champ in the late 60's. By the time he restarted his career in the later 70's, his prime had passed and he was thinking about other careers. If he had turned pro in 1970, he might have been a major player in the heavyweight scene come 73-74 and he would've done some serious damage that would've put him in this discussion.

 

It's Ernie for me, tho he never rose to amazing levels he was pretty consistent and that gets him my top spot.

 

Yes, the Galveston Giant is always associated with Philadelphia.

 

F*ck world title. Bobby Hitz was Heavyweight Champ of Chicago.

 

That's not Golota's style. Andrew would have pulled a fake police badge, said the poster was under arrest, then say it was a joke. Then sucker punch him in the balls, beat the hell out of the guy and then mysteriously surrender to him half way through it.