Classic Forum Collective Top 10 All-Time Heavyweights--POLL CLOSED!

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  1. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Have you guys ever done something like this?

    Where multiple posters list their top tens, and we do a point system?

    Say....

    25 points for your #1 guy
    15 for #2
    12 for #3
    10 for #4
    8 for #5
    5 for #6
    4 for #7
    3 for #8
    2 for #9
    1 for #10

    :think

    If you guys have done something like this before, then apologies in advance. Otherwise, let's give this thread a couple of weeks to run its course and I can tally the scores, let's say on July 15.

    We can do follow-up lists for other divisions sometime after.

    Anyway....

    1. Ali
    2. Louis
    3. Holmes
    4. Marciano
    5. Johnson
    6. Foreman
    7. Lennox
    8. Frazier
    9. Dempsey
    10. Liston

    (No ties please, just a straight forward top ten)
     
    Rumsfeld, Jun 22, 2009
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    It might throw up some interesting stuff. Your rating of Langford is going to draw stares on the street.

    01 - Muhammad Ali
    02 - Joe Louis
    03 - Sonny Liston
    04 - Lennox Lewis
    05 - Joe Frazier
    06 - Jack Johnson
    07 - Larry Holmes
    08 - Mike Tyson
    09 - Rocky Marciano
    10 - Harry Wills
     
    McGrain, Jun 22, 2009
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  3. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I was actually intending to switch Ali and Louis to mix it up, but what the hell.

    :rofl

    I changed that pick. :smoke

    You're on the spreadsheet.
    :good
     
    Rumsfeld, Jun 22, 2009
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  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    BTW, McGrain, no love for Foreman?

    :smoke
     
    Rumsfeld, Jun 22, 2009
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    #11 George Foreman
    #12 James Jeffries
    #13 Jack Dempsey
    #14 Evander Holyfield

    Ranking these four has always been nightmarish. They can be swapped around. But i'm happy with the ten.


    Janitor will be devastated.
     
    McGrain, Jun 22, 2009
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  6. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Fair enough for me.

    :lol:

    That was probably the least amount of thought I'd ever given any list I ever assembled. It was more of an after thought.
     
    Rumsfeld, Jun 22, 2009
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  7. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    My list is always progressive (In terms of always changing/adapting) Currently my top 10 HW list looks like.

    1. Ali
    2. Louis
    3. Marciano
    4. Foreman
    5. Frazier
    6. Dempsey
    7. Liston
    8. Holmes
    9. Johnson
    10. Tyson

    As far as the barely missed the cut and still in contention of making the top 10. That list would be (Holyfield, Lewis, Jeffries).
     
    PetethePrince, Jun 22, 2009
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  8. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    You, me, and McGrain have all been added in.
    :good

    With the 3 of us, we get the following results thus far:

    1. 75 Muhammad Ali (3)
    2. 45 Joe Louis
    3. 24 Rocky Marciano
    4. 19 Joe Frazier
    5. 19 Larry Holmes
    6. 17 Sonny Liston
    7. 15 Jack Johnson
    8. 15 George Foreman
    9. 14 Lennox Lewis
    10. 7 Jack Dempsey
    11. 4 Mike Tyson
    12. 1 Harry Wills
     
    Rumsfeld, Jun 22, 2009
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  9. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Sounds good. Curious to see how this turns out. Should be fun hopefully more people come in and post. Ali should be a clear #1 I think. It will be interesting to see how Lewis, Foreman, Liston, Johnson, Dempsey, Frazier, and Marciano eventually land. I'm also guessing to bet that Tyson will find his place in the top 10 as he's popular. In my 2 original lists he missed the top 10 but just makes it upon further review.
     
    PetethePrince, Jun 22, 2009
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  10. SuzieQ49

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    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Sonny Liston
    4. Rocky Marciano
    5. Lennox Lewis
    6. Mike Tyson
    7. Larry Holmes
    8. George Foreman
    9. Jack Johnson
    10. Joe Frazier
     
    SuzieQ49, Jun 22, 2009
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  11. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    OFFICIALLY TABULATED:
    Rumsfeld
    McGrain
    PetethePrince
    SuzieQ49
     
    Rumsfeld, Jun 22, 2009
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  12. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Great thread rumsfeld

    Heres mine:

    1.Muhammad Ali
    2.Joe Louis
    3.Larry Holmes
    4.George Foreman
    5.Lennox Lewis
    6.Jack Dempsey
    7.Rocky Marciano
    8.Joe Frazier
    9.Sonny Liston
    10.Mike Tyson
     
    dmt, Jun 22, 2009
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  13. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Thanks. I'll let this one run until July 15 or so, then I will start one on a new weight class.

    :good

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    Rumsfeld, Jun 22, 2009
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  14. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 Officer Full Member

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    Nice list....I love how you classify the swarmers in the middle and reserve ur 9 and top 10 spots for the bullies LOL
     
    SuzieQ49, Jun 22, 2009
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  15. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Larry Holmes
    4. Jack Johnson
    5. Lennox Lewis
    6. Sonny Liston
    7. George Foreman
    8. Rocky Marciano
    9. Joe Frazier
    10. Mike Tyson
     
    Sweet Pea, Jun 22, 2009
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