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

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of counting votes at each ranking-spot;

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After I've posted for all the fighters ranked through June 2009, I'll add together the votes for all the places as a check: there should be 61 votes for each place.

I'll up-date each month, as long as further lists are received.


#X/Y means 'Y X'th place votes',
eg, #3/12 means 'Twelve 3rd-place votes'



Muhammad Ali
Mentioned on 61 of 61 Ballots.
#1/45 #2/11 #3/2 #4/2 #6/1

Joe Louis
Mentioned on 61 of 61 Ballots.
#1/14 #2/42 #4/1 #5/2 #6/1 #9/1

Larry Holmes
Mentioned on 58 of 61 Ballots.
#2/1 #3/16 #4/12 #5/9 #6/8 #7/7 #8/1 #9/2 #10/2

Rocky Marciano
Mentioned on 59 of 61 Ballots.
#2/3 #3/15 #4/10 #5/6 #6/6 #7/6 #8/5 #9/4 #10/4

Lennox Lewis
Mentioned on 52 of 61 Ballots.
#1/1 #3/10 #4/11 #5/12 #6/5 #7/5 #8/5 #9/2 #10/1

Sam Langford
Mentioned on 6 of 61 Ballots.
#6/1 #7/2 #9/1 #10/1

John L Sullivan
Mentioned on 3 of 61 Ballots.
#4/1 #8/1 #10/1

Jersey Joe Walcott
Mentioned on 3 of 61 Ballots.
#5/1 #9/1 #10/1

Gene Tunney
Mentioned on 4 of 61 Ballots.
#8/1 #9/1 #10/2

Harry Wills
Mentioned on 3 of 61 Ballots.
#10/3

Riddick Bowe
Mentioned on 1 of 61 Ballots.
#9/1

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Still to be tallied: Jack Johnson, George Foreman, Jack Dempsey, Mike Tyson, Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier, Evander Holyfield, Jim Jeffries.

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these posters:
McGrain (post #2)
Chris Pontius (post #26)
Maxmoner (pst #115)

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1) Louis
2) Ali
3)Dempsey
4)Marciano
5)Frazier
6)Foreman
7)Jack Johnson
8)Larry Holmes
9)Lennox Lewis
10) Sonny Liston

 

What. No Tyson. He'd stomp tune half of your 10 guys.LOL

 

1. Louis
2. Ali
3. Lewis
4. Tyson
5. Holmes
6. Marciano
7. Foreman
8. Dempsey
9. W. Klitschko
10. Charles Liston

 

...bravest statement I have seen in this thread so far. I suppose it is gonna raise some controversy :think

 

Are we voting on legacy here or head to head? I voted on a mix of both.

Head to head, I think you can make a case for Klitschko in 8-15 spots.

 

No Way Vitali Klitschko could rank between 8th and 15 spots...his best win is over an out of shape fraud sam peter, who has turned out to be a nobody.

 

Maybe so ,but its one man's honest opinion and thats what is asked for:good

 

Seamus was talking about Wlad, not Vitali.

Peter did not look like a fraud vs James Toney or Wlad. But Vitali crushed him after a near 4 year layoff, at age 37 with no warm up fights.

 

I was using a very scientific (hah!) mix of results against contemporaries and head to head with some lesser weighting to the era in which the fighter fought. Wlad fought a lot of guys who could have knocked out any man of any era (including himself). He handled almost all of them which should be congradulated. I do tend to think that HW's today hit harder- en masse- than those of previous eras, partly due to increased weight/strength training and tactics for shorter fighters (12 rounds as opposed to 15 or 25 or 40.) And sure, I am trying to stir **** up.

 

Anybody with a sane card knows Toney won the first fight. Toney hit him with counter right hands all night and embarrased a man who YOU THOUGHT was going to knock toney out in 5. Toney btw was 38 years old and OBESE. Toney was shot for the rematch.

Peter was actually an in shape 243lb vs Wlad, and without the rabbit punches causing the knockdowns, wlad wins a wide decision.

Sweet....Peter had recently been knocked down and nearly lost to a 38 year old Jameel Mccline. Peter also just lost to Eddie Chambers.

 

Doing well.

Just popping in here and there.

Keith

 

THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION


MIKE CASEY'S ALL-TIME TOP 20


01. Jack Dempsey (USA)
02. Jack Johnson (USA)
03. Joe Louis (USA)
04. Muhammad Ali (USA)\
05. Jim Jeffries (USA)
06. Gene Tunney (USA)
07. Rocky Marciano (USA)
08. George Foreman (USA)
09. Mike Tyson (USA)
10. Sam Langford (Canada)
11. Joe Frazier (USA)
12. Lennox Lewis (England)
13. Larry Holmes (USA)
14. Evander Holyfield (USA)
15. Sonny Liston (USA)
16. Joe Jeannette (USA)
17. Bob Fitzsimmons (England)
18. Jim Corbett (USA)
19. Ezzard Charles (USA)
20. Harry Wills (USA)

 

My infamous list:

1. Joe Louis
2. Muhamad Ali
3. Jack Johnson
4. Jim Jeffries
5. Jack Dempsey
6. Rocky Marciano
7. Sonny Liston
8. Lenox Lewis
9. Sam Langford
10. Joe Frazier

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1. Joe Louis
2. Cassius Clay
3. Jack Dempsey
4. Jack Johnson
5. Larry Holmes
6. George Foreman
7. Rocky Marciano
8. Joe Frazier
9. Sonny Liston
10. Floyd Patterson