1.Joe Louis 2.Muhammad Ali 3.Lennox Lewis 4.Larry Holmes 5.George Foreman 6.Jack Johnson 7.Jack Dempsey 8.Sonny Liston 9.Joe Frazier 10.Rocky Marciano 11.Mike Tyson 12.Evander Holyfield 13.Gene Tunney 14.Jim Jeffries 15.Joe Walcott 16.Ezzard Charles 17.Sam Langford 18.Floyd Patterson 19.Wladimir Klitschko 20.Max Schmeling Will post here for now, still not sure about a few though.
Alright then... 01 - Muhammad Ali 02 - Joe Louis 03 - Lennox Lewis 04 - Sonny Liston 05 - Joe Frazier 06 - Larry Holmes 07 - Rocky Marcaino 08 - Mike Tyson 09 - George Foreman 10 - Jim Jeffries 11 - Evander Holyfield 12 - Harry Wills 13 - Jack Johnson 14 - Jack Dempsey 15 - Sam Langford 16 - Max Scmeling 17 - Jersey Joe Walcott 18 - Ezzard Charles 19 - Floyd Patteerson 20 - Wladimir Klitschko
Joe Louis Muhammad Ali Lennox Lewis Larry Holmes Mike Tyson Rocky Marciano George Foreman Jack Dempsey Evander Holyfield Wladimir Klitschko Jack Johnson Sonny Liston Joe Frazier Gene Tunney Max Schmeling Joe Walcott Ezzard Charles Sam Langford Jim Jefferies Floyd Patterson
****...this is WAAAAY harder than i thought 1.ali 2.louis 3.holmes 4.lewis 5.marciano 6.foreman 7.johnson 8.dempsey 9.frazier 10.tyson 11.liston 12.holyfield 13.charles 14.langford 15.walcott 16.klitschko 17.patterson 18.schmeling 19.jefferies 20.tunney
Compiling the Top 20 list is much tougher than I thought - there is always a small nuance of information in a fighter's resume that may tip them in favour of another. Again, I'm surprised Wills is not on the list - I'd have him instead of Walcott. Here is my list for now; 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Jack Johnson 3. Jack Dempsey 4. Joe Louis 5. Sonny Liston 6. George Foreman 7. Joe Frazier 8. Rocky Marciano 9. Larry Holmes 10. Mike Tyson 11. Lennox Lewis 12. Evander Holyfield 13. Sam Langford 14. Floyd Patterson 15. Gene Tunney 16. Jim Jefferies 17. Ezzard Charles 18. Wladimir Klitschko 19. Max Schmeling 20. Joe Walcott
01 - Muhammad Ali 02 - Joe Louis 03 - Lennox Lewis 04 - George Foreman 05 - Rocky Marcaino 06 - Larry Holmes 07 - Sonny Liston 08 - Mike Tyson 09 - Joe Frazier 10 - Floyd Patteerson 11 - Jack Johnson 12 - Jack Dempsey 13 - Max Scmeling 14 - Wladimir Klitschko 15 - Jersey Joe Walcott 16 - Ezzard Charles 17 - Evander Holyfield 18 - Gene Tunney 19 - Jim Jeffries 20 - Sam Langford
1. Muhammad Ali 2. Joe Louis 3. Rocky Marciano 4. Mike Tyson 5. Lennox Lewis 6. Larry Holmes 7. Sonny Liston 8. George Foreman 9. Joe Frazier 10. Evander Holyfield 11. Jack Dempsey 12. Jack Johnson 13. Jim Jeffries 14. Sam Langford 15. Wladimir Klitschko 16. Floyd Patterson 17. Max Schmeling 18. Joe Walcott 19. Ezzard Charles 20. Gene Tunney I don't like Wills and Max Baer not being on the list though. Wills is borderline top ten and Baer is borderline top 15, I'm not a big fan of Tunney at Heavyweight.
Thanks for the lists everyone!! Keep em coming! I know a lot of you including me dont agree with the final twenty fighters, but thats how it was built. Through an accumulation of our lists. The final list will be contributed by everyone, yet nobody will fully agree with it! Thats the beauty of it!
I'll give it a shot 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Joe Louis 3. Joe Frazier 4. George Foreman 5. Sonny Liston 6. Lennox Lewis 7. Jack Dempsey 8. Larry Holmes 9. Jack Johnson 10. Evander Holyfield 11. Mike Tyson 12. Rocky Marciano 13. Jim Jefferies 14. Wladimir Klitschko 15. Sam Langford 16. Floyd Patterson 17. Max Schmeling 18. Joe Walcott 19. Ezzard Charles 20. Gene Tunney