Final results, heavyweight all time great polls

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  1. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    More or less arbitrary.

    I rank Liston, Tyson and Frazier as about the same.

    Tyson could be ranked highest of the three if you consider the excitement and devastation he generated, however briefly.

    Liston could top the trio if I went on which I thought was best h2h.

    But Frazier edges it in my book on account of his epic win in FOTC.


    I wouldn't argue the order of the trio very much.
     
    cuchulain, Apr 25, 2016
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  2. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    well, let's see....

    Better resume

    better h2h

    steroid free

    There may other reasons, but that'll get the old ball rolling.
     
    cuchulain, Apr 25, 2016
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  3. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    You're confusing me, Luf.

    If you're going by record, Vitali ahead of Wlad ?


    And if you're going h2h, Vitali below Rocky ?
     
    cuchulain, Apr 25, 2016
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  4. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    I would disagree with the better resume bit, unless you're taking into account Holyfields career from 2000 onwards.
     
    Pugilist_Spec, Apr 25, 2016
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  5. Beatle

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    Marciano
    Tyson
    Ali
    Louis
    Holmes
     
    Beatle, Apr 25, 2016
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  6. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    Is the H2H list in order? You think Foreman beats Lewis?
     
    Pugilist_Spec, Apr 25, 2016
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  7. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    1A. Louis
    1B. Ali
    3. Johnson
    4. Marciano
    5. Jeffries
    6. Lennox
    7. Holmes
    8. Wladimir
    9. Foreman
    10. Frazier

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    Ezzard, Dempsey, Holyfield, Tyson, Wills, Schmeling, Liston, Patterson, Vitali, Walcott, Bowe, Burns, Norton, Jeannette, McVea

    ...like all lists in boxing, it changes a few spots here and there frequently.
     
    Nonito Smoak, Apr 25, 2016
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  8. andrewa1

    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Thanks! :good

    Posters are always talking about the top ATG's and mocking the inclusion of great fighters they happen not to like. As the list and polls indicate, it is fairly hard to exclude those fighters from top 25 lists. This is a good resource going forward for posters to use to help shoot down claims of "Haha, fighter x is a bum who isn't even in the top 50".
     
    andrewa1, Apr 25, 2016
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  9. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Lewis didn't even prove himself against a southpaw.
     
    SmackDaBum, Apr 25, 2016
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