That's why they have separate lists for hardest punchers. Nolan Ryan was the hardest throwing pitcher but he wasn't the best pitcher.
Teddy is a great coach but an awful historian. Tyson and Lewis didn’t list eachother which is lame clickbait. I’m quite proud of our findings here in my thread. https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...f-this-top-heavyweight-atg-list.695931/page-5
George is recognized as the hardest puncher or one of the hardest punchers in boxing history and a bubble top five atg. That should be enough for his fans. The loudmouth from Louisville assured he would never reach the top two.
Who has a higher KO ratio during that era? Also who else was ranked #1 in the world at the age of 48? Ever heard of the olympics?
I’ve learned to accept that any argument can be made depending on the evaluator’s criteria. I used to balk at some of these lists but realize that there may be reasons for various placements that I wasn’t aware of. On the above list, Jack Johnson is placed at #3 which is a bit high for my liking but I can understand why some place him in the upper echelon of heavyweights. I’ve also suspected that perhaps ratings are sometimes made when people make considerations for more or less challenging circumstances. In Johnson’s case he was battling in 20-45 round bouts for example.
The list is 6 years old. We can link mcvey's thread way back then for extra posts. https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...ue-the-greatest-all-time-heavyweights.624669/
I think we have to also look at their contributions to the game. No question, or at least there shouldn't be, that Dempsey had a bigger impact on the game than Tunney had. Greb demolished Tunney when they were both prime and in the opinion of many won two further bouts against Genie. Only time Tunney won convincingly was when Greb had only one eye. But I'll be honest...I have a bug up my ass against Tunney so I'm not an impartial judge of his talents.
