George Foreman's Top 10 Heavyweights!!!

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  1. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just for the hell of it, here's Ali's list (according to Sugar and Atlas' Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists). He omits himself and doesn't give an order:


    Jack Johnson: "Defensive fighter... scientific boxer... First black heavyweight champion."

    Jack Dempsey: "Strong... Could take a punch... He hit hard... Good boxer."

    Gene Tunney: "Great left jab... Accurated left jab and right cross... Straight punches... Good defensive fighter."

    Joe Louis: "Knockout punching... Fast... Fought a lot."

    Ezzard Charles: "Scientific boxer... Fast."

    Jersey Joe Walcott: "Movement... He would come in, then move out... Fast shuffle... He punched at the same time he was moving... Hard to hit... Good defensive fighter."

    Rocky Marciano: "Rugged... Could take a punch and just keep coming... He beat up on opponents' arms so they could not hold them up to defend themselves."

    Joe Frazier: "Joe Frazier hit hard... Brawler... Just kept coming, moving forward, no matter how hard you hit him... Could take a punch."

    George Foreman: "Strong... Hard hitter... Knockout puncher... Good left hook and right cross... Dynamic."

    Larry Holmes: Strong... Hard hitter... He beat me, didn't he?"
     
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  2. VVMM

    VVMM Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bizarre list…. Patterson is 6... Ali is only 5. and Sullivan is in the Top 3 .Laughable.
     
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  3. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great list.
    It’s a great list. I remember many years ago when I met both Ali and Foreman at a muscular distrophy benefit Foreman mentioning in a his speech how high he regarded Joe Louis.

    Foreman credited Louis for polishing up his uppercut going into the first Frazier fight.
     
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  4. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    You can ask foreman the same question 10 times and you’ll get 10 different answers.
     
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  5. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    I agree. However, I remember growing up and seeing Ali, Louis, Dempsey, Johnson and Marciano in the Top 5 of almost every source I could find at the time. So I'm assuming Foreman's list is inspired by the lists he saw growing up.

    That's my only explanation.
     
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  6. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Where’s vitali
     
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  7. VVMM

    VVMM Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Maybe in Ukraine.
     
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  8. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  9. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    How come he doesn't have himself at number 1
     
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  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Surely so
     
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  11. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    He has Floyd Patterson on there because he doubts he could beat a prime Patterson
     
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  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Pele Reid was a world beater if I may say so myself
     
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  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Hey! I thought I had that title!!!
     
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  14. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Two things shocked me and one didn’t. Patterson and Sullivan instead of Liston shocked me. And no larry Holmes was what didn’t surprise me lol. Surprised Frazier didn’t make the cut they were friends I think and hyping him up would only help his legacy.
     
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  15. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    One of the worst lists I have seen.

    Marciano over Ali?....oh dear.
     
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