Greatest HW of the last 25 years

If Andrew Golota had even the slightest similation of a brain, he may have topped this poll. What a wasted talent.

 

Well, the question was who was the greatest heavyweight, and to me impact plays a big part in the 'greatness' stakes. After all, what's the point of being great if nobody gives a ****?

I don't think it's a stretch to say that he was. I don't know if he really was, but I'm trying to build a case for him.

 

You mean Steward? Either way it's Wlad doing the fighting.

It's really about impact for me, and marketability plays it's part in that. In some cases, like the example you provided, there is an exception to the rule and I agree completely there.
But even so, Johnson made a huge impact. He may have been infamous rather than famous, but he got people talking and buying tickets.

For me, marketability includes drawing power. If you can't draw crowds to a fight, especially as a heavyweight champion, or garner big PPV numbers, then what does that say about the fighter in question?

I'm not saying that purely because a fighter is exciting to watch, then that somehow translates to him being great, or makes some sort of case for him about being great.
Mickey Ward and Arturo Gatti both earned a lot of money from having exciting bouts against each other, but nobody calls them great, and rightly so.

But impact...what a fighter means to that specific generation of fight fans...means a lot to me.
Most of the guys that regularly get discussed on the forums made an impact, and that's why we're still here, many decades after some of them have passed on, to talk about what they achieved.

That's my take, anyway.

 

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1. Lewis
2. Tyson
3. Holy
4. Wlad
5. Bowe
6. Vit


Based on legacy, resume, impact and H2H. If it was h2h alone id take a prime Bowe over Wladimir.

 

Lenny Lewis absolutely DESTROYED Prime Golota. :hi:

And Old Tinkerbell Tyson dropped, smashed bones in his face And was killing Golota before he quit.