Heavyweight Champion Resumes since 1930

Fascinating.

It would be even better if we could expand on Old_Fogey's work and create a table like this for wins/losses over Top 10 RING heavyweights.

 

Which gives a knockout percentage of:
(calculated as percentage of total number of fights, not of wins only)

1. Marciano: 89%
2. Louis: 70%
3. Lewis: 64%
4. Bowe: 60%
5. Liston: 57%
6. Foreman: 57%
7. Frazier: 54%
8. Ali: 52%
9. Tyson: 50%
9. Johansson: 50%
11. Holmes: 36%
12. W. Klitschko: 33%
12. V. Klitschko: 33%
14. Patterson: 29%
15. Schmeling: 27%
16. L. Spinks: 25%
17. Holyfield: 24%
18. Baer: 23%
19. Carnera: 20%
19. Rahman: 20%
19. Charles: 20%
22. Walcott: 14%
23. Sharkey: 9%
24. Braddock: 0%
24. Moorer: 0%
24. Briggs: 0%
24. L. Spinks: 0%

It is clear from this list that Marciano has a RIDICULOUSLY high knockout percentage against top2 contenders and better. Lewis, Liston, Foreman and Frazier being at the top should be no suprise. What is worth mentioning though, is that ALi stopped 52% of his top2 rated opponents, which is only a little bit less than Frazier, Foreman and Liston and is more than Tyson did. What's more, it is a lot more than Holmes (36%) who is considered to have a bit more power than Ali.

 

If i have some spare time the next days, i will go over it.

Could this thread be made a sticky, by the way?

 

In the words of the great Lennox Lewis, "Definitely".

...But only if we can get the rankings for the top 10. While interesting, there is simply too much stickied at the moment.

Perhaps I can merge this into the "Toolbox" thread.

 

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Harry Kid Matthews is not added to the Marciano list. That would be ten. He was a rank number 2 I suppose when he fought the Rock.

 

Well either of these guys enjoy there stay for long though as Marciano knock em off pretty fast.

 

An interesting list with some surprizing winners. While not a top 27 list per se it is an interesting measure of atainment of certain champions against the best of their era.

My criticism of the way that they are ranked is that it is unfavourable to fighters who are have an average ratio against their top oponents but fought a large number of them. For example Vitally Klitschko who is 2-1 is over Walcott who is 6-8. Poor old Walcott gets a bit of a raw deal having fought Louis twice and Marciano twice.