Heavyweight rankings since Muhammad Ali

Those champions during their primes:

Larry Holmes
Lennox Lewis
Mike Tyson
Vitali Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko
Anthony Joshua
Deontay Wilder
Tyson Fury
Riddick Bowe
Evander Holyfield
George Foreman

 

H2H or accomplishments?

 

These guys are still boxing
Anthony Joshua
Deontay Wilder
Tyson Fury
I would rank them when thay have faced each other.

 

1. Holmes
2. Lennox
3. Vitaly
4. Holyfield
5. Bowe
I think Larry has always been very under-rated because he came right after Ali. People didn't like him from the time he put that beating on Ali, in a fight that never should have happened. I personally think Holmes is the 3rd best HW of all-time.

 

Primes, accomplishments, potential

 

I got a question. Who did Holmes beat that was great at his best fighter?

 

Maybe Holmes was underrated but the fact is his best win was really against a decline 38 years old Ali speaks volume of the resumes of the fighters Holmes beat. <<<<<Which is why I don't rate Holmes in any of the top 3 best hv of all times cause his resumes of the fighters he beat were very weak.

 

I’ll add to that and ask who did Lewis beat that was a great and at their best? Who did Vitali beat that was a great and at their best? The same for Tyson, Bowe, Wlad and Holyfield?

 

You could use the same argument for the others who did not fight each other then.

 

Look at Lewis resumes and look at Holmes resumes like seriously stop it. Lewis resumes easily beat Holmes resumes. In fact I would've bet a prime vitali would've beat holmes.

 

Norton, Shavers twice, toyed with Berbick, Cooney, Witherspoon. The bummer was during Larry's title run, there wasn't a lot for him. Holmes jab was amazing. He had length, great footwork, great movement, great ring IQ, great chin, could go 15 rounds and was a good finisher when he got someone in trouble too. Prime Holmes would be competitive with any HW of all-time. And could beat any of them on a good night. Just my opinion, I'm obviously a huge Larry fan.

 

Holmes resumes of the fighters he beat is a joke.

 

But the question remains did Lewis ever beat a great fighter who could be said to be still in or near his prime during his career?

Basically you can pick holes in anyone’s resume if you were really of that mind to do that.

 

Norton was a decline 36 years old when he fought Holmes lol. Berbick? Witherspoon? Lol. Like I said his resumes of the fighters he beat were weak

 

He beat vitali who prove to be a great fighter. Vitali at his best is better than any fighters Holmes beat and it ain't even close.