Heavyweightaction.com's list of the top Heavyweights of the 1980's

That is NOT Ring Magazine.

Tyson
Holmes
Witherspoon

After that, it becomes blurred lines.

Tucker, and Thomas good shots to round off the top 5

 

Holy is actually rated at #4 based on the list you showed us. But I still concur that this is too high for a man who only had around FIVE fights at heavyweight against mostly shot or lesser opponents when the decade ended... He deserves to be top 10 though. His fight with Dokes was one of the best of the decade...I agree with Tyson being ranked higher than Holmes at #1. While Larry should ranked higher all time, Tyson's run in the 80's specifically was more impressive than what Holmes did between 1980-1988. #3 could probably go to Witherspoon. #4 could be debated between a few people in my opinion but Holyfield shouldn't be among them.

 

I think poor Saad54 was drunk when he posted this.

 

Weaver too high.

Dokes and Tubbs too low.

 

Weaver has an argument for being top five in the 80's. He beat prime versions of Tate, Coetzee, Tillis, Williams, Duplooy and was arguably robbed in his 1983 rematch with Dokes. Most of the above names were undefeated and all were in their primes. Sure he suffered some losses too but so did everybody.

 

Good point.

 

Yep, well said.

 

No worries. It's not a bad site. Weaver at #3? A bit of a reach.

 

Spoon seems to always be the default choice at #3 but Weaver has a good case. He knocked out Tate, Coetzee and Williams, beat Tillis, had a draw with Dokes which could have gone his way, and he gave Holmes hell.

 

The Holmes fight wasn't in the 1980s.

Weaver was an ex-champ by 1982. I don't see how he has any claim to being the third-best heavyweight of the era. James Tillis was never any good. He wasn't before or after facing Weaver. I don't see why that win is regarded as a big feather. And Weaver lost 12 or 13 or the 14 rounds fought against Tate before scoring a last-second win. He wasn't in that fight at all until the closing seconds.

His victory over Coetzee was really the best win of his entire career. I don't know if that gets you the third spot, when you counterbalance it with getting stopped by Pinklon Thomas and Bonecrusher Smith and DuPlooy and Dokes and even Tony Anthony (although it was after the bell). Weaver seemed like he was always getting stopped in the 1980s.

 

Case for #5 yes, but #3 I think should be Terrible Tim