Herb Goldman's Top 100 Heavies 1989

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  1. Tonto62

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    In the December 1989 issue of Boxing Illustrated , Goldman lays out his top100 all time heavyweights,here it is.
    1.Ali
    2.Louis
    3.Tyson
    4.Liston
    5.Holmes
    6.Johnson
    7.Dempsey
    8.Marciano
    9.Wills
    10.Foreman
    11.Frazier
    12.Jeannette
    13.Walcott
    14.Baer M
    15.Schmeling
    16.Godfrey
    17. Ray
    18.Jeffries
    19.McVey
    20.Willard
    21.McCarty
    22.Fulton
    23.Terrell
    24.Cooney
    25.Williams Big Cat
    26.Patterson
    27.Young
    28.Sharkey J
    29.Norton
    30.Uzcudun
    31.Braddock
    32.Witherspoon
    33.Thomas
    34.Corbett
    35.Jackson
    36.Miske
    37.Johansson
    38.Machen
    39.Quarry
    40.LaStarza
    41.Holyfield.
    42.Valdes
    43.Page
    44.Folley
    45.Tucker
    46.Bonavena.
    47.Nova
    48.Cooper H
    49.Hart
    50.Firpo
    51.Tubbs
    52.Brennan
    53.Farr
    54.Berbick
    55.Dokes.
    56.Moran
    57.Sharkey T
    58.Hamas
    59.Lyle
    60.Mildenberger
    61.Shavers
    62.Mathis Snr
    63. Baer B
    64.Toles
    65.Godoy.
    66.Galento
    67.Chuvalo
    68.Heeney
    69.Jones L
    70.Weaver
    71.Williams C The Truth
    72.Bugner
    73.Coetzee
    74.Baksi
    75.Tate
    76.Pastor
    77.Spencer
    78.Henry
    79.Haynes
    80.Carnera
    81,Gains
    82.Risko
    83.Blunt
    84.Ruhlin
    85.Savold
    86.Maloney
    87.Renault
    88.Martin
    89.Morris
    90.Snipes
    91.Spinks L
    92.Woodcock
    93.Smith Gunboat
    94.Simon
    95.Cleroux
    96.Smith Bonecrusher
    97.Ramage
    98.Weinert
    99 Foster M
    100.Meehan

    Strange choices / placings ?
    No
    Tunney
    Fitzsimmons
    Ellis
    Langford
    M Spinks
    D Jones
    Charles
    Bivins
    Satterfield
    Mauriello
    Gibbons
    Loughran
    Moore
    Maxim
    Did he perhaps just rate them solely at light heavy?
    And what about.
    Layne
    Baker
    Tubbs
    Murray
    Schaaf
    Sheppard
    ????
    Very curious!
     
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  2. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Just bizarre.

    Why are Joe Jeannette and Godfrey so high?
    Fulton and McCarty are oddly high too.
    Cooney and Willard above Patterson?
     
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  3. JohnThomas1

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    Well at least he has Page top 50. You listening McGrain :D
     
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  4. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Galento at 66.

    Just why?
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

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    Liston above Holmes doesn't sit well with me
     
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  6. Fergy

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    Strange selection s on some!
     
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    Mind you, it was 1989 so Holmes not long from beaten by Tyson, that may have clouded his judgment.
     
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    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hart at the half of the list with lack of Burns also looks strange.
     
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    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nova was better than Galento though.
     
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  10. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson above Holmes ha ha. Right.

    Holyfield is so low as to render this list worthy of both disrespect and dismissal imo.
     
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  11. Tonto62

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    Pretty indefensible imo
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

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    It was 89 so Holyfield hadn't really done what made him great
     
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  13. BitPlayerVesti

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    So did Maxie Rosenbloom
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Pretty awful IMO
     
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    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ohhh, that explains a lot then.
     
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