How Many Genuinely Great Heavyweight Champs Have There Been?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    How many really great heavyweight champions have there been?
     
  2. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Ali
    Louis
    Lewis
    Marciano
    Holmes

    Just those
     
  3. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    Johnson
    Dempsey
    Louis
    Rocky
    Ali
    Frazier
    Foreman
    Tyson
    Lewis
    Wladimir

    Will elaborate on my picks later, as well as the ones I excluded.
     
  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I think "great" is a subjective term that can also change over time with each generation. Jack Dempsey was viewed by his own generation as well as many who came after as a great champion. Today there are many who don't share this opinion.. But I think within the context of his own time and the young stage boxing was in, he was great....

    With the above said, I think that there are a lot more great heavyweights than most will probably list.
     
  6. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ALl time greatness is a very upper echelon that not many have attained. Since Johnson:

    Johnson
    Dempsey
    Tunney
    Louis
    Marciano
    Ali
    Foreman
    Holmes
    Tyson
    Lewis
     
  7. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Johnson
    Dempsey
    Louis
    Marciano
    Ali
    Holmes





    Maybe Tyson, maybe Lewis.
     
  8. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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