How would you rate Jimmy Ellis?

Good, tough, fearless, skilled and undersized heavyweight. Like others said before, it would have been interesting to see Ellis in a different era than he was in.

He was also by all accounts a great guy too. RIP Mr. Ellis.

 

obviously you are absolutely stupid.. i know that he fought hws, another thing is beating good hws and not bums.
jack burke weighed 184 pounds and tunney 178... o yes great difference?
was harry foley a hw? HE WAS EVEN SMALLER THAN TUNNEY, he weighed 170 pounds and tunney 175 for the second fight, we was a pig at 189 pounds for the first fight BUT HE WAS A LHW. and his record in his career was 13-9? a complete bum? martin burke weighed 182 pounds for the fight with tunney but he fought a t lhw during all his career, he was a lhw, and hewas another average guy,risko weighed 192 pounds vs tunney and he was 5´11 in my world it is not a hw, and he was a complete bum his record in his complete career was 69-46, spalla was adecent guy in italy and a class b champ of europe and he was nobody at world level, he weighed 191 pounds. henney was a 5´10 guy who in shape weighed 180 pounds, he was overweight above this weight, and this guy lost every important fight in his career, fighting for the title vs tunney was the most important thing in his career and he lost, after of it he lost once and again in his career. and dempsey was finished when he faced tunney, and still he nearly lost by knock out and he had to use a bigger ring in order to run from dempsey, you can´t say that tunney had credentials at hw to say 100% that he beats a world class NATURAL IN SHAPE 190 POUNDER LIKE JIMMY ELLIS.. tunney could win because he was a great fighter at lhw not because his poor credentials at hw), still i think that he was from a much older era, so he would be a bit archaic to beat ellis(a natural bigger(194-198 pounds in his best fights) and very good boxer)
ELLIS DID BEAT A PEAK OSCAR BONAVENA, A PEAK JERRY QUARRY,HE DID BEAT THE SAME LEOTIS MARTIN THAT KNOCKED LISTON THE **** OUT,HE DID BEAT GEORGE CHUVALO,FLOYD PATTERSON, AND HE LASTED 12 ROUNDS WITH MUHAMMAD ALI, I THINK THAT IT IS A MUCH BETTER CURRICULUM THAN TUNNEY´S AT HW, SO SHUT THE ****