Is Deontay Wilder the GOAT?

People will always put Ali and Louis first and second for whatever reason but Emmanuel Steward had George Foreman next then Lennox Lewis and Larry Holmes, Holyfield and he had Wlad Klitschko at number 8. I say Lewis is the top guy in modern times,

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Well...you made a good case! I could be convinced with just a little more info.... Welcome to the forum

 

No.

 

I have him at #183 on my list but that's pretty close to #1 if you consider all the heavies there have been.

 

Well TBF you do have a 1 in your ranking of him

 

He is the most dangerous puncher ever. He is pound for pound one of the hardest punchers. He is the most exciting fighter to watch. You never know where his punches will come from - sideways, from the back, from the near petrol station, from Jupiter. So much telegraphing yet still lands them. I like his unusual style. GOAT - maybe not as a boxer is the classic sense, but definitely he is very good.

I am not one of these people who believes in the "great" heavyweights from the past. IMO Joshua knocks them all out(except Wilder of course), so he should be the GOAT.
Edit: lol I sound as a AJ fanboy but I am actually mad Wilder fan

 

Mods please remove from classic forum

 

I personally like Joshua and enjoy watching him at least as far as HW’s go. I think he is the best of this era, or would prove to be...I just question whether he or his team is willing to face Fury or Wilder an actually...well...you know,...prove it. But if he does I would pick him.

But before we can call Joshua or anyone the GOAT, I kind of think they would have to be proven to be the GOAT of their own era before we could contrast that across other eras and put anyone there. And as above Joshua May be the GOAT of this era but Wilder and Fury thus far are closer to achieving that. Once again I pick Joshua to beat them both but have my doubts that he will fight either and prove it. Perhaps we should wait until he actually proves to be the GOAT of his era before calling him the GOAT across all eras...and of course this should apply to Wilder and Fury as well

 

He's awkward and exciting.... and full of flaws. I will continue to watch him.

 

Well just wanna say the GOAT means greatest of all time so it includes every era but I catch your drift. Hopefully they fight, I think actually they will because the interest is huge and they will make crazy money.

 

I agree that I hope they all fight! I am not a big fan of any of them (they are not from Philly lol), but I am a big fan of the best fighting the best! So I hope we get to see it

 

No. Discussion over. Move along people.

 

what has he achieved?