Is Ezzard Charles a top ten Heavyweight?

:goodof course charles achieved more.at heavyweight sonny would ko him though.
not many stunned sonny in a legit fight

 

No

 

Oh my god wait for the torches!

Great thread GP. I think if you've included Charles run in the lower divisions then you can make a claim he deserves to be a top 10 HW. Otherwise, I think he misses out. Unless you're Bert Sugar, though. He ranks Charles #7. Also ranks Tunney #5, and Dempsey#3.

 

Although I personally don't have Charles quite so high, it could be reasonably argued that he was top-10.

 

Partial...

Yeah. I'm with most. I can't find room for him in my top 10. I think a decent case could be made for including him in the top 15 or 20 though.

 

I also think he is underated as a heavyweight I currently have him at 12 in my list

 

I think his legacy might be rated differently had he been awarded the victory in the 4th and final Walcott fight. That match was a concensus robbery, and had Ezzard taken it, he would have been the first man ever to regain the crown before Patterson and Tyson. He also would have likely faced Marciano a year or so earlier than he actually did, and who knows what that might have meant. He may have pulled off just enough to squeak out a decision over the rock as well.

 

Consensus robbery?

 

He's a top 5 LHW all-time but not HW.

 

No.15 for me.

 

No. Not top 5, not top 10, or top 15.

 

Not for me.

 

Just had another look at my heavyweight rankings again - I actually have Charles at 10 so there you go.

 

Arguably top 10, certainly top 20.