Liston's resume and ranking

Yes it does. Patterson 2x, Foley, Williams 2x, Machen, Valdes, DeJohn, Harris, Summerlin 2x, Clark.

 

When I say holds up i mean in comparison of those around his ranking.

I currently have him number 7 on my list. His resume is not one of the best 7 in heavyweight history.

Valdes, Summerlin where ranked where at the time Liston beat them?

The guy's great but if you think that's cos of his resume you're tripping. it his H2H matchup where he gets his due credit.

 

My top 10 all time heavyweights

1 Muhammad Ali
2 Joe Louis
3 Larry Holmes
4 George Foreman
5 Joe Frazier
6 Sonny Liston
7 Lennox Lewis
8 Mike Tyson
9 Evander Holyfield
10 Jack Johnson


Sonny fully deserves his place here. If he had n't have had an early career interuption,he may have been one or two places higher.
His resume was pretty good too.

 

Very true,Turpin :good

 

I often reconstruct my opinion of Liston.
He's a hard one to rank, because of what happened after he'd won the title. One fairly meaningless defence and the two farcical happenings with Clay/Ali.

I don't know if I'd pick anyone to beat a prime Sonny Liston though.

 

You forgot Rocky Marciano

 

Louis
Ali
Rocky
Johnson
Holmes
Dempsey
Liston
Foreman
Lewis
Holyfield
Frazier
Tyson
Jeffries
Sullivan
Langford
Charles
Walcott
Wills
Jeannette
Patterson
Fitzsimmons
Tunney
Baer
Schmelling
Sharkey

 

I'd place Rocky just outside the top 10. No disrespect to Signor Marchegiano,it's just that I rate the others higher.