My All-Time Top Ten Heavyweight List

There seems to be a small but firm amount of boxing fans who place Jeffries at one.

Ali and Louis are, of course, the majority 1's and 2's... But Jeffries was thought of equally highly until several decades ago...

 

Good List!

Here is mine


1. Corrie Sanders
2. Joe Louis
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Sonny Liston
5. Rocky Marciano
6. Mike Tyson
7. Larry Holmes
8. George Foreman
9. Jack Johnson
10. Wladimir Klitschko

 

Brian ,tell me where you live .so I can come and kill you.Jeffries at no1?

 

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1) Joe Louis
2)Rocky Marciano
3)Ali
4)Jack Dempsey
5)George Foreman
6)Lennox Lewis
7)Joe Frazier
8)Jersey Joe Walcott
9)Jim Jeffries
10)Mike Tyson
11)Evander Holyfield
12) Ezzard Charles
13)Jack Johnson
14) Gene Tunney
15)Larry Holmes

 

The exact order of my list isn't set in stone, but usually looks something like this:

1. Muhammad Ali

2. Joe Louis

3. Rocky Marciano

4. Larry Holmes

5. Mike Tyson

6. Lennox Lewis

7. George Foreman

8. Joe Frazier

9. Evander Holyfield

10. Riddick Bowe

11. Sonny Liston

12. Floyd Patterson

13. Jack Johnson

14. James Jeffries

15. Ezzard Charles

16 Joe Walcott

17. Jack Dempsey

18. Harry Wills

19. Wladimir Klitschko

20. Ken Norton

21. Chris Byrd

22. Tim Witherspoon

23. Ingemar Johanson

24. Max Schmeling

25. Mike Weaver

After that it gets literally impossible to determine who comes next, and also there were plenty of non-title holders who could have squeezed into a top 50 spot. I would also like to point out, that the rating I just gave, are not written in concrete, and tend to change depending on how I'm feeling on a given day, but I generally feel that the 25 men I listed, belong in that grouping. The order is subject to opinion though.

 

Tier1: Louis, Ali
Tier2: Marciano
Tier3: Jeffries, Johnson, Holmes, Lewis
Tier4: Wills, Liston, Frazier, Foreman
Tier5: Dempsey, Schmeling, Tyson, Holyfield
Tier6: Corbett, Langford, Charles, Walcott, Patterson

 

Jeffries at No. 1 is nonsensical.

 

Magoo I like the list its interesting



Couple Points......


Why did you leave off Corrie Sanders? who the hell beats him h2h? He is a freak of nature!



and I like how you put my man riddick bowe in the top 10, but to have him over liston?


I have never seen liston and patterson rated so closesly to one another lol.......just curious where is zora folley, eddie machen, C williams if u have patterson so high since he ducked these men?



About Walcott vs Patterson, wut is ur criteria for patterson at 12? cause I think Walcott deserves a spot at 12 because against the best fighters he fought patterson EASILY got beaten in one sided fights by ATGs liston and ali. against the best fighters walcott fought, walcott scored 3 knockdowns and outboxed ATGs louis and marciano. when you compare there wins, walcott has the edge (Charles 2x, Ray 2x, Johnson, Bivins, Murray, Maxim 2x, Baksi, Hoff, Sheppard 2x, Gomez) vs patterson( Moore, Johannson 2x, Jackson 2x, Chuvalo, Bonavena, Cooper)



Chris Bryd at 21 is awfully high considering he was pretty mediocre, just a blown up lightheavyweight with limited tools. He does have a couple nice wins, but some embarrasing performances too, and I think defensive boxers like jimmy young, archie moore, tim witherspoon, were much better more well rounded and better resumes.



Wlad........dont u think 19 is a little too high? who has he beaten? the 3 best heavyweights out there today Potvekin, Chagaev, Valuev wlad hasnt beaten any one of those guys. He also has 2 embarrasing stoppage losses to unrated guys, and a 2 round knockout loss to one of the greatest of all time(which is understandable)...

 

scuze me, How come you left off Corrie Sanders? He knocked out this man in 2 rounds!!

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How do the Sanders lovers explain his loss to Rachman ?

 

Why is SuzieQ posting under two different names in the same thread? Regardless its good to see Sanders get the credit he deserves.

 

1. MUHAMMAD ALI - 2 wonderful careers in the 60s then 70s, fastest ever HWT, missed his prime yrs age 25-28, best resume in HWT history.

2. JOE LOUIS - Longest reigning champ, most complete textbook skills in HWT history, KO power in both hands, 1 of the fastest pair of hands in HWT history.

3. MIKE TYSON

4. SONNY LISTON

5. GEORGE FOREMAN

6. JOE FRAZIER

7. LARRY HOLMES

8. ROCKY MARCIANO

9. LENNOX LEWIS

10. JERSEY JOE WALCOTT