My top 20 heavyweights of all time

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    1. Joe Louis

    2. Muhammad Ali

    3. Larry Holmes

    4. Lennox Lewis

    5. Wladimir Klitschko

    6. Rocky Marciano

    7. Sonny Liston

    8. George Foreman

    9. Joe Frazier

    10. Mike Tyson

    11. Jack Johnson

    12. Jack Dempsey

    13. Evander Holyfield

    14. James Jeffries

    15. Jersey Joe Walcott

    16. Ezzard Charles

    17. Max Schmeling

    18. Sam Langford

    19. Vitali Klitschko

    20. Floyd Patterson


    Just Missed: Gene Tunney, Harry Wills
     
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  2. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No love for Riddick Bowe suzieq???
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    You got the right players in pretty much the right places. Waldo and Liston are a bit high, Johnson and Tyson a bit low in my opinion...

    But what the **** do I know.
     
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  4. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have a diffrent order but basically the same top 20 good list. I have Tunney and Wills in and Jersey Joe and Floyd out.
     
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  5. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Yeah :huh He's hard to rate, definitely in my top 25. Don't like his resume other than Holyfield. Didn't take care of his body, too short of a peak.
     
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  6. SuzieQ49

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    I would like to put Tyson higher. Head to Head I rate him amongst the best in history.
     
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  7. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Like the list too, Wlad a tad high for me, Vitali a tad low,Tunney scraping in and I'd swap Mike for Sonny-but nit-picking and to-morrow I might agree with you!
     
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  8. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    :rofl

    Ever hear of Riddick Bowe? I guy as skilled as Bowe should not be underneath a guy who tapped out against a pillow fisted non heavyweight.
     
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  9. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Wlad cheated by fighting his own sparring partners to raise his defense count. He doesn't make my top 20. When did he ever win a fight he was expected to to lose bad. Top 5 LOL.

    What constitutes an ATG anymore. Just racking up wins against the crop. Greatness is reserved for those who rose above the spot.
    This sport has left Wlad behind . Eurosprot?????:rofl
     
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  10. Mendoza

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    Congrats
     
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  11. edward morbius

    edward morbius Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Seems to me Holyfield behind Tyson makes no sense.

    Whom did Tyson beat that Holyfield couldn't beat?

    What happened when the two fought?

    I think Holyfield would have beaten Tyson a few years earlier if they had fought a few years earlier. Holyfield never lost to someone like Douglas when he was a young man.

    *I would sub Wills for Vitali as Vitali just does not have wins over the top men of his era.
     
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  12. SuzieQ49

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    :huh
     
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  13. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    liston would be first on everyone elses list, thats how overated he is.
     
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  14. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    If Dino posts in the woods with no one around, is he still trolling about Wlad?
     
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  15. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I like the names being used, but the order would look a little different on my list. Wladimir Klitschko at #5 is a tad high for my liking. Evander Holyfield belongs inside the top 10.. Not outside it.. Liston's being ranked at #7 is questionable as well. And somebody already pointed out that Bowe should be at least in the top 20.
     
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