Rank The Greatest Living Heavyweights In Order

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  1. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    As above.
     
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  2. JackSilver

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    Holmes
    Tyson
    Lewis
    Holyfield
    Foreman
    Vitali
    Wlad
    Bowe
    Thomas
    Witherspoon
     
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  3. McGrain

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    1 - Lennox Lewis
    2 - George Foreman
    3 - Larry Holmes
    4 - Mike Tyson
    5 - Evander Holyfield
    6 - Wlad Klitschko
    7 - Riddick Bowe
    8 - Vitali Klitschko
    9 - Tim Witherspoon
    10 - Michael Moorer
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

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    Lennox Lewis (3)
    George Foreman (4)
    Larry Holmes (5)
    Wladimir Klitschko (6)
    Evander Holyfield (10)
    Mike Tyson (12)
    Chris Byrd (?)
    Riddick Bowe (?)
    Vitali Klitschko (?)
    David Tua (?)
     
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  5. Gudetama

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    1. Foreman
    2. Lewis
    3. Holmes
    4. Tyson
    5. Holyfield
    6. Bowe
    7. W Klitschko
    8. V Klitschko
    9. Witherspoon
    10. Fury
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    You have Fury above Byrd?
     
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  7. Gudetama

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    For now. I'm a big fan of ranking active fighters in all of my lists. It makes the lists more dynamic. I like the way the active fighters usually end up disappointing, and subsequently making me look like a bellend.
     
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  8. JohnThomas1

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    Brilliant. Tyson and Holyfield would be close i reckon.
     
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  9. McGrain

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    Vitali and Bowe, too. Flip them no problem.
     
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  10. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I think he's clearly above Byrd.

    His fight with Wlad, and maybe even Wilder are better than anything Byrd did.
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

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    Well considering he has wins over Tua and Vitali, I'd pick Vitali at the time to beat Wilder and old Wlad. I know it's an injury win, but it's an actual win, not a draw.
    I'll agree when Fury beats Wilder or/and Ruiz
    But not only that but surely the Holyfield win is as significant as Tyson's Wlad win.
     
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  12. The Morlocks

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    1 Leon Spinks
    2. Larry Holmes
    3. Earnie Shavers
    4.Mike weaver
    5. Gerrie Coetzee
    6. Evander Holyfield
    7. Big George 70s version
    8. George 80s versionn
    9Andy Ruiz HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
    10. Big Roy Williams
    11. Tex Cobb
    12. Ray Mercer
    13. Gypsy King Tyson Fury
     
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  13. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    1 - Lennox Lewis
    2 - George Foreman
    3 - Larry Holmes
    4 - Mike Tyson
    5 - Wlad Klitschko
    6 - Evander Holyfield
    7 - Vitali Klitschko
    8 - Riddick Bowe
    9 - Tyson Fury
    10 - Anthony Joshua
     
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  14. janitor

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    I guess that Foreman is the grand old man of the division today!

    In my time on this site, we have gone from Max Schmeling being the oldest living heavyweight champion, to George Foreman!
     
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  15. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yep.

    I usually rank him and Lennox equal after Ali and Louis.

    So, of those living, I could take either one as the greatest.
     
    cuchulain, Jul 28, 2019
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