Rank these heavyweights in order of greatest resume

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  1. Boxinglad123

    Boxinglad123 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali (Wins over Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Sonny Liston etc)

    George Foreman (Wins over Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Michael Moorer etc)

    Lennox Lewis (Wins over Mike Tyson, Vitali Klitschko, Evander Holyfield etc)

    Who ranks where out of the three?
     
    Boxinglad123, Sep 23, 2010
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  2. Ramon Rojo

    Ramon Rojo Active Member Full Member

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    Ali, Foreman, Lewis


    Foreman making comeback and winning heavyweight championship at the age of 45 makes his resume better than Lewis's.
     
    Ramon Rojo, Sep 23, 2010
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  3. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Blasting out Frazier and Norton in double quick time certainly helps his case, too.
     
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  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali comes first,easily. His resume takes it on quality and quantity. For second place,Foreman takes it on quality,while Lewis does on quantity. I'm basing this on George's first career. Second time around,he chose his opponents carefully,which you can't really blame him for.
     
    Stevie G, Sep 23, 2010
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  5. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    Ali
    Lewis
    Foreman
     
    DonBoxer, Sep 23, 2010
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  6. Nicky P

    Nicky P Jamiva Boxing Full Member

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    no doubt about it.

    Ali
    Foreman
    Lewis
     
    Nicky P, Sep 23, 2010
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  7. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Its Ali, Lewis, Foreman and it isn't particularly close, unless you give Foreman resume props for losing to Ali, Holyfield, Young. Foreman's wins against top10 ranked opponents is very very low for a HW champ
     
    PowerPuncher, Sep 23, 2010
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  8. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali Lewis Foreman

    Lewis gets second place due to consistency and being the very best of his era leaving no doubts
     
    Kingkazim, Sep 23, 2010
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  9. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Ali, Lewis, Foreman
     
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  10. Double Jay

    Double Jay Active Member Full Member

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    Ali, Lewis, Foreman
     
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  11. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Sorry, who did Lummox ever beat that wasn't completely washed up? Nobody better than Frazier anyway.
     
    itrymariti, Sep 23, 2010
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  12. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Foreman should be given a bit of a pat on the back IMO - for instance in the course of 6 fights from 22nd January 1973 to 15th June 1976 he fought Joe Frazier...Ken Norton...MUHAMMAD ALI (even going along with letting Ali have 'home' ground)...Ron Lyle...and Joe Frazier again - that's pretty good going he certainly didn't do much dodging in my book - a lot of other fighters could certainly take a leaf out of his book

    even at 42years of age and over
    between 19th April 1991 and 5th November 1994 he went in with prime Evander Holyfield...Tommy Morrison....Michael Moorer....and might have squared off with Tyson had he not gone inside
     
    RockysSplitNose, Sep 23, 2010
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  13. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I think there is maybe a bit more to it than that, but I agree this plays a big factor and I agree with your list.

    I'd also add that Foreman's two victories over Frazier far exceed Lewis' two victories over Holyfield.
     
    Rumsfeld, Sep 23, 2010
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  14. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Ali is obviously #1

    Foreman and Lewis are hard to compare because their resumes have verry diferent strengths and weakneses.
     
    janitor, Sep 23, 2010
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  15. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    It is, but on the other hand he might just have the two best wins in heavyweight history on his record, two decades apart.
     
    janitor, Sep 23, 2010
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