Seperating and rating the Super - Heavyweights!

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  1. Mendoza

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    Mendoza, Aug 28, 2011
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  2. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Lewis
    2. Bowe
    3. W. Klitschko
    4. V. Klitschko
    4. Foreman
     
    ripcity, Aug 28, 2011
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  3. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    any stats yet?

    it is defo a good way of rating them (the S-HWs) and then discussing them with elite classical HWs.
     
    thistle1, Aug 30, 2011
    thistle1, Aug 30, 2011
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  4. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Lewis - Wlad
    3. Vitali
    4. Golota
    5. Bowe
     
    Mordechai, Aug 30, 2011
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  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I should have fitted Douglas onto my list.

    Witherspoon, I don't realy think of as one of the type.
     
    janitor, Aug 30, 2011
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  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Larry Holmes weighed in excess of 225 from Tyson onwards and was also tall enough for the definition in this thread.

    Post 87 Holmes, although far from his best, would still be in with a very good chance of cracking the top 10.
     
    TBooze, Aug 30, 2011
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  7. Threetime no1

    Threetime no1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It should be anyone above 6"4 and over 230lbs. Otherwise your gonna have shitloads of heavies in there who were 6"3.

    1.Lewis


    2.Vitali
    3.Bowe
    4.Wlad
    5.Akinwande lol
     
    Threetime no1, Aug 30, 2011
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  8. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tim Witherspoon is under 6'3" and his extra weight was blubber. I don't think he makes the cut here.
     
    Vince Voltage, Aug 30, 2011
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  9. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great start we've got 24 S-HWs, rate them as you see fit...

    after the 7 I've numbered, I can't rightfully say - listing fighters is never precise anyway, but a good measure all the same.

    1) Lewis
    2) Holmes
    3) Foreman
    4) Bowe
    5) Vitali
    6) Tucker
    7) Ernie Terrell


    Wlad
    Douglas
    Golota

    Carnera
    Godfrey
    Willard
    Fred Fulton
    George Godfrey

    Bill Tate
    Jameel McCline
    Lou Savaresse
    Michael Grant
    Tim Witherspoon

    James Smith
    Nicolay Valuev
    Larry Donald
    Smith (?)
     
    thistle1, Sep 1, 2011
    thistle1, Sep 1, 2011
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  10. Guyfawkes

    Guyfawkes Than who was phone?! Full Member

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    1) George Foreman

    2) ERRYONE ELSE
     
    Guyfawkes, Sep 1, 2011
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  11. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    I think the criteria should be over 6'3'' and never less than 225lb.

    witherspoon was not a super heavyweight any more than larry Holmes was. Terrell was a thin superheavyweight, he just trained like a fighter from his era and weighed less but was every bit as big as bowe who started as low as 218lb himself!
     
    choklab, Sep 1, 2011
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