Teddy Atlas' top ten heavyweights of all time, do you agree? If not, what is your list??

Ali
Louis
Frazier
Marciano
Foreman
Dempsey
Holyfield
Tyson
Lewis
Liston

 

Pretty close to mine with probably the first six in the exact order I'd put them, but I would probably switch Wlad with Evan Fields, even factoring in the PEDs, or Charles.

 

Main crirticism: Ali should be No1. Holmes and Lewis too low. Usyk way too high.

 

Lennox at 10??

 

Holmes and Lewis way too low. Lewis in particular imo is the GOAT in terms of H2H

 

Hi Buddy.
Soooo,
Frazier at 3 and no Holmes, that's definitely different, not seen many top tens without Holmes, and with Smoking Joe so high, but if that's the way you see it, then good on you, diversity is what makes the world go round,and the forum.
stay safe buddy, chat soon.
Mike.

 

Holmes, lewis, holyfield and frazier would all beat Usyk

Marciano would not be top ten in my list. Nor Tunney
Frazier, tyson and Holyfield would be
Lewis would be 2 or 3 for me

 

I don't agree.
Usyk shouldn't be in anyone's top ten greatest heavyweights.
I have a lot of respect for Atlas.
But he's jumped on the Usyk bandwagon, and I'm sure he knows the caliber of opponents Usyk has faced is putrid.
And that's being kind. Atlas should know better.

 

1. Johnson
2. Ali
3. Louis
4. Holyfield
5. Frazier
6. Wills
7. Foreman
8. Langford
9. Lewis
10. Godfrey

 

Never heard of this fighter till now.

 

Based on legacy not necessarily h2h

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Lewis
4. Marciano
5. Tyson
6. Holmes
7. Foreman
8. Wlad
9. Frazier
10. Holyfield

5 through 10 are pretty malleable in order, I might change them tomorrow. If this was h2h the order would be different save for Ali who would still be my number one. It would also feature Usyk and Dempsey.

 

I wouldn’t have Usyk that high.

But Louis is a shoe-in at #1

 

Louis
Ali
Tyson
Then it gets murky ….
Holmes
Lewis
Johnson
Dempsey
Foreman
Rock
Usyk (though wait til he’s done)

 

1 Lewis
2 Usyk
3 Fury
4 Holyfield
5 Vitali
6 Ali
7 Tyson
8 Holmes
9 Foreman
10 Bowe
11 Wald
12 Wilder
13 Mike Moorer
14 Ray Mercer
15 Liston

 

I like it, damn he ranks Usyk high.. fine by me.
Jack Johnson at third is a "mainstream opinion" while here in the forum nobody sees it that way.. fine by me too.

Tunney is the only strong disagreement I have.