The best Heavyweight (1890-2019) Tournament First Round Final Part

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Who wins at their Heavyweight peak?

Poll closed Aug 28, 2019.
  1. Rocky Marciano beats Jersey Joe Walcott

    75.0%
  2. Jersey Joe Walcott beats Rocky Marciano

    18.8%
  3. Jack Sharkey beats Primo Carnera

    81.3%
  4. Primo Carnera beats Jack Sharkey

    12.5%
  5. Jack Johnson beats Marvin Hart

    87.5%
  6. Marvin Hart beats Jack Johnson

    12.5%
  7. Peter Maher beats Peter Jackson

    18.8%
  8. Peter Jackson beats Peter Maher

    75.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have created a 64 man tournament involving the most (all?) of the best Heavyweights of the time period.

    All fighters have come to MSG in 2019 and will fight under modern rules, but over 15 rounds with neutral judges.

    All fighters are assumed to be at their peak.

    As it is a long tournament I will try and avoid clogging the board by doing four/five fights at a time, so you have four/five votes.

    I have split fighters into eight sections, so their first three fights will be fights generally against fighters of their era or near their era.

    My vote will only count to break a tie.

    First Round results thus far:

    Jim Jeffries beats Joe Jeannette
    Harry Wills beats Tommy Burns
    Max Baer beats Jimmy Braddock
    Cleveland Williams beats Billy Conn
    Muhammad Ali beats Jerry Quarry
    George Foreman beats Mike Tyson
    Lennox Lewis beats Shannon Briggs
    Tyson Fury beats Alexander Povetkin
    Wlad Klitschko beats Roy Jones
    Vitali Klitschko beats Razor Ruddock
    Evander Holyfield beats Buster Douglas
    Ken Norton beats Ingemar Johansson
    Floyd Patterson beats Zora Folley
    Joe Louis beats Max Schmeling
    Sam Langford beats Fred Fulton
    Bob Fitzsimmons beats James J Corbett
    John L Sullivan beats Tom Sharkey
    Jimmy Bivins beats Jess Willard
    Jack Dempsey beats Gene Tunney
    Ezzard Charles beats Archie Moore
    Joe Frazier beats Tim Witherspoon
    Michael Spinks beats Leon Spinks
    Ray Mercer beats Michael Moorer
    David Tua beats Anthony Joshua
    Deontay Wilder beats Corrie Sanders
    Mike Weaver beats Hasim Rahman
    Larry Holmes beats Riddick Bowe
    Sonny Liston beats Jimmy Young
     
  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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