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

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by TBooze, Aug 24, 2019.


Who wins at their Heavyweight peak?

Poll closed Aug 26, 2019.
  1. Corrie Sanders beats Deontay Wilder

    4 vote(s)
    22.2%
  2. Deontay Wilder beats Corrie Sanders

    12 vote(s)
    66.7%
  3. Mike Weaver beats Hasim Rahman

    12 vote(s)
    66.7%
  4. Hasim Rahman beats Mike Weaver

    3 vote(s)
    16.7%
  5. Riddick Bowe beats Larry Holmes

    5 vote(s)
    27.8%
  6. Larry Holmes beats Riddick Bowe

    12 vote(s)
    66.7%
  7. Sonny Liston beats Jimmy Young

    14 vote(s)
    77.8%
  8. Jimmy Young beats Sonny Liston

    4 vote(s)
    22.2%
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
     
  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A day left to make your pick
     
  3. TBooze

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    A few hours left to vote