The best Heavyweight (1890-2019) Tournament Quarter Finals

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Who wins at their Heavyweight peak?

Poll closed Sep 3, 2019.
  1. Jim Jeffries beats Rocky Marciano

    28.6%
  2. Rocky Marciano beats Jim Jeffries

    71.4%
  3. Joe Louis beats Lennox Lewis

    47.6%
  4. Lennox Lewis beats Joe Louis

    52.4%
  5. Jack Dempsey beats Jack Johnson

    57.1%
  6. Jack Johnson beats Jack Dempsey

    38.1%
  7. Larry Holmes beats Muhammad Ali

    14.3%
  8. Muhammad Ali beats Larry Holmes

    81.0%
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
    Peter Jackson beats Peter Maher
    Jack Johnson beats Marvin Hart
    Jack Sharkey beats Primo Carnera
    Rocky Marciano beats Jersey Joe Walcott


    Second Round

    Jim Jeffries beats John L Sullivan
    Harry Wills beats Jim Bivins
    Joe Louis beats Max Baer
    Ezzard Charles beats Floyd Patterson
    Sonny Liston beats Joe Frazier
    George Foreman beats Evander Holyfield
    Lennox Lewis beats Vitali Klitschko
    Wlad Klitschko beats Tyson Fury
    Bob Fitzsimmons beats Peter Jackson
    Jack Johnson beats Sam Langford
    Jack Dempsey beats Jack Sharkey
    Rocky Marciano beats Cleveland Williams
    Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton
    Larry Holmes beats Michael Spinks
    Ray Mercer beats Mike Weaver
    David Tua beats Deontay Wilder


    Third Round

    Jim Jeffries beats Harry Wills
    Joe Louis beats Sonny Liston
    Jack Dempsey beats Ezzard Charles
    Lennox Lewis beats George Foreman
    Larry Holmes beats Wlad Klitschko
    Muhammad Ali beats David Tua
    Jack Johnson beats Bob Fitzsimmons
    Rocky Marciano beats Ray Mercer
     
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  2. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Oh my goodness Louis might actually take Lewis out of the tournament, thank goodness
     
  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    About a day left to vote.
     
  4. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    About 12 hours left
     
  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    One final bump as there is one fight dead even and another close one. About an hour left if you have not voted.