Top 10 heavyweights last 30 years

Solid list.
I'd probably put Tyson and Wlad ahead of Holyfield.

 

1. Vitali klitchko
2. Mike Tyson
3. Lennox Lewis
4. Wlad Klitchko
5. Evander Holyfield
6. Riddick Bowe
7. Tommy Morrison
8. Razor Ruddock
9. Larry Holmes
10. George Foreman






Dont worry i didnt include Joshua bc i know ppl would cry on here.

 

Ahhhh yes, there have been studies on the subject of extreme laughter causing this very subject you refer to

 

1. Lewis
2a.Tyson
2b. Wlad
4. Holyfield
5. Bowe
6. Byrd
7. Vitli
8. Ruiz
9. Foreman
10. Moorer

 

Not a bad list. Great list.

 

I will switch vitaly with wlad.

 

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Wlad Klitschko
3. Evander Holyfield
4. Mike Tyson
5. Vitali Klitschko
6. Anthony Joshua
7. Deontay Wilder
8. Ike Ibeabuchi
9. Riddick Bowe
10. Ray Mercer

These are the 10 heavyweights I thought were the best over the past 30 years (in no particular order).

I was torn between including George Foreman at #10 or Ray Mercer. Foreman accomplished more, but Mercer's fights with Morrison and Lewis were impressive. And I think Mercer would've won against the older Foreman if they'd ever faced off in the ring during that period. But I could see George being in the top 10.

I was never really impressed by John Ruiz or Michael Moorer. Chris Byrd wasn't a dominant force at all as a contender or champ. His two big wins came over Holyfield and Vitali who both suffered severe shoulder injuries in their bouts with him that required major surgeries. Morrison and Tua were very exciting and I always enjoyed watching them fight but Morrison was so fragile and Tua was very one-dimensional.

Witherspoon has no business on the list, IMO. He didn't do anything from 1987 on to warrant it.

I don't imagine Joshua or Wilder losing to anyone I left off the list. Like I said, maybe they would've lost to old George, but they would've handled the likes of Moorer and Ruiz and Byrd, who were never dominant forces at the weight.

 

Holy
Lewis
Tyson
Wlad

Bowe
Vitali

Moorer
Ike
Byrd
Ruddock

Not exactly in that order, but smth like that.

Honorable mentions - Povetkin, AJ (can move much higher in that list), Mercer, old Foreman, Tua, Chagaev, Douglas

 

I can't think of anyone outside the list I'd have picked over him. He was very talented. Granted, the window was pretty small. Still, excellent wins over Byrd and Tua. He showed speed, power, skills, a chin and endurance. Too bad he was mentally ill.

 

30 years....1987 to 2017 meaning Holmes, Witherspoon, and Tyson were pretty much past their best and Joshua hasn't shown enough in his relatively new career.

If this was 1980 to present I'd rate Homes in the top 2. I'd rate Tyson higher, and Witherspoon would make the cut.

1 ) Lewis
2 ) Vitali
3 ) Wlad
4-5 ) Bowe/Holyfield tie
6 ) Ike Ibeabuchi
7 ) Tyson
8 ) Byrd
9 ) Povetkin
10 ) Ruiz

 

I really like it. While I do not like Ruiz, Foreman or Moorer on it, I've got trouble to think of more accomplished fighters instead of them. Ruddock? Ibeabuchi? Tua? Maybe they had more potential but they didn't do any more then these 3 you have there.