top 10 white heavyweights

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  1. Words

    Words Boxing Addict Full Member

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    who's the best of the great white hopes? In no particular order....

    Rocky Maricano
    Jack Dempsey
    Gerry Cooney
    Tommy Morrison
    The Klitschko brothers
    Andrew Golota

    are some ideas to get you started. Head to head remember, I mean I know marciano is an ATG and everythin but does anyone SANE think that he'd have lasted against 6ft8 250lbs guys like Klitschko? I dunno, you lot pick that mess apart.

    Also, I dont intend this to be a hotbed for racial bigotry or anything, there's no alterior motives behind this, so leave all the racist **** at the door before posting.
     
  2. drvooh

    drvooh Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jarry Quarry above Morrison
     
  3. RUSKULL

    RUSKULL Loyal Member banned

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    Based on achievements:

    Marciano
    Dempsey
    W. Klitschko
    V. Klitschko
    Morrison
    Golota
    Cooney

    Based on head to head matchups:


    W. Klitschko
    V. Klitschko
    Dempsey
    Marciano
    Golota
    Cooney
    Morrison
     
  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    1. Marciano
    2. Dempsey
    3. Wlad
    4. Tunney
    5. Cooney
    6. Golota
    7. Vitali
    8. Schmelling
    9. Valuev
    10. Baer

    Something like that...I'm sure I'm forgetting someone.
     
  5. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    Schmeling and Baer deserve to be much higher
     
  6. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    You're probably right. I think the order is largely interchangeable after the top three (at least as I see it).

    As in all matters comparing different eras, it is difficult to form a fair means of comparison that everyone agrees on.
     
  7. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    True:good
     
  8. Sundance

    Sundance Active Member Full Member

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    Rumsfeld, Box rec has Jack Sharkey at #9 all time, so that's a big miss. Canadian Tommy Burns at #20 all time, and Primo Carnera at #23 all time. All missing on your list.
     
  9. unitas

    unitas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    schmelling below golota:admin :yikes

    baer below golota:yikes :yikes :yikes :yikes

    vitaly below golota:yikes :yikes :yikes

    golota even close to the top ten:yikes :yikes :yikes

    but golota top ten nutcases of boxing:good :good
     
  10. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jeffries?
     
  11. Rollo

    Rollo Active Member Full Member

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    Head to head?
     
  12. mayaman

    mayaman Guest

    ummm... Valuev isn't even human first of all. Second of all he is a complete and utter sideshow act. WORTHLESS. He has barely a flicker of hope in this era of HW lameness. Never ever ever mention Valuev as great for anything except ridicule and punchlines.
     
  13. joeboxer

    joeboxer Well-Known Member Full Member

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    maybe ingemar johanssen. also based on achievements....you might have to add Jess Williard and Primo Carnera.
     
  14. Rollo

    Rollo Active Member Full Member

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    Carnera was a clown!
     
  15. Orang-Utan Jim

    Orang-Utan Jim Member Full Member

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    1 Marciano
    2 Schmeling
    3 W Klitschko/V Klitschko
    4 Rest who cares. Dempsey, Tunney are to far away to rate them properly.

    Absolutely horrible that some people rank Gerry Cooney, GERRY COONEY, WHAT THE FUKC above ATG´s like Schmeling, who was the only one on the planet, beating the **** out of the greatest HW ever in his almost prime!!!