Top 15 HW Champions since 1960-

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  1. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Something a little different. Lineal, IBF, WBA, WBC, and even WBO HW World Champs. First off, let's look at who we are talking about (I'm not going to list any name more than once)-

    Lineal-
    Johansson
    Patterson
    Liston
    Ali
    Frazier
    Foreman
    Ali
    L. Spinks
    Holmes
    M. Spinks
    Tyson
    Douglas
    Holyfield
    Bowe
    Moorer
    Foreman
    Briggs
    Lewis
    Rahman

    WBA-
    Terrell
    Ellis
    Tate
    Weaver
    Dokes
    Coetzee
    Page
    Tubbs
    Witherspoon
    Smith
    Seldon
    Ruiz
    Jones
    Toney
    Valuev
    Chagaev
    Haye
    Povetkin

    WBC-
    Norton
    Thomas
    Berbick
    McCall
    Bruno
    V. Klitschko
    Maskaev
    Peter
    Stiverne

    IBF-
    Tucker
    Botha
    Byrd

    WBO-
    Damiani
    Mercer
    Morrison
    Bentt
    Hide
    Akinwande
    Sanders
    Brewster
    Liakhovich
    Briggs
    Ibragimov
     
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  2. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    01. Ali
    02. Holmes
    03. Holyfield
    04. Foreman
    05. Frazier
    06. Tyson
    07. Lewis
    08. Bowe
    09. V. Klitschko
    10. W. Klitschko
    11. Liston
    12. Norton
    13. Byrd
    14. Witherspoon
    15. Dokes
     
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  3. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Ask me next week and the list might look different... the top 4 will remain the same though.
     
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  4. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great list:good Though I'd rank Liston higher. Maybe Moorer at 15.
     
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  5. FlyingFrenchman

    FlyingFrenchman Active Member Full Member

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    Ok, here is mine little brother... Hookie is actually my little bro btw. We work together and sometimes post under each others username by mistake (at work, same computer), about time we let it be known.

    1. Ali

    2. Foreman

    3. Tyson

    4. Holmes

    5. Holyfield

    6. Lewis

    7. Bowe

    8. V. Klitschko

    9. W. Klitschko

    10. Frazier

    11. Liston

    12. Norton

    13. Moorer

    14. Byrd

    15. Mercer
     
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  6. Tonifranz

    Tonifranz Active Member Full Member

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    Where is Wlad?
     
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  7. Tonifranz

    Tonifranz Active Member Full Member

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    1. Ali
    2. Holmes
    3. Lewis
    4. Foreman
    5. Frazier
    6. Tyson
    7. Wlad
    8. Holyfield
    9. Liston
    10. Vitali
    11. Norton
    12. Byrd
    13. Bowe
    14. Witherspoon
    15. Mercer
     
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  8. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Oh **** lol I can't believe I didn't mention him
     
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  9. Joejr

    Joejr Boxing Addict banned

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    Don't have a clue how you could have bowe that high when he was getting comprehensively out boxed by golota

    I'd also have at least Lewis ahead of Holyfield , always felt Holyfield is vastly overrated
     
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  10. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Actually, nearly the reverse is true. Holyfield is very underrated; and it is Lewis who is often grossly overrated. You never saw Holyfield knocked out in the early rounds by fighters on the level of Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman. Heck, in his prime Holyfield was only stopped once - by one of the other top fighters in the era, Riddick Bowe. And it sure wasn't early, because Holyfield could take a punch.

    And while Holyfield beat Bowe and Tyson when he was still dangerous, Lewis faced only faded versions of Holyfield and Tyson (who was basically washed up when Lewis finally fought him), and he never faced Bowe at all.

    In short, it's nice to see that there are fans who recognize just how great Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield was. He is clearly the best HW since Holmes.
     
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  11. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Larry Holmes
    3. Lennox Lewis
    4. Wladimir Klitschko
    5. Sonny Liston
    6. George Foreman
    7. Mike Tyson
    8. Joe Frazier
    9. Evander Holyfield
    10. Riddick Bowe
    11. Vitali Klitschko
    12. Floyd Patterson
    13. Ken Norton
    14. Tim Witherspoon
    15. Chris Byrd
     
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  12. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Copy pasting myself from yesterday:

     
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  13. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Bowe had two bad performances in his entire career. Let's be fair. And where is your list?

    Ali
    Holmes
    Tyson
    Lewis
    Foreman
    Frazier
    Holyfield
    Wlad
    Liston
    Bowe
     
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  14. markclitheroe

    markclitheroe TyrellBiggsnumberonefan. Full Member

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    Sangria has it about right.
     
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  15. Joejr

    Joejr Boxing Addict banned

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    Your also not factoring in the guy was a peds cheat, and was a very dirty fighter that puts him lower down the list imo
     
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