Top 25 Heavyweights OAT

01 Muhammad Ali
02 Joe Louis
03 Lennox Lewis
04 Larry Holmes
06 Wladimir Klitschko
07 George Foreman
08 Mike Tyson
09 Evander Holyfield
10 Sonny Liston
11 Jack Dempsey
12 Joe Frazier
13. Rocky Marciano
14 Jack Johnson
15 John L. Sullivan
16 Vitali Klitschko
17 Sam Langford
18 Tyson Fury
19. Harry Wills
20 James J. Jeffries

 

Here's my top 50 from years ago...

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...-top-50-heavyweights-of-all-time-list.294107/

 

You missed number 5.

 

So Lennox supposedly didn’t think he could beat Vitali, which is why he accepted a fight against him on two weeks’ notice while out of shape and preparing for Kirk Johnson — is that your argument?
You can frame the narrative however you like, but the bottom line is this: a 38-year-old, out-of-shape Lennox Lewis defeated and stopped a prime Vitali Klitschko.
You may not like it, but it is true, and in retrospect it was a great win.

 

Lennox didn't think he could beat Vitali after the 1st fight that's why he retired. Oh and stop lying; Lennox was 37 when they fought.

 

He retired on top of the heavyweight boxing world, which quite frankly is a rare feat.

 

1. Joe Louis

2. Muhammad Ali

3. Lennox Lewis

4. Wladimir Klitschko

5. Larry Holmes

6. Mike Tyson

7. Evander Holyfield

8. George Foreman

9. Oleksandr Usyk

10. Joe Frazier

11. Rocky Marciano

12. Jack Johnson

13. Vitali Klitschko

14. Tyson Fury

15. Ezzard Charles

16. Jersey Joe Walcott

17. Sonny Liston Jack Dempsey

18. Jack Dempsey

19. Floyd Patterson

20. Riddick Bowe

 

Wills is ahead of Patterson all day.

 

Was Willis ever the lineal champ?

 

Did Patterson ever beat one who didn't get it by knocking him out?

 

Moore?

 

Moore never was lineal at heavyweight.