Top 32 heavyweights of all time...fight

In no particular order
1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Lewis
4. Tyson
5. Holyfield
6. Holmes
7. Foreman
8. Frazier
9. Johnson
10. Marciano
11. Dempsey
12. Wlad
13. Liston
14. Wills
15. Patterson
16. Charles
17. Wallcott
18. Bowe
19. Norten
20. Bivins
21. Schmeling
22. Langford
23. Baer
24. Sharkey
25. Carnera
26. Burns
27. Corbet
28. Jeffries
29. Johansson
30. Cooper
31. Folley
32. Vitali

It was alot tougher than what I thought it was going to be, this is the best list I could come up with.

 

1Ali
2Louis
3Marciano
4Dempsey
5Tunney
6Liston
7Lewis
8Holyfield
9Patterson
10Tyson
11Frazier
12Foreman
13Jack Johnson
14Langford
15Corbett
16Jeffries
17Charles
18Schmeling
19Norton
20Young
21Johansson
22Walcott
23Baer
24Braddock
25Wladimir
26Vitali
27Bowe
28Wills
29Sharkey
30Carnera
31Burns
32JOHN HUGGY BEAR RUIZ!!!

 

Winner; Ali
Runner Up; Tyson

Semis;

Ali v Lewis
Tyson v Marciano

Quarters;

Ali v Jack Dempsey
Tyson v Joe Louis
Marciano v Holyfield
Lewis v Joe Frazier

Last 16

Ali v Foreman
Tyson v Patterson
Marciano v Jack Johnson
Lewis v Larry Holmes
Dempsey v Gene Tunney
Joe Louis v Schmelling
Holyfield v Ken Norton
Frazier v Jim Jeffries

Last 32

Ali v Max Baer
Foreman v Ingemar Johanson
Tyson v Sam Langford
Patterson v James Corbett
Marciano v Ezzard Charles
Jack Johnson v Joe Walcott
Lewis v Riddick Bowe
Larry Holmes v Earnie Shavers
Dempsey v Harry Wills
Gene Tunney v Bob Fitzsimmons
Joe Louis v John L Sullivan
Schmelling v Roy Jones Jr
Holyfield v Wladimir Klitcschko
Ken Norton v James Braddock
Frazier v Henry Cooper
Jim Jeffries v Archie Moore

That was HARD!!!

I really struggled after about 22ish...

 

It wouldn't matter, because it would always end up with the championship fight of Ali and Lennox.

 

My list, top ten only. In order, while I think some fighters could be beaten by fighters ranked below them due to style considerations. my picks from top to bottom.

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Holmes
4. Marciano
5. Frazier
6. Dempsey
7. Liston
8. Foreman
9. Lewis
10. Holyfield

 

Pretty good list, though Frazier is too high, and you find a way to throw Tyson in you top 10 somewhere.:good

 

Excluding guys who are currently active and potentially still have career-defining fights ahead:
1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Foreman
4. Marciano
5. Frazier
6. Holmes
7. Dempsey
8. Jeffries
9. Johnson
10. Holyfield
11. Liston
12. Tyson
13. Lewis
14. Walcott
15. Charles
16. Bowe
17. Patterson
18. Schmeling
19. Tunney
20. Johansson
21. Langford
22. Max Baer
23. Ken Norton
24. Jack Sharkey
25. Bob Fitzsimmons
26. Harry Wills
27. Elmer Ray
28. Archie Moore
29. Jerry Quary
30. Jim Corbett
31. Tim Witherspoon
32. Tom Sharkey

Taking that preliminary ranking as a seeding system, we'll go with 1 vs. 32, 2 vs. 31, etc., swapping with the next guy if it's a fight that actually happened. So, Round 1:

1. Ali vs. Tom Sharkey (Ali UD 15)
2. Joe Louis vs. Tim Witherspoon (Louis TKO 11)
3. George Foreman vs. Jim Corbett (Foreman KO 4)
4. Rocky Marciano vs. Jerry Quarry (Marciano TKO 9)
5. Joe Frazier vs. Archie Moore (Frazier KO 12)
6. Larry Holmes vs. Elmer Ray (Holmes UD 15)
7. Jack Dempsey vs. Harry Wills (Ooh!) (Dempsey KO 6)
8. Jim Jeffries vs. Jack Sharkey (Jeffries TKO 14)
9. Jack Johnson vs. Bob Fitzsimmons (primes) (Johnson UD 15)
10. Evander Holyfield vs. Ken Norton (Holyfield MD 15)
11. Sonny Liston vs. Max Baer (Liston KO 7)
12. Mike Tyson vs. Sam Langford (Tyson KO 3)
13. Lennox Lewis vs. Ingemar Johansson (Lewis KO 2)
14. Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Gene Tunney (Tunney SD 15)
15. Ezzard Charles vs. Max Schmeling (Charles MD 15)
16. Riddick Bowe vs. Floyd Patterson (Bowe TKO 4)

Round 2:
1. Muhammad Ali vs. Riddick Bowe (Ali UD 15)
2. Joe Louis vs. Ezzard Charles (primes) (Louis UD 15)
3. George Foreman vs. Gene Tunney (Foreman TKO 5, though high chance of an upset)
4. Rocky Marciano vs. Lennox Lewis (tough call... Rocky KO 9)
5. Joe Frazier vs. Mike Tyson (another one... Frazier TKO 12)
6. Larry Holmes vs. Sonny Liston (Holmes UD 15)
7. Jack Dempsey vs. Evander Holyfield (Ummm... Holyfield SD 15)
8. Jim Jeffries vs. Jack Johnson (primes) (Johnson UD 15)

A lot of those were close calls where I went with my gut (and usually my favorite), but it's my tournament, so why not? Round 3:

1. Muhammad Ali vs. Jack Johnson (Ali MD 15)
2. Joe Louis vs. Evander Holyfield (Louis TKO 14)
3. George Foreman vs. Larry Holmes (Holmes UD 15)
4. Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Frazier (Marciano SD 15)

Round Four:
1. Muhammad Ali vs. Rocky Marciano (Ali TKO 13 [cuts])
2. Joe Louis vs. Larry Holmes (Louis SD 15)

Final Round:
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Louis (Ali SD 15)

Not surprisingly, Ali claims the victory after many close calls between great champions.

 

you seriously believe that marciano even touches lennox h2h,i dont even think (unless it was one of lewis' off nights) that lennox struggles to win a round in this fight.

 

I don't know, a peak Larry Holmes might have something to say about that.

 

That is a somewhat tough one to call in my eyes, since we haven't seen much of Marciano against real behemoth opponents. He did fight a few opponents who weighed over 220, and he demolished all of them, but even the very best of them were only fringe contender-level if you're being generous, so it hardly makes for a sound precedent as to his performance against a great champion like Lewis.

However, assuming Marciano has time to prepare for Lewis, eg. maybe sparring with some very big guys and hitting the weights to come in at over 200 for the match (which I think Marciano would be very capable of doing effectively, particularly with more recent weight-training methods), I do believe he at least has a very strong chance at winning. Imagine if Tua were much better conditioned, more aggressive, busier, mentally stronger, more subtly skilled and possessed an elite two-handed arsenal of knockout punches- and let us not forget it only took Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman one punch apiece to take Lennox out.

 

i dont think that a boxer standing below 6'0 and with such a reach disadvantage and size disadvantage ever gives lewis such a problem (im talking prime lewis here who is simply too big and too measured to allow marciano get inside him).i believe that lewis keeps marciano away with his piston like jab and throws many 1-2s on his way to a very comfortable UD.

 

yes but we are talking about prime lennox,not the one who got knocked out who was illprepared and rather unwanting.