Top 5 HW Champions in the 2000s

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  1. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Quick review of the Heavyweight Scene in the 2000s (decade, not the entire century to date), and a quick ranking of the Top 5 based on my opnion.

    How would you rank the Top 5 HW Champs of the decade (based on championship contests)?

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  2. Jakub79

    Jakub79 Active Member Full Member

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    1. Vitali Kliczko
    2. Lennox Lewis
    3. Wlad Kliczko
    4. Sam Peter
    5. James Toney
     
  3. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Good video, and good order IMO.
    But I have one question.
    Do you think that Golota should have been the 18th holder of the belt in the 2000s?
    Imo Golota should have been the belt holder.
     
  4. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1-Lewis
    2-Wlad
    3-Vitali
    4-Byrd
    5-Peter
     
  5. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I agree with your top 4 definitely.

    1. Lewis
    2. Wladimir
    3. Vitali
    4. Byrd

    It's hard for me to rank Valuev as 5th even though based on the stats he has a good argument for 5th, I keep getting the image in my head of Valuev getting a total gift against an almost 50 year old shot Holyfield.

    What about Brewster ? He stopped Wladimir and also had an impressive 1st round stoppage over Golota.