Top 50 Heavyweights by BoxRec in April 2020

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  1. Alexandrow Vids

    Alexandrow Vids Member Full Member

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    BoxRec Top 50 Heavyweights of all Time (including current active Boxers - Fury , Wilder and Joshua
    published at the end of April 2020 by BoxRec

    I personally like the upvotes of Riddick Bowe and Sonny Liston
    but really dislike the downvotes of George Foreman or Larry Holmes.

    Both Klitschko´s are also too high , Valuev and Cleveland Williams
    What do you think about the list?


    1 Joe Louis
    2 Muhammad Ali
    3 Rocky Marciano
    4 Sonny Liston
    5 Lennox Lewis
    6 Wladimir Klitschko
    7 Gene Tunney
    8 Riddick Bowe
    9 Mike Tyson
    10 Jimmy Bivins
    11 Evander Holyfield
    12 Vitali Klitschko
    13 Joe Frazier
    14 Larry Holmes
    15 Floyd Patterson
    16 Ingemar Johansson
    17 Jersey Joe Walcott
    18 Bob Pastor
    19 George Foreman
    20 Nikolay Valuev
    21 Melio Bettina
    22 Cleveland Williams
    23 Max Schmeling
    24 Tyson Fury
    25 Elmer Ray
    26 Clarence Henry
    27 Eddie Machen
    28 John Ruiz
    29 Jack Dempsey
    30 Alexander Povetkin
    31 Chris Byrd
    32 Roscoe Toles
    33 David Tua
    34 Ken Norton
    35 Bob Baker
    36 David Haye
    37 Zora Folley
    38 Henry Akinwande
    39 Ruslan Chagaev
    40 Deontay Wilder
    41 Oliver McCall
    42 Bruce Woodcock
    43 Henry Cooper
    44 Anthony Joshua
    45 Ernie Terrell
    46 Karel Sys
    47 Hasim Rahman
    48 Jimmy Ellis
    49 Primo Carnera
    50 Joe Baksi
     
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  2. Tankatron

    Tankatron Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wilder ahead of Joshua......Larry Holmes not in the top 10........Riddick Bowe top 10, Holyfield outside the top 10.

    Just a few things that make me think that, generally speaking, this list is complete and utter bollocks, especially given that it's compiled by boxing 'experts'.......hmmmmm.
     
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  3. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Value breaking the top 20... No thank you.
     
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  4. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Boxrec gonna boxrec.... :drooling:
     
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  5. Tankatron

    Tankatron Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Vauev at 20..... WTF is that all about? David Tua 33? Sonny Liston top 5. There's just too many eye brow raisers in here for me.
     
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  6. Tankatron

    Tankatron Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You just beat me to it...
     
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  7. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    It's a mad list. Still I guess we should be glad that they didn't put Canelo as number 1.
     
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  8. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    SNV should be number 1. Too slick, too tall, too ork.
    You can't spell Valuev without value.
     
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  9. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    List is rubbish to many things wrong with it. Ike Ibeabuchi knocked out an undefeated Chris Byrd and beat an unbeaten David Tua who are ranked and he is not. The Easton Assassin Big Larry Holmes not in the top 5 or 10, Rocky Marciano at 3, Vlad at 6 ! A guy that would not have been a contender in the 70s or 80s. Does anyone really think Vlad would have beaten Terrible Tim Witherspoon. To many things wrong I could write an essay.
     
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  10. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Although I agree with certain boxers rankings, the list is garbage overall.
    Tunney at no 7 ?!? He's nowhere near the top 10.
    Bivins no 10, ahead of Vitaly, Roidyfield and Holmes ?! Hell no.
    Foreman 19 ?!? Again, hell no.

    Here's a better list:
    1. Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Larry Holmes
    4. Lennox Lewis
    5. Wladimir Klitschko
    6. Rocky Marciano
    7. Mike Tyson
    8. Sonny Liston
    9. George Foreman
    10. Jack Dempsey
    11. Vitaly Klitschko
    12. Riddick Bowe
    13. Tyson Fury
    14. Evander Holyfield
    15. Joe Frazier
    16. Jack Johnson
    17. Floyd Patterson
    18. Ezzard Charles
    19. Jersey Joe Walcott
    20. James J Jeffries

    Still needs some tweaking, but it's far better than the crap one they made.
     
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  11. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    I think it needs more tweaking Wladimir is not a top heavyweight of the the 2 brothers Vitali is the better man.
     
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  12. The Real Lance

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    While both have a long streak of defenses, Wlad had unified titles. Vitali just the WBC.
     
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  13. heerko koois

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    Carnera at 49 but no Tim Witherspoon????? also Holmes is way to low on that list !
     
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  14. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Why is Johansson listed higher than foreman ??? such a bad list
     
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  15. KidGalahad

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    no archie moore in the top 50 ?? jimmy bivins at 9 ???
    others have mentioned many other failures.
    this list must be a joke.
     
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