Top Heavyweights of All Time

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  1. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    With all the talk about the division, speculations about how todays fighters would do against yesterdays fighters, I put together my own list of the HW's I consider to be ATG's or one reason or another.

    I'm curious to see who everyone else has.

    Here are mine:

    Muhammad Ali
    Mike Tyson
    Joe Louis
    Rocky Marciano

    Floyd Patterson
    Jack Dempsey
    Joe Frazier
    Larry Holmes
    George Foreman
    John L. Sullivan
    Jack Johnson
    Wladimir Klitschko
     
    Slacker, Dec 8, 2009
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  2. latineg

    latineg user of dude wipes Full Member

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    that list suckz so much horsez ass that i cant even agree to reply to the incredable amount of stupidity

    quite frankly im embarrassed i read that list
     
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  3. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    I see your list is much better. Thanks for the keen insight, douchebag.
     
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  4. vegasdude

    vegasdude Speed is Power! Full Member

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    OK then... let's see your list. :?
     
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  5. mannyfraker

    mannyfraker Member Full Member

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    Where is Lennox at?
     
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  6. EleventhHour

    EleventhHour Got Dat Black & Gold Soul Full Member

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    Not terrible, but I wouldn't have Klitschko and I'd add Sam Langford, Lennox Lewis, and Sonny Liston.
     
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  7. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Maybe this fellow recognizes how overrated Lewis is!!!! Only top level HW champ taken out early by ham and eggers while he had the title!!! The only one.

    Here's my list

    1. Ali
    2. Louis
    3. Dempsey
    4. Foreman
    5. Holmes
    6. Marciano
    7. Holyfield
    8. Johnson
    9. Liston
    10. Frazier
     
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  8. punch13

    punch13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe, Mike Tyson, and of course David Tua. There are others, but they fought before I was a boxing fan.
     
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  9. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    Ali
    Louis
    Foreman
    Frazier
    Lewis
    Liston
    Holmes
    Tyson
    Marciano
     
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  10. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    In my opinion, Klitschko is the first dominant HW since Tyson. He stays in peak condition, fights all comers and still manages to be a good sportsman in spite of his success.

    Lennox doesn't make my list. I just never liked him and thought he seemed defeatable.

    Comparing Klitschko and Lennox, Wlad has more fights, a better winning record, a highter KO percentage, has held the championship longer and successfully defended the belt more times.

    The only things Lennox has on him are:

    1. Lennox fought Vitali
    2. Lennox avenged all of his losses
    3. Lennox beat a washed up Mike Tyson
     
    Slacker, Dec 8, 2009
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  11. arm chicken

    arm chicken Active Member Full Member

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    Ali
    Johnson
    Louis
    V Klitschko
    Foreman
    Marciano
    W Klitsko
    Frazier
    Lewis
    Tyson
    Liston
    Holmes
     
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  12. BlueBoxing

    BlueBoxing Active Member Full Member

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    Joe Louis should have the first place.
     
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  13. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dempsey at 3rd?

    Lewis may have been beaten by fighters he didn't train hard for, but he did beat great heavyweights. With Lewis, you can compare his losses to, say, Griffith's loss against Carter, another decent fighter, like Rahman and McCall. Griffith is still a top 5 fighter though, as is Lewis.

    It just happens in boxing, with overlooked, strong opponents. It hasn't in the heavyweight division but thats irrelevant, really.
     
    Jack, Dec 8, 2009
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  14. Geddy Lee

    Geddy Lee Well-Known Member Full Member

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    what about audley harrison, no one mention him yet,
     
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  15. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Until those who actually saw Dempsey fight died off, he was routinely ranked in the top 3. He has become very underrated since this time. There was a time when he was ranked above Joe Louis, and this was after Louis's career was over.

    Lewis didn't just get knocked out by second raters, he was blown away early by them. And no, he never beat a great HW in, or even near, their prime. He's a great fighter, deservedly in the HOF - but he's greatly overrated by many - borderline top ten at best.
     
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