Top heavyweights of the 70's and 80not to win a title

1. Young
2. Ruddock
3. Quarry
4. Lyle
5. Cooney
6. Snipes
7. Shavers
8. Bugner
9. Biggs
10. Marvis Frazier

(Bonavena was more of a 60s heavy.)

 

Some of the usual better ones and big name fighters who got a lot of coverage back then, in no particular order:
Lyle, Shavers, Young, Quarry, Cooney, Bugner, Biggs, Bobick, Snipes.

You could consider Ruddock, Gary Mason at the very end of the 80's-into the 90's .

 

Bey was also top 5 at one point and beat Page.

 

In no particular order.

Jimmy Young
Ron Lyle
Joe Bugner
Teofilo Stevenson
Bernardo Mercado
Earnie Shavers
James Tillis
Carl Williams
Gerry Cooney
Renaldo Snipes

 

Bonavena was much better than shavers

 

Lmao a ****ing amateur fighting 4 rounds

 

No need for such infantile language. You’re not a child.

Stevenson was undoubtedly the best amateur heavyweight of the 70/80s and I just think it would have been fascinating to see how he would have developed as a pro had he been allowed to. I think he had the talent to have done.well.

 

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Teofilo was not proved against pro boxers and he was not fighting long distance, it is pretty easy look great in 4 rounders. Forget it. It Is an insult to any pro fighter rating an amateur between top pro fighters. He was a great amateur but you can't put him between good pros only because you imagine anything

 

The whole concept of this forum is that posters use their imagination to make imaginary matchups between high profile and top fighters of the past. Also it isnt as straightforward as you think it is to say anyone can look good in 4 rounders, especially when you think all all the pro champions that were never able to win one Olympic gold let alone multiple numbers.

 

Every fantasy match made here is BEtween 2 pro fighters . Teofilo is 0-0 at pro.
Henrry tillman did beat Tyson at an amateur but all we watched what happened in the pro fight.
Amateur fights says nothing

 

Yes and many a Olympic heavyweight champion have gone on to become successful pro fighters and champions and while there’s no guarantee that Stevenson would have done the same had he been allowed to turn pro, I wouldn’t discard the possibility quite so readily as you.

 

Stevenson would at the very very least have turned into a good pro boxer. He had lots going for him. To be frank it's a great left field mention.

 

It never happened so he can't be mentioned

 

Foreman at the end of this video said that he believed that teofilo could be hw champion of the World. But Foreman talked a lot of nonsenses so...

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