What is you top fifteen of Heavyweights still alive

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  1. punchy

    punchy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What is you top ten of fifteen still alive and lets include Wlad and Vitali, fighters like Louis, Marciano and Young don't qualify as they are no longer with us.

    Mine are

    Ali
    Lewis
    Holmes
    Frazier
    Foreman
    Tyson
    Holyfield
    Bowe
    Norton
    Wlad
    Michael Spinks
    Vitali
    Douglas
    Tua
    Byrd
     
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  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Larry Holmes
    3. Lennox Lewis
    4. Mike Tyson
    5. George Foreman
    6. Joe Frazier
    7. Evander Holyfield
    8. Wladimir Klitschko
    9. Riddick Bowe
    10. Ken Norton
    11. Ike Ibeubuchi
    12. Tim Witherspoon
    13. Buster Douglas
    14. Ernie Terrell
    15. Vitali Klitschko


    HM:

    Clarence Henry, Ron Lyle, David Tua, Hasim Rahman, Pinklon Thomas, Mike Weaver, Tony Tucker, Tony Tubbs, Earnie Shavers.
     
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  3. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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  4. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Why still alive list? Why not all time or just current or ...I mean... why just still alive?
     
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  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I didn't know that Henry was still alive.
     
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  6. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Because it has never been asked before.
     
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  7. JMP

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    Young died of a heart attack in 2005.
     
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  8. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes he did. I remember when I got the call.
     
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  9. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Young passed away a few years ago. Terrell over Vitali Klitschko? That's a huge reach.
     
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  10. punchy

    punchy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well a bit of fun and also it puts the boxers in a certain era. And of course Young has died, he would have been in my list.
     
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  11. punchy

    punchy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Whats your list Mendoza
     
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  12. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    So, because Ali and Lewis are still alive, they're both in the same era. The same living era. ...Still don't get it but okay. :D
     
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  13. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Vitali Klitschko
    2. George Foreman
    3. Muhammad Ali
    4. Mike Tyson
    5. Larry Holmes
    6. Oliver McCall
    7. Lennox Lewis
    8. Wladimir Klitschko
    9. David Tua
    10. Evander Holyfield
    11. James Douglas
    12. Riddick Bowe
    13. Ike Ibeabuchi
    14. Joe Frazier
    15. Chris Byrd

    Ross Puritty is a borderline top15 of such a list.
    Douglas , McCall and Puritty are not one hit wonders. Everyone who thinks otherwise go check their records.
    And look at McCline's last 4 fights before facing Wladimir and tell me he did not deserve his shot / was a one hit wonder.
    He was a one and a half year wonder.
    And he also was robbed against Sam Peter and I think against Byrd too.
     
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  14. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Oh, this is pure gold, right here. Except I would suggest Valuev instead of Ali. Ali is in no condition to be on this list. He couldn't beat any of these guys right now. You just put him there out of respect.
     
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  15. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Mine is all about prime vs. prime/H2H comparison-

    01. Ali
    02. Holmes
    03. Holyfield
    04. Foreman
    05. Frazier
    06. Tyson
    07. Lewis
    08. Bowe
    09. V. Klitschko
    10. W. Klitschko
    11. Byrd
    12. Tua
    13. Norton
    14. Witherspoon
    15. Thomas

    Others who I thought about-

    Johansson, Douglas, McCall, Ruiz, Lyle, Shavers
     
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