Which Heavyweight Champ Was The Dirtiest?

The Tyson ear-bite will always stick in my mine along with Evanders! Speaking of Holyfield, George Foreman stated that Holy was one of the dirtiest fighters he had faced. Watch some of Earnie Shavers old fights, where he seems to push down on an opponents neck while launching an uppercut with the other fist.

 

There are so many candidates.

I'll nominate Lennox Lewis

 

Ruiz, Baer, and Holyfield were pretty bad.

 

In no particular order:
Lennox Lewis
Mike Tyson
Evander Holyfield
Wladimir Klitschko
John Ruiz

and few others

 

Frank Bruno deserves a mention, though he wasn't WBC champ for long.

 

Bruno - Ferguson is good example how dirty Frank was

 

Marciano, Ali and Holyfield.
Marciano and Holyfield-the obvious.
Ali- holding and neck pulling.

 

How is Wlad a dirty fighter?

 

Bowe was a well-known nut-puncher

 

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Thats ^ how he scored his knock downs against Povetkin.

Pressing his 245 pound frame down upon guys spinal cords is worse than Tyson biting Holyfields ear.

 

Dempsey had his share of nasty moves, Ali holding down the head, Lewis holding and hitting,Holmes-Thumbs, Marciano-elbows, Johnson open hand and pushing, Tyson hitting on breaks

 

Dino always comes up with the comedy angle

 

I agree, Bowe's name was one of the first I thought of. He did a lot of complaining in the Golata fight - not that he wasn't getting hit low, but he was also getting beat - but I remember him sinking one into the nads of Pierre Coetzer too. I also can think of that mess against Tillery where he cheap-shotted Tillery after the bell, which then started the Tillery kicking incident and then Rock Newman, Bowe's nutjob manager, clotheslining Tillery over the top rope. I also remember him hitting Buster Mathis when he was down and cheap-shotting Larry Donald at a press conference.

 

This. Bowe was filthy and got what he deserved against Golota.