Who is your #3 Heavyweight?

Top 15 lists are tough. Once you get past the obvious greats like Ali, Louis etc. it's hard to put the rest in an order. I always have trouble seperating Foreman, Frazier, Lewis, Dempsey, Johnson near the bottom of my top ten atsch

 

Are you referring to when they sparred as teens? Everything I've read about it says that Tyson brutalized him. Lewis also said he was scared of the young Tyson, saying he was an animal.

 

I would not call either the Atomic Bull or the Rock light hitters.

 

Lewis
Holmes
Foreman

 

Foreman and Ali are interchangeable-ish

 

Foreman is my #3 HW.

 

Head to head comparisons and general greatness with a strong (percieved) bias against fighters from long ago eras

 

On a purely head to head basis, under modern rules.

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Frazier
4. Lewis
5. Holmes
6. Tyson
7. Foreman
8. Liston
9. Bowe
10. Holyfield
11. Wladimir Klitschko
12. Marciano
13. Vitali Klitschko
14. Patterson
15. Dempsey

My list is pretty unorthodox, but it's real. I'm not trolling like some other people, so feel free to ask for justification if you want.

 

Based on how he might do against other greats (besides Ali), it can be done

 

4th isn't that low really

 

Yep, that's why Ali and Louis are a step above him.

Because of the circumstances (quick stoppage and the other one at age 35 when most of the ATG's were retired or losing) plus avenging both losses and having more depth than anyone outside of Ali and Louis puts him at #3 for me.