Who're the top 10 SUPER-heavyweights of all time?

First you have to better define what a "Superheavyweight" is. For example are Ali and Holmes shw's cause that dramatically changes the list. If they aren't shw's why not?

 

I guess Butterbean is a SHW, being 240 lbs plus and all.

Primo Carnera? Willard? Baer?

 

Are you saying Wilder, Povetkin and Tyson couldn't have cut down to 200 pounds ?
Wilder was in the 91kg class in the 2008 Olympics, at 22 years of age. He's been struggling to bulk up ever since.
Tyson was in the same class as an amateur.
Povetkin looked soft most of his career.

Athletes can cut about 10% body weight for a day-before weigh-in just by water loading/cutting and reducing carb and salt intake.
So almost any muscular hydrated 220 pounder should be able to make 200 pounds for the weigh in.

 

A super heavyweight should be 250 lbs or more.....

 

The term Super heavyweight has no set definition.

I say it's anyone who's 6'4" or taller, with a 78" reach or greater that weighs over 230 pounds in shape. These days most of the top prospect and champions hit the above definition or are very close to checking all three boxes.

The proven ones. Ring Magazine champions

Lewis
Vitali
Wlad
Bowe
*Foreman, 90's version.

The alphabet champions, a tier below:

Bruno
Tucker

The unproven ones

Joshua - Has great tools. Needs to fight a top ten guy, and sorry Martin was over rated and will never sniff the top ten again.

Fury - In shape he's a very tall and active big man. New champion, needs more fights to grade

Wilder - Exposed in victory vs top 20-30 types, I think he's going out as soon as he faced a top 5 level opponent.


Historical giants, who might be better than the unproven ones:

Willard
Carnera
Godfrey

Quite a few amateurs in the Olympics, who may turn professional. Most notably Hrgovic, Dychko and Yoka. Hrgovic and Yoka are 6'5" tall. Dychko is 6'9" tall.

 

The website censors Bowe's name? Are you flippin' kidding me?

 

I think the key here is "in shape". Lennox Lewis weighed 227 when he crushed Razor Ruddock. He fought most of his career out of shape.

 

The Top Five are

Lewis
Wlad
Vitali
Bowe
Fury

From that point forth it gets pretty slim given that there aren't that many truly good super heavyweights.

 

To say Tyson is a super-heavyweight is ridiculous. Mike was a small heavyweight.

To me a Super has to be over 6'4" and 240 lbs.

 

Based on the cold hard numbers:

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Wladamir Klitschko
3. Rid**** Bowe
4. Primo Carnera
5. Vitally Klitschko
6. Jess Willard
7. James Douglas
8. Tyson Fury
9. Tony Tucker
10. George Godfrey

 

"superheavyweights"
DustinNichols
Butterbean

 

Who can forget Ed "Too Tall" Jones ??? Gotta be on the list somewhere.

 

What about Foreman? Is "Big George" Too small?