Who's Your "3"At Heavyweight?

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Who's Your Third At Heavyweight?

  1. Ali?

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. Louis?

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%

  3. Lewis?

    9 vote(s)
    26.5%

  4. Foreman?

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Marciano?

    5 vote(s)
    14.7%

  6. Foreman?

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. Frazier?

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%

  8. Holmes?

    12 vote(s)
    35.3%

  9. Holyfield?

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%

  10. Other?

    5 vote(s)
    14.7%
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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I know a good few have Ali and Louis at 1 and 2,tho that's not a given. But who's ur guy at number 3?
    I find this can seem to change for me personally as time goes on.
    I've got Lennox Lewis there now, has been a while but Holmes and Foreman have both slotted in.
    Your personal third best and why?
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Marciano.

    There are about ten reasonable contenders though. I see very few bad answers to this question.
     
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  3. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i can make points for a few guys for the numer 3
     
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  4. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis
     
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  5. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Good pick!
     
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  6. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Lol always the case.
     
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  7. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holmes
    Better than Ali and Louis btw
     
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  8. Fergy

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    Beats Louis but loses to prime Ali imo but not by much imo.
     
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  9. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marciano or Lewis at 3....I also don’t believe Louis losses to Holmes.
     
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  10. Brockton Rock

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    Louis 3 after Marciano at 1 and Ali at 2
     
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  11. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Louis
    JJW
    Tyson

    I'd bet these 3 against ANY Heavyweights in History - PEAK for Peak...

    Super Heavyweights need not apply. WHY? - because there NOT HW's - Height and Reach MATTER!

    it's a different division, we allow it for EVERY Smaller fighter stepping UP out of their division, and we are not talking weight, we are talking the substantial HEIGHT & REACH differences that the Smaller fighter doesn't 'Usually' overcome, usually.

    S-HW is a different division and should ALWAYS be put into context!
     
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  12. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Joe Louis would knock Larry Holmes out clean. 10 count. He would hurt Holmes and finish Him
     
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  13. Fergy

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    I don't see that tbh. I'm a believer that Holmes is a nightmare for Joe with his Jab. And heart of plenty at getting up from a massive shot. I've Louis at 2 tho, with Holmes at 4, styles make fight s head to head.
     
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  14. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It is the motive why i pick Louis over Holmes, not legacy but styles. Larry Holmes was hurt several times and badly by good right hands, Joe Louis not only had a huge bomb in the right but he was the best combo puncher ever in the hw division, if poor fighters landed a right hand on the chin of Holmes i have no type of doubt that Louis would too with the difference that he was one of the best finishers of all time. Also larry Holmes was not like a young Cassius Clay moving around all the fight, larry was a little more static and he got mad several times and traded with punchers and he paid it. I see Louis keeping Holmes down. But it is only how i see it
     
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  15. Frankus

    Frankus Active Member Full Member

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    For me its a toss up between Holmes, Marciano, Frazier, Tyson and Lewis in that order. Depending on the day I rate them in different orders. If there was a gun to my head to choose, I would probably pick Tyson head to head against all of them prime for prime. But when you factor in everything else - particularly heart, probs Frazier, Marciano and Holmes.

    I know a sh!tton of people on this forum think Frazier was overrated. But he took the 0 from Ali, widely considered the greatest HW of all time. Counts for a farkn lot in my opinion. Plus I like Joe. So probs Frazier at 3 for me.
     
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