Your top 10 favourite heavyweights of all time that don’t make

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Wlad
Liston
Usyk
Dempsey
Marciano
Johnson
Thomas
Witherspoon
Moorer
Morrison

 

Fascinating list !

 

Jeffries to me is like Dempsey , I simply don't know how good he was ... even more so in his case .. so much seems fabricated even starting with his size .. to me he appears 6' 1" or so with his 76" reach ... his weight 215 to 220 ... that said, he appears to have been for the time a physical freak as far as natural strength, physical toughness, stamina ... power is hard to gage as on one hand a fifty pound lighter Fitz seemed to be a sharper one shot puncher but Jeffries did have a serious history of hand injuries ... I simply don't know if he was a George Chuvalo in 1900 or a Tommy Morrison with a chin ... then the absolute fact that he really had very few professional bouts ....

 

You brought up Schmeling and Dempsey so my comment is even shorter.

I'd add Walcott to that list. Brilliant all round fighter. Skill, stamina, power and confidence.

 

This thread is confusing me.The original post said name your top 10 favourite heavyweights outside the all time top 10 list.It seems to me that everybody is rating the next best 10 in line not favourites.Anyway here is my favourites
Jerry Quarry
George Chuvalo
Ron Lyle
Earnie Shavers
Gary Mason
Ken Norton
Max Bear
Danny Williams
Donovan Ruddock
Tommy Morrison

 

Well to me they are all well known names and the vast majority are choosing former champions but if they are their favourites its fine

 

Jimmy Young - Super talented fighter who, after losing decisions in the big fights against Norton and Ali, was demotivated and continued boxing only for the money
Jerry Quarry - Terrific record, good counter puncher. He probably would've been an actual top 10 if he didn't cut/bleed so easily
Max Baer - I like both the man and the fighter; kind-hearted and funny guy outside the ring, but inside the ring he was an absolute beast albeit one who didn't care too much for the sweet science and just went in for the knockouts
Jack Sharkey - His career had tons of ups and downs, the guy was really inconsistent and unpredictable. But, when he was game he was a world class fighter
Young Stribling - Weird choice I know, but I like his feints very much, they remind me of Moore's fake-outs which lead to his brutal knockouts.

 

Bonavena
Braddock
Charles
Dempsey
Holyfield
Norton
Patterson
Schmeling
Tunney
Walcott

Honorable Mention:
Cooper
Williams

None are in my top 20 although some are close. And we’re talking favorite not necessarily best, correct?

 

Joe Goddard - Started late, had an aversion to training, had an appreciation of drink, could punch like a mule. Drew with prime Peter Jackson, KO'd Maher, Choynski, Dener Ed Smith. Won World Heavy Title from Denver Ed Smith (don't believe BoxRec).

Jack Dempsey - Print the legend. A career that can not be duplicated. Right talent, right time, right place. Barely outside the Top 10.

Rocky Marciano - Fun to watch him beat up old men.

Tony Tubbs - Hyper talented. Mean streak. Fat streak.

David Tua - Everybody likes the guy with the ultimate equalizer.

 

I think Usyk makes the list. I like the guy. He really is something, isn't he?

He has some nice scalps on his ledger and very well might have another soon against Fury.

Rarest of breeds if that happens---undefeated and undisputed champion in 2 divisions. In the land of 4 titles. But even with those accomplishments he very well could be on the outside of the 10 best heavies. But not by much. Another guy that very well be might become better appreciated > he retires. But he had that high pedigree as an amatuer and worked hard to continue improving.

 

Dempsey
Foreman
Shavers
Wilder
Tua
Baer
Liston
Cleveland Williams
Cooney
You know what I like

 

Jim Corbett
Jack Sharkey
Jim Jeffries
John L. Sullivan
Max Schmeling