I decided that this was appropriate for the classic section if i did a top 10 heavyweights pre Ali it would look like this 1 Louis 2 Marciano 3 Dempsy 4 Johnson 5 Jeffries 6 Sullivan 7 Tunney 8 Liston 9 Patterson 10 Baer maybe not a perfect list but just an example then compile a list of post Ali so who would you add? I personally would definitley add Ali, Holmes, Foreman, then probably Lewis and maybe Tyson and maybe Holyfield who would you get rid of? this is the tough part so many people are so quick to make lists adding new people who did great accomplishments but who gets removed who moves up who moves down what do your Heavyweight ranks look like pre and post Ali?
Pre Ali 1.Louis 2.Liston 3.Johnson 4.Marciano 5.Charles 6.Walcott 7.Dempsey 8.Patterson 9.Tunney 10. Schmelling Ali and onwards 1.Ali 2.Holmes 3.Foreman 4.Frazier 5.Lewis 6.Tyson 7.Holyfield 8.Norton 9.Young 10.Bowe
Pre: 1. Joe Louis 2. Jack Johnson 3. Rocky Marciano 4. James J. Jeffries 5. Floyd Patterson (11) 6. Max Schmeling (14) 6. Ezzard Charles (14) 8. Sonny Liston (16) 9. John L. Sullivan (17) 9. Bob Fitzsimmons (17) 9. Sam Langford (17) 9. Jack Dempsey (17) 9. Harry Wills (17) in brackets the post-Ali ranking of the fighters not in the Top10 anymore. Post: 1. Joe Louis 1. Muhammad Ali 3. Jack Johnson 4. Rocky Marciano 4. Larry Holmes 4. Lennox Lewis 7. Mike Tyson 8. James J. Jeffries 8. Evander Holyfield 0. Joe Frazier highlighted the new entries.
