Top 10 Heavies from best to worst

[JAB5239]

I don't have a list, but I know that it's either Ali or Louis in the top 2, when you're talking about achievements. I just can't decide who's number one.

On one hand, Louis has the record number of title defenses and he beat more hall of famers and world champions than Ali did. On the other, you could say that Ali's competition was better and that winning the title three times was more impressive.

Hard to choose.

I favor Louis, but you can't go wrong with either one. They are far and away the two greatest heavyweights ever.

[Daddy T]

Nice thread i agree that the bomber and ali were the best. There is an article on the top ten heavyweights at this site that also puts them as the two best but with ali ranked above Luis.

[XionComrade]

Ali has lost more fights than that. Frazier, Norton, Spinks, Holmes and Berbick have all defeated him, mind you the last 3 were more like beating up and old man.

Not to be persistent, but there were many fighter's in the 70's that would get very tired in the ring.

George Foreman, Ron Lyle, Ernie shavers, and even Ali during his later career.

However, while today sucks, during the 80's I haven't seen any footage of the top fighters ever tiring to the point of collapse.

How can you overlook that since Foreman, noone has hit that hard? Even Sam Peter and David Tua had nowhere near that kind of bone crushing power...Foreman was a power puncher by trade, whenever a problem arises with his fighting style, what is his answer? More power...Stamina is bad, don't do more roadwork...add more power...

Same with Earnie Shavers, who is reputed to hit even harder than Max Baer, placing him as the hardest hitter in history...His punch made Tyson's and Tua's look like middleweight shots...Bad chin? Piss poor stamina? What was his solution? Not to improve his defense, or work harder...But to add even more power and just crunch his way through the problems O.o Ludicrous as that is, it works fairly well for a true heavyweight puncher.

I would even Argue that Ron Lyle, from fighters accounts, hit harder than any of the recent big hitters like Tyson, Lewis, Ruddock, Tua etc...One cannot overlook a big man that does 1000 pushups and 1000 situps a day in preparation for a fight. Albeit I do believe that most top fighters could handle Lyle, I think Tyson would massacre him for staying so open and hittable.

[katsidis]

1- Muhammad Ali
2- Lennox Lewis
3- Wladimir Klitschko
4- Joe Louis
5- Evander Holyfield
6- George Foreman
7- Vitali Klitschko
8- Larry Holmes
9- Joe Frazier
10- Mike Tyson

[StarshipTrooper]

1- Muhammad Ali
2- Lennox Lewis
3- Wladimir Klitschko
4- Joe Louis
5- Evander Holyfield
6- George Foreman
7- Vitali Klitschko
8- Larry Holmes
9- Joe Frazier
10- Mike Tyson

:rolleyes9:

[Barn]

1. Joe Louis
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Jack Johnson
4. Larry Holmes
5. Rocky Marciano
6. George Foreman
7. Sonny Liston
8. Joe Frazier
9. Jack Dempsey
10. Sam Langford

I have ommited Lewis as I looked pretty deep into his resume and was not impressed, he makes around #12

[shelly12345]

my favourite

1.Larry Holmes
2.Rocky Marciano
3.Ezzard Charles
4.Mike Tyson
5.Ken Norton
6.Tim Witherspoon
7.Jack Johnson
8.Joe Louis
9.Lennox Lewis
10.Evander Holyfield

[Zizou3]

1. Rocky Marciano
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Gene Tunney
4. Jack Dempsey
5. Wladimir Klitschko
6. John L Sullivan
7. Jim Jeffries
8. Jim Corbett
9. Bob Fitzsimmons
10. Jack Johnson


It's either Johnson, Ali or Louis for 10th spot, but I'll settle for Johnson.

[REDRUM619]

1. Rocky Marciano
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Gene Tunney
4. Jack Dempsey
5. Wladimir Klitschko
6. John L Sullivan
7. Jim Jeffries
8. Jim Corbett
9. Bob Fitzsimmons
10. Jack Johnson


It's either Johnson, Ali or Louis for 10th spot, but I'll settle for Johnson.

jajajajaaja u must be ****ing joking j know nothing about boxing

[Zizou3]

jajajajaaja u must be ****ing joking j know nothing about boxing

Maybe Holmes or Wills deserves to be in number 10 spot?