Top 10 Heavies from best to worst

[LacedUp]

I cannot include him in top 10, but I understand why people do. All time greatness isn't purely resume in my book. There are other factors, such as your enigma and influence on the world as a whole.

I agree with this.

[jherriges1]

Nice attempt, but have some holes.

Joe Louis should be in the top three, Ali is great but not the greatest, and Larry Holmes can't be two. Evander Holyfield, Tyson, and Lewis shouldn't be on this list. You need some old time names on here other than Jack Johnson. Jack Dempsey needs to be on here. He was a 195 pound heavyweight who destroyed giants. James J. Jeffries should probably be on this list as well. Good call on Tunney and Charles being underrated. I would say Tunney is the most underrated of all-time.

Hi everyone, just joined and I know this has probably been done a million times, but just letting everyone know what I think.

Top 10 Greatest Heavyweights of all-time

1> Muhammad Ali
2> Larry Holmes
3> Lennox Lewis
4> Joe Louis
5> Evander Holyfield
6> Jack Johnson
7> George Foreman
8> Rocky Marciano
9> Joe Frazier
10>Mike Tyson

Top 10 Favourite Heavyweight's of all-time

1> Larry Holmes
2> George Foreman
3> Muhammed Ali
4> Joe Louis
5> Mike Tyson
6> Rocky Marciano
7> Jack Johnson
8> Lennox Lewis
9> James J. Jeffries
10>Sonny Liston

Top 10 Worst Heavyweight Champions of all-time
1> Franceso Damiani
2> Corrie Sanders
3> Chris Byrd
4> Michael Bent
5> Nickolay Valuev
6> Lamon Brewster
7> Frans Botha
8> Greg Page
9> John Tate
10>Henry Akinwande

Top 10 Most underated heavyweights of all-time
1> Larry Holmes
2> Lennox Lewis
3> Gene Tunney
4> Ezzard Charles
5> Tim Witherspoon
6> Ken Norton
7> James J. Jeffries
8> George Foreman
9> Jersey Joe Walcott
10>Riddick Bowe
Feel free to get back I know many will disagree especially why I have Lewis 3rd and Tyson 10, so if you want to know just ask and I will explain my reasons

[JimEarl]

I always have a rougher time rating the heavyweights because of the weight variables. This doesn't necassarilly mean I'd rate heavyweights by how I think they'd do with one another in dream matches since the weights have gotten heavier. It's based on their relative success in their time. I do respect quality of opponents and add that consideration to the wins and losses.

If the fighter drew the color line when they held the title they don't get on and that includes Jack Johnson. Also one of my picks and one mentioned were denied title shots for that reason.

Muhammed Ali
Harry Wills
Larry Holmes
Lennox Lewis
Wladimir Klitschko
Mike Tyson
Riddick Bowe
George Foreman
Evander Holyfield
Joe Louis

Just missing the list are Sam Langford and Rocky Marciano

My heavyweight list gets mixed up a lot. If I keep looking at it I just keep changing it, lol......But these, anywhere mentioned, are my picks.

[Galileo]

1/. Dempsey
2/. Ali
3/. Louis
4/. Frazier
5/. Johnson
6/. Liston
7/. Holyfield
8/. Tunney
9/. Wlad Klitschko
10/ Tyson

[LennoxLewisGOAt]

1.Lewis
2.Ali
3.Louis
4.Holyfield
5.Foreman
6.Tyson
7.Holmes
8.W Klitschko
9.Frazier
10.Marciano

[LennoxLewisGOAt]

1/. Dempsey
2/. Ali
3/. Louis
4/. Frazier
5/. Johnson
6/. Liston
7/. Holyfield
8/. Tunney
9/. Wlad Klitschko
10/ Tyson

No Lennox Lewis?

[kiDynamite92]

1.Lewis
2.Ali
3.Louis
4.Holyfield
5.Foreman
6.Tyson
7.Holmes
8.W Klitschko
9.Frazier
10.Marciano

Decent list. But I think Lewis, Holyfield and Tyson are too high on that list and Wlad and Marciano shouldn't be there. I'd replace them with Jack Johnson and Sonny Liston. The rest should all be in the top 10.

[Jase01]

Valuev for me is also a good fighter if he only utilized his size well..

[BKM-2010]

I just made a top 32 heavyweight list, I will probably change this several times. Criteria includes things like:
-Not beating any ATG's but having many consistent (title) wins.
-Beating one ATG and generally leaving a less than stellar record.
-Big kudos to guys who won the title at an advanced age.
-Some get more credit for talent than others, depends on the era.

1-Ali
2-Louis
3-Lewis
4-Foreman
5-Holyfield
6-Holmes
7-Johnson
8-Marciano
9-Tyson
10-Frazier
11-Patterson
12-Liston
13-Dempsey
14-W.Klitschko
15-Jeffries
16-Sullivan
17-Schmeling
18-V.Klitschko
19-Bowe
20-Norton
21-Walcott
21-Byrd
22-Young
23-Moorer
24-Quarry
25-Shavers
26-Lyle
27-Charles
28-Ibeabuchi
29-Willard
30-Tucker
31-Mccall
32-Douglass

Any thoughts please?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I just made a top 32 heavyweight list, I will probably change this several times. Criteria includes things like:
-Not beating any ATG's but having many consistent (title) wins.
-Beating one ATG and generally leaving a less than stellar record.
-Big kudos to guys who won the title at an advanced age.
-Some get more credit for talent than others, depends on the era.

1-Ali
2-Louis
3-Lewis
4-Foreman
5-Holyfield
6-Holmes
7-Johnson
8-Marciano
9-Tyson
10-Frazier
11-Patterson
12-Liston
13-Dempsey
14-W.Klitschko
15-Jeffries
16-Sullivan
17-Schmeling
18-V.Klitschko
19-Bowe
20-Norton
21-Walcott
21-Byrd
22-Young
23-Moorer
24-Quarry
25-Shavers
26-Lyle
27-Charles
28-Ibeabuchi
29-Willard
30-Tucker
31-Mccall
32-Douglass

Any thoughts please?

Pretty solid list for the most part but the bottom portion is outta whack.. Tim Witherspoon should be ahead of some of those guys