Who from boxers in history of heavyweight...

[lsk]

Ken norhten

[Champoreeno]

Well, as you already stated he fought some fights in the HW division (against Jack Johnson f.e.) and cause of this I thought I'd be allright to list him here.

I agree, anytime a topic along these lines comes up, there should be an obligatory Sam Langford mention.

[tntkid]

Ken Norton is the only one I can think of.

[dingus]

They may not have deserved it, but I would liked to have seen Ray Mercer and Bert Cooper win a title(Not WBO).

[Yogi]

Lots of great or talented heavyweights have never won or had the chance to win the world title. Here's a few that come to mind;

Peter Jackson, Tom Sharkey, Sam Langford, Joe Jeannette, Sam McVey, Harry Wills, Luther McCarty, Young Stribling, George Godfrey (20's and 30's version), Roland LaStraza, Eddie Machen, Zora Folley, Cleveland Williams, Jerry Quarry, Jimmy Young, etc.

That's only a few of the better heavyweight contenders throughout history, but there's been a number of others.

[joho]

henry cooper

[jayrichardse]

no that ******

[Dynamite76]

Oscar Bonavena
James Tillis
Renaldo Snipes
Gerry Cooney
Mitch Green
Jimmy Young
Earnie Shavers
Ron Lyle

[Dynamite76]

Jerry Quarry, Earnie Shavers and Ken Norton came along at a bad time for them. Norton was given the title by one of the alphabet groups, but I always figured you had to win it in the ring. If not, I could pay someone off and be the champ! Ray Mercer probably should be on this list as well.

It's not Ken's fault that the title was handed to him.It'
s not his fault that Ali didn't follow script by beating Leon Spinks and doing his part of the deal.Norton beat Jimmy Young, which pretty much made him the top dog for the belt. That's good enough for me.

[XionComrade]

Butterbean...LOL

Earnie Shavers? Hardest puncher to ever live, did he ever get it?