Name a Great Heavyweight and a skill that distinguished them.

[Flickergrab98]

Jack Dempsey: Transforming momentum into devastating punching power.
Muhummad Ali: Tenacity and ability to think on the fly.
Rid**** Bowe: Powerful jab and surprising inside fighting ability for such a big guy
Evander Holyfield: Stubbornness. I know that’s not a skill, but can we talk how ridiculously stubborn he was. Has there ever been an ATG that was more stubborn than him? I swear to god he had a chip on his shoulder.

[Flickergrab98]

Durability is good. I'd also say will to win/coming through in the clutch for Marciano. He won close decisions from what I've heard in the first fight with Lastarza and seen in the footage of the first Ezzard Charles fight then came back to stop Lastarza and Charles in rematches. In the Charles rematch, Rocky came up big, avoiding a stoppage loss of his own due to a cut across his nose.

Foreman-heavy hands
Hearns-straight right

Hearns who? Tommy was never a heavyweight

[Ayat Aguirre]

larry Holmes: lateral Movement
Sonny Liston: Finishing ability

I agree with you

[Anthony342]

Hearns who? Tommy was never a heavyweight

Fine, delete him then.

[QueensburyRules]

Hearns who? Tommy was never a heavyweight

- - He was talking of Eddah wifout the S.

[Silence]

Tyson Fury: Using his size.

[Shadoww702]

Lewis for his excessive holding.

Or punch, grab, repeat

[billeau2]

Good analysis. I have no objections to different opinions. Sometimes I switch sides. Clay, Tunney and Corbett had better lateral movement IMO, more out in the open and noticeable. If they stepped back, too, what does that matter, except they were exploiting a technique Holmes did not have in his arsenal or have the reflexes for? Remember though, I am only listing what I think is their main important attribute. You are listing any important attribute, I am listing what I think is the most outstanding. The jab was the only hard punch for its type that Holmes had. Other than the jab, he was an average puncher for force. But I believe his jab was the best and hardest in heavyweight history. That is why I settle on the lef jab--he had the best one ever, by consensus.

I just think so many heavyweights had incredible jabs lol... But it is a valid contention that Holmes had the best, and CERTAINLY that his jab was the primary mover for his success. Clay/Ali stepped back a lot and uses angles, reflexes... Corbett and Tunney fought in a different style so imo the comparison is apples to oranges.

[GhostofDempsey]

Dempsey: Bob and weave defense and footwork
Louis: short knockout punch
Liston: jab
Holmes: jab
Tyson: head movement

[Anthony342]

Lewis for his excessive holding.

Or punch, grab, repeat

Wlad was good at that, especially later in his career.