Rank the Best to Worst Heavyweight Era During the past Half Century.

[Bronson66]

Povetkin > Haye > Joyce > Miller > Luis Ortiz > Whyte

Who did Ortiz ever beat?

[Haka]

Who did Ortiz ever beat?

It's because of the Povetkin KO of the year. Ortiz stock went up after Andy Ruiz performance. All this happened in the 20s era though, it is more of a prime for prime ranking.

[Willow The Wisp]

I made a few adjustments at the top of the thread, based on the expert input here. It's a deep enough list, with plenty of room for objectivity and debate; needless to say, so I welcome a community effort. Still waiting for that "huge miss". There's got to be one out there, no?

[Willie Pep 229]

He was ranked in 76, that’s not up for debate.

Ah, but I would argue why?

[Willie Pep 229]

He was ranked in 76, that’s not up for debate.

Why do you both think it is 'not up to debate?

Have you seen the Ring Magazine monthly rankings for 1976? I can't find them.

Who did Holmes beat in 1976 that would earn him a #6 ranking?

[JAB5239]

Because he was ranked #6 at the end of 76 meaning during 1976 he was ranked #6

Exactly.....which was my only point when I responded to Queenie 's BS and lies. Anything else is conjecture at best.

[Willow The Wisp]

I intend to revise some of them a bit as I did them some years ago but only minor changes. PS not trying to hijack your thread, I've printed off your lists for reference!
1882
1-Sullivan
2-Hadley
3-Godfrey
4-Kilrain
5-C C Smith
6-Grant
7-Mitchell
8-Cleary
9-McCaffrey
10-Eliott

1883

1-Sullivan
2-Mitchell
3-Godfrey
4-Kilrain
5-Miller
6-Cleary
7-Greenfield
8-Hadley
9-Woodson
10-McHenry Johnson

1884

1-Sullivan
2-McCaffrey
3-Kilrain
4-Burke
5-Mitchell
6-Farnan
7-Cleary
8-Godfrey
9-Cardiff
10-Thompson

1885

1-Sullivan
2-McCaffrey
3-Burke
4-Mitchell
5-Kilrain
6-Cleary
7-Cardiff
8-Killen
9-Godfrey
10-Lees

1886

1-Sullivan
2-Kilrain
3-Cardiff
4-Mitchell
5-Burke
6-McCaffrey
7-Killen
8-Godfrey
9-Lannon
10-Cleary

1887

1-Sullivan
2-Kilrain
3-Cardiff
4-Killen
5-Mitchell
6-Burke
7-Ashton
8-Godfrey
8-Jackson
10-McAuliffe



1888

1-Sullivan
2-Jackson
3-Killeen
4-Kilrain
5-Cardiff
6-Godfrey
7-Burke
8-Slavin
9-McAuliffe
10-Ashton

1989

1-Jackson
2-Sullivan
3-McAuliffe
4-Godfrey
5-Slavin
6-Killen
7-Cardiff
8-Kilrain
9-Ashton
10-Goddard

1890

1-Jackson
2-Slavin
3-Goddard
4-Godfrey
5-Corbett
6-McAuliffe
7-Kilrain
8-Choynski
9-Killen
10-Laing

1891

1-Jackson
2-Corbett
3-Slavin
4-Goddard
5-Kilrain
6-Godfrey
7-McAuliffe
8-Choynski
9-Laing
10-Maher

1892

Champion Corbett
2. Jackson
3. Goddard
4. Slavin
5. Choynski
6. Fitzsimmons
7. Hall
8. Godfrey
9. McAuliffe
10. Kilrain


1893

Champion Corbett
2. Jackson
3. Fitzsimmons
4. Denver Smith
5. Hall
6. Goddard
7. Slavin
8. Choynski
9. McAuliffe
10. Godfrey

1894

Champion Corbett
2. Jackson
3. Fitzsimmons
4. Smith
5. Choynski
6. Maher
7. Goddard
8. Hall
9. Slavin
10. Godfrey

1895

Champion Maher
2. Fitzsimmons
3. Jackson
4. Slavin
5. Smith
6. Choynski
7. Felix
8. Hall
9. Creedon
10. ODonnell

1896

Champion Corbett
2. Fitzsimmons
3. Maher
4 Choynski
5. Sharkey
6. Armstrong
7. Creedon
8. Goddard
9. Ruhlin
10. ODonnell


1897

Champion Fitzsimmons
2. Maher
3. Sharkey
4. Choynski
5. Childs
6. Corbett
7. Ruhlin
8. Jeffries
9. ODonnell
10. Armstrong

1898

Champion Fitzsimmons
2. Jeffries
3. Sharkey
4. Maher
5. Corbett
6. McCoy
7. Ruhlin
8. Childs
9. Armstrong
10. Choynski

1899

Champion Jeffries
2. Sharkey
3. Fitxsimmons
4. Maher
5. McCoy
6. Corbett
7. Kennedy
8. Ruhlin
9. Childs
10. Martin


1900

Champion Jeffries
2 Fitzsimmons
3 Corbett
4 McCoy
5 Ruhlin
6 Sharkey
7 Childs
8 Maher
9 Kennedy
10 Martin

1901

Champion Jeffries
2 Ruhlin
3 McCoy
4 Childs
5 Sharkey
6 Root
7 Martin
8 Maher
9 Griffin
10 Gardner

1902

Champion Jeffries
2 Fitzsimmons
3 Ruhlin
4 Martin
5 Johnson
6 Gardner
7 OBrien
8 Root
9 Hart
10 Carter

1903

Champion Jeffries
2 Fitzsimmons
3 Johnson
4 Ruhlin
5 Gardner
6 Root
7 Hart
8 OBrien
9 Armstrong
10 McVey

1904

Champion Jeffries
2 Johnson
3 Hart
4 Root
5 OBrien
6 Gardner
7 Ruhlin
8 Ferguson
9 Martin
10 McVey

1905

Champion Hart
2 Johnson
3 OBrien
4 Jeanette
5 Root
6 Fitzsimmons
7 Ruhlin
8 Kaufman
9 J Twin Sullivan
10 Schreck

1906

Champion Burns
2 Johnson
3 OBrien
4 Langford
5 Jeanette
6 McVey
7 Kaufman
8 Schreck
9 Hart
10 Ruhlin

1907

Champion Burns
2 Johnson
3 Kaufman
4 Langford
5 Jeanette
6 McVey
7 OBrien
8 Schreck
9 Jim Flynn
10 Sullivan

1908

Champion Johnson
2 Langford
3 Kaufman
4 Burns
5 Jeanette
6 McVey
7 OBrien
8 Hart
9 Ross
10 Schreck

1909

Champion Johnson
2 Langford
3 Jeanette
4 McVey
5 Kaufman
6 Ketchell
7 OBrien
8 Ferguson
9 Lang
10 Schreck

1910

Champion Johnson
2 Langford
3 Jeanette
4 McVey
5 Kaufman
6 Burns
7 Lang
8 Jim Flynn
9 Dan Flynn
10 Curran

1911

champion Johnson
2 McVey
3 Langford
4 Jeanette
5 Wells
6 Jim Flynn
7 Al Palzar
8 Carl Morris
9 Dan Flynn
10 Clarke

1912

Champion Johnson
2 Langford
3 Jeanette
4 McVey
5 Gunboat Smith
6 Willard
7 Ross
8 Mc Carthy
9 Jim Flynn
10 Palzar

1913

Champion Johnson
2 Smith
3 Langford
4 Jeanette
5 McVey
6 Jim Johnson
7 Pelkey
8 Willard
9 Moran
10 Carpentier

1914

Champion Johnson
2 Langford
3 Jeanette
4 McVey
5 Carpentier
6 Clarke
7 Dillon
8 Wills
9 Levinsky
10 Coffey

1915

Champion Willard
2 Johnson
3 Moran
4 Dillon
5 Wills
6 McVey
7 Jeanette
8 coffey
9 Langford
10 Morris

1916

CHAMPION Willard
2 Wills
3 Miske
4 Dillon
5 Morris
6 Levinsky
7 Moran
8 Weinert
9 McVey
10 Jeanette

1917

Champion Willard
2 Wills
3 Fulton
4 Langford
5 Norfolk
6 Miske
7 Greb
8 Dempsey
9 Jeanette
10 Gibbons

1918

Champion Willard
2 Wills
3 Dempsey
4 Fulton
5 Gibbons
6 Greb
7 Miske
8 Meehan
9 Madden
10 Jeanette

1919

Champion Dempsey
2 Wills
3 Fulton
4 Greb
5 Gibbons
6 Carpentier
7 Miske
8 Johnson
9 Norfolk
10 Brennan

1920

Champion Dempsey
2 Wills
3 Fulton
4 Greb
5 Gibbons
6 Carpentier
7 Miske
8 Norfolk
9 Tunney
10 Weinert

1921

Champion Dempsey
2 Wills
3 Fulton
4 Gibbons
5 Greb
6 Carpentier
7 Miske
8 Tunney
9 Beckett
10 Brennan

1922

Champion Dempsey
2 Wills
3 Greb
4 Gibbons
5 Miske
6 Tunney
7 F.Johnson
8 Brennan
9 Beckett
10 Carpentier

1923

Champion Dempsey
2 Wills
3 Firpo
4 Tunney
5 Carpentier
6 Miske
7 Gibbons
8 Greb
9 Renault
10 F.Johnson

Excellent!! Thank you very much. Good stuff. This absolutely ADDS to this thread. Classy poster.

[Willie Pep 229]

Because he was ranked #6 at the end of 76 meaning during 1976 he was ranked #6

It doesn't necessarily work that way. Buster Douglas is proof that that is not a fact.

[Willow The Wisp]

....and what of that 2020 - 2030 decade, and the names we haven't heard from just yet? Here are some candidates who, five years from now we might see squeeze onto that list:

I wonder which of these amateur standouts will one day populate the professional heavyweight ranks?

Time will tell.


Julio Cesar La Cruz, Cuba
Diego Lenzi, Italy
Nikita Putilov, Germany
Jakhongir Zokirov, Uzbekistan
Aybek Oralbay, Kazakhstan
Kelvin Watts, USA
Donte Banks, USA
Mahammad Abdullayev, Azerbaijan
Alakbar Alakbarov, Azerbaijan
Nelvie Tiafack, Cameroon
Loren Alfonso, Cuba
Martin McDonagh, Ireland
David Surov, Russia
Svetoslav Teterin, Russia
Mark Petrovsky, Russia
Dmytro Lovchynskyi, Ukraine
Alexander Shaw, Australia
Adam Olaniyan, Ireland
Maxim Babanin, Russia
Merzakir Koshaliev, Kyrgyzstan
Joe Rinaldi, USA
Arzola L.F. Alejandro, Cuba
Oleksandr Sliesariev, Ukraine
Ayoub Ghadfa Drissi El-Aissaoui, Spain
Djamili Aboudou Moindze, France
Yaroslav Doronichev, Russia
Leo Atang, England
Nnajai Wright, USA
Omar Mohamed Shiha, Norway
Zhenwei Wang, China
Walter Karim Crucce, Argentina
Alexander Dorofeev, Russia
Nicoloz Begadszi, Georgia
Hagag Ahmed, Austria
Kunkabayev Kamshybek, Kazakhstan
Bayikewuzi Danabieke, China
Kadi Mourad, Algeria
Marcel Jerome, Canada
Nelson Williams, Cuba
Soheb Bouafia, France
Damar Thomas, England
Marko Milun, Croatia
Zacharie Amougou, Cameroon
Javier Hernandez, Mexico
Agnes Keddy Evans, Seychelles
Abraham Suarez, Venezuela
Marcelo Sparling, Paraguay
Kozaala Solomon, Uganda
Teremoana Teremoana, Australia
Congo Gerlon, Ecuador
Mlaiyes Mohammad, Syria
Paul Nigel, Trinidad and Tobago
Teixeira Da-Silva Abner, Brazil
Josh Parker, USA
Rezk Mostafa Yousra, Egypt
Emin Khataev, Russia
Maroy Sa***i, Congo
Narender Narender, India
Ramogi Otieno, Kenya
Adegbola Adedeji, Nigeria
Armani Dotson, USA
Sulwa Sita Mpiti, Tanzania
Chaloyan David, Armenia
Onyekwere Ifeanyi, Nigeria
Steven Williams, USA
Leroy Clark, USA
Babic Vladan, Serbia
Pratljacic Luca, Croatia
Elchoro-Uulu Oomatbek, Kyrgyzstan
Latypov Danis, Bahrain
Abroridininov Muhammad, Tajikistan
Zavatin Alexei, Moldova
Yordan Alain Hernandez, Bulgaria
Salcedo Camilo, Colombia
Demario Johnson, USA
Sardius Simmons, USA
Ju Taeung, South Korea
Aboudou Djamili-Dini, France
Dronov Aleksei, Russia
Toychyyev Baky, Turkmenistan
Glen Gaines, USA

[QueensburyRules]

Because he was ranked #6 at the end of 76 meaning during 1976 he was ranked #6

- - Ratings then came out the next year by Ring Dummys, ie spring of 77 AFTER Foreman retired.

That's ok as boxing attracts prime dummys who are easily fleeced.