What heavyweight champions had the most heart?

[fight_professor]

Ali, Frazier, Rocky, Holyfield.

[Anthony342]

Rocky Marciano
Evander Holyfield
Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes

[oldgringo]

I would have Holyfield, Ali and Frazier at the top of my list. Marciano as well.

[StarshipTrooper]

Can't go wrong with guys like Holyfield and Frazier. Non-champions think Jerry Quarry.

Poet

[The Beatles]

Vitali Klitschko???

[StarshipTrooper]

Vitali Klitschko???

You could make a case but he's only been hammer and tongs once in his career, against Lewis.

Poet

[Rolling Stone]

You could make a case but he's only been hammer and tongs once in his career, against Lewis.

Poet

i was being sarcastic....Vitali is a *****

[StarshipTrooper]

i was being sarcastic....Vitali is a *****

I wouldn't go that far. You can make a MUCH better case for Wlad being a bearded clam than Vitali.

Poet

[Chunk..]

Apart from the usual suspects that have been named already, i wanna add Frank Bruno to the list - just for sticking at it and believing he would be champ one day.

Whither that counts for heart, i don't know? But he kept at it.

[mickey malone]

Apart from the usual suspects that have been named already, i wanna add Frank Bruno to the list - just for sticking at it and believing he would be champ one day.

Whither that counts for heart, i don't know? But he kept at it.

Good call for Bruno.. I'd say it's between Ali and Holyfield though..

Honourable mentions to James J Braddock and Chris Byrd who both had great heart..