Who are the best Heavyweights all time over 230 pounds?

[Holtol]

Who do you think the top 10 big heavyweights of all time are? The other night I was trying to think of some good heavy's that fought in their prime over 230 pounds I can't come up with many.

[Joey Giardello]

Lennox lewis

[sonnyboyx2]

Rid**** Bowe by a country mile

[Joey Giardello]

Rid**** Bowe by a country mile

the same rid**** bowe who was stopped in the olympic final by lennox and threw his wbc belt in a rubbish bin rather than face lennox?????????

[StarshipTrooper]

Here we go :whistle9:

[JAB5239]

Here we go :whistle9:

Lol, I just heard the horns trumpeting the start of a horse race.

[Kid McCoy]

I think this is more appropriate!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erMO3m0oLvs

[StarshipTrooper]

Lol, I just heard the horns trumpeting the start of a horse race.

Yeah, I think we've all seen this movie before and the ending is never pretty :hah9:

Poet

[JAB5239]

I think this is more appropriate!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erMO3m0oLvs

Thats funny!

Agree or disagree with Sonny you have to admire his passion. Im glad he posts here.

[Wild Blue Yonda]

Who do you think the top 10 big heavyweights of all time are? The other night I was trying to think of some good heavy's that fought in their prime over 230 pounds I can't come up with many.

Interesting question. You are correct, there aren't that many really outstanding ones (much to the embarrassment of the, "Size Above All Else" brigade).

The benchmark, on their best nights, are Bowe & Lewis, & I doubt we'll see much argument on that. Neither Klitschko is as good as most fight fans rank them as being, & I do not see Vitali in particular as any better at all than Jesse Willard, who was a good fighter, as Vitali is a good fighter (with neither being great, but one being routinely under-sold, & the other routinely over-sold). However, the Klitschkos would deservingly be in the top-10 for such a list. Certainly, they are among the more accomplished, having co-oped the division (effectively, anyway) for several years, as putrid as it may be. Let's also hear it for the George Foreman of the 1990's --- he is unquestionably a top-10 candidate for the best HW's over 230, although you did technically say, "prime" Heavies, which Foreman was not. Not sure if you'd consider him eligible? I suppose he wouldn't be. Shame.

On their very best nights, I would take Bowe (1991-92) over Lewis (1997-02), personally. Most would disagree, in my experience, & that's plenty fine by me. Considering career achievements in addition to hypothetical head-to-head, Lewis is my pick as the best ever.