Six ounce gloves under the old rules and practices. We choose not to follow our usual practice of abiding by the rules and customs of the oldest participants, for that would mean going all the way back to the bare knuckle era.
1 John L. Sullivan
2 Seirhei Liakovich
3 Oleg Masakaev
4 Ruslan Chagaev
5 Nicolai Valuev
6 Maual Charr
7 Charles Martin
8 Lucas Browne
9 Bermane Stiverne
10 Sultan Ibrigamov
One thing is immediately apparent: the contemporary era has sunk so low that the old standbys such as Carnera, Sharkey, Johansson, Ruiz et al can no longer even make the list of worst heavyweight champions.
A second thing is immediately apparent. A great deal of the mediocrity stems from Russia or its former sattelites. These reds have kept some true medioctrities off the list all right.
Who can really say who is the worst of this pack of bums? Just put the names in a jar and shake them up well. We give the worst position to Sullivan only because he would be the most out of his element due to the time period. He was more of a fighter than any of these bums, as far as that goes. The other bums would run from him and peck at him.
1 John L. Sullivan
2 Seirhei Liakovich
3 Oleg Masakaev
4 Ruslan Chagaev
5 Nicolai Valuev
6 Maual Charr
7 Charles Martin
8 Lucas Browne
9 Bermane Stiverne
10 Sultan Ibrigamov
One thing is immediately apparent: the contemporary era has sunk so low that the old standbys such as Carnera, Sharkey, Johansson, Ruiz et al can no longer even make the list of worst heavyweight champions.
A second thing is immediately apparent. A great deal of the mediocrity stems from Russia or its former sattelites. These reds have kept some true medioctrities off the list all right.
Who can really say who is the worst of this pack of bums? Just put the names in a jar and shake them up well. We give the worst position to Sullivan only because he would be the most out of his element due to the time period. He was more of a fighter than any of these bums, as far as that goes. The other bums would run from him and peck at him.
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