Top 5 heavyweights EVER

[J !]

no, demspey was the most over rated heavyweight in history in my book, I always make a point of omitting him.

cheers tho!

[Dark Destroyer]

I have upmost respect for Jack Dempsey as he was a very tough man but i heard he avoided alot of black fighters for which gets him nowhere near my Top 5 if it's ture. He wouldn't make it anyway to be honest but i still love the guy.

[Dark Destroyer]

Barryboy who are your top 5 heavyweights? We need the BoxingScene Chieftens choices.

[barryboy]

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Holmes
4. Marciano
5. Foreman (though it's hard to gauge him cos' in the 2 stages of his career he was a very different fighter.)
If not Foreman i'd have Jack Johnson @ no.5, he was the Ali of his time and the way he could take the piss out of his opponents shows how far above them he was.

[Dark Destroyer]

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Holmes
4. Marciano
5. Foreman (though it's hard to gauge him cos' in the 2 stages of his career he was a very different fighter.)
If not Foreman i'd have Jack Johnson @ no.5, he was the Ali of his time and the way he could take the piss out of his opponents shows how far above them he was.

Yeah Jack Johnson was a really intelligent fighter of his time. He used to like to taunt and talk to his opponents in the ring. I think it's great he fought back against the racists. The looks on their faces when he got up and beat Stanley Ketchel stills makes me laugh so much.

[barryboy]

Brave guy Johnson faced with all that hatred.
I can't include Dempsey in my top 5 either, guys who drew the colour line in those days just hid behind that because they probably knew they'd get put on their arse.

[Dark Destroyer]

Brave guy Johnson faced with all that hatred.
I can't include Dempsey in my top 5 either, guys who drew the colour line in those days just hid behind that because they probably knew they'd get put on their arse.

I agree and it's a shame, i wonder how Dempsey would have fought against sonmeone like Jack Johnson. Do you think Jack Dempsey may have been a little too one dimensional for him?

[barryboy]

That would be a good clash of styles, Dempsey attacking & Johnson trying for the counters, i'd go with Johnson, it took him being an old inactive fighter to get beat and even then it went 20 odd rounds in blazing heat if i'm not wrong, if Dempsey couldn't get rid of him in the first couple then i'd say Johnson late ko or points.

[Dark Destroyer]

That would be a good clash of styles, Dempsey attacking & Johnson trying for the counters, i'd go with Johnson, it took him being an old inactive fighter to get beat and even then it went 20 odd rounds in blazing heat if i'm not wrong, if Dempsey couldn't get rid of him in the first couple then i'd say Johnson late ko or points.

It would have been an awesome fight, i suppose Dempsey did have the early fight advantage but like you say Johnson was one tough man. I think it was 26 rounds when Johnson got beat.

Who would you take in Jack Dempsey Vs Rocky Marciano? They were both the same height roughly and both had rough house styles.

[barryboy]

I'd take Rocky every time, both guys were pretty relentless but I just feel that Marciano was a bit more durable and a better all round fighter but what a war that would be.