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  • #11
    Rocky Marciano is the best heavyweight ever, bar none!

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    • #12
      Originally posted by DWiens421 View Post
      Agreed. I'm not really sure what Vitali did that is better than what Wlad has done.

      Didn't Gene Tunney have like 2 fights at heavyweight or something? I thought he was mainly a badass at light heavyweight.
      Maybe Wlads accomplishments are better but I think Vitali while not as good a boxer is stronger and much tougher and would beat Wlad, but it is only my opinion. Tunney was one of the most underated fighters in history with only 1 loss to the legendary Harry Greb. Granted he never fought at Heavyweight for long but 2 wins over the feared Jack Dempsey is a fantastic achievment.
      Tunney was as tough as they come and a masterful boxer who was pure class and way ahead of his time. I'd pick him over any of todays heavyweight champions.

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      • #13
        Originally posted by DWiens421 View Post
        I'm going to try to name 10 successful white heavyweights:

        Andrew Golota
        Gerry Cooney
        Wladimir Klitschko
        Vitali Klitschko
        Rocky Marciano
        James J. Jeffries
        John L. Sullivan
        James J. Corbet
        Max Baer
        James J. Braddock
        Max Schmelling
        Corrie Sanders

        Sweet! I got to 12! That was actually hard work, I hate the heavyweight division, and white people tend to suck when they get that heavy so... yeah, it's quite a challenge.
        Jack Dempsey? Gene Tunney? Maxie Rosenbloom? Jack Sharkie? Tommy Burns? Jess Willard? Basically until Joe Louis became champion there were very few black heavyweight champs.

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        • #14
          Originally posted by squealpiggy View Post
          Jack Dempsey? Gene Tunney? Maxie Rosenbloom? Jack Sharkie? Tommy Burns? Jess Willard? Basically until Joe Louis became champion there were very few black heavyweight champs.
          Yeah...

          I'm a little bit on the uninformed side when it comes to heavyweights, even though I recognize all of those names... except for Rosenbloom and Burns.

          Primo Carnera was the Tye Fields back in his day too.

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          • #15
            The thing is that the definition of a successful heavyweight now is a little different to the definition of a successful heavyweight back then. Back then if you won the title you were successful. In fact winning the title gave you the opportunity to set yourself up for life with a single defense. Nowadays you have to unify and defend multiple times because there's about a hundred and fifty different belts at each weight!

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            • #16
              Where does Tommy "the Duke" Morrison fit in all of this?

              He managed to beat Foreman and fighting Rocky in a street fight should give some credit.

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              • #17
                Tommy Morrison gets a mention. He beat a lot of the same guys Tyson got credit for coming up like Pinklon Thomas, James Tillis, Carl "the truth" Williams and Donovan "Razor" Ruddock. His biggest win was beating George Foreman before he won the Titles again.

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                • #18
                  Originally posted by merjohn32 View Post
                  Where does Tommy "the Duke" Morrison fit in all of this?

                  He managed to beat Foreman and fighting Rocky in a street fight should give some credit.
                  Good call I forgot about the Duke.

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                  • #19
                    Gerry Cooney ahead of Wlad?!?!

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                    • #20
                      Originally posted by DWiens421 View Post
                      Agreed. I'm not really sure what Vitali did that is better than what Wlad has done.

                      Didn't Gene Tunney have like 2 fights at heavyweight or something? I thought he was mainly a badass at light heavyweight.
                      Gene Tunney was the greatest light heavyweight of all time.

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