Top 10 Heavyweights all-time - Head to Head

[Thunder Lips]

Ali, Louis, Holmes, and Marciano had some of strange magic aura where they could always come out on top most of the time no matter what happened. I think they would ultimately emerge from the pack and against each other who knows, anything could happen.

Liston realistically could probably take anyone though. I''ll agree to that.

Bowe was tough and skilled but he was also one lazy bastard. I don't think a guy that got beat down by Golota at any stage of their career should be considered in something like this.

[black.ink]

Ali is number 1. I think Lewis would be his hardest opponent with a prime Holmes up there too.

Foreman could dominate in any era, but wasn't smart enough to evade pure boxers. I see him losing to Holmes, but i'm undecided on Lewis.

Top 5 would be :

Ali
Lewis
Holmes
Foreman
Frazier

Older heavyweights such as Louis, Johnson and Dempsey etc... were too small and not skilled enough to compete with modern standards. Louis would struggle with any one from my top 5, Johnson had a great defense but relied a lot on clinching. Dempsey paved the way for the Fraziers and Tysons who used a similar bob/weave style but would be dominated on shear size and improved punching (accuracy etc..)

Marciano would not make a top 10.

[Kilrain]

Prime for prime I consider the best heavyweights of all time, in terms of head-to-head and allround skill level to be Ali, Lewis, Louis and Tyson.

[JAB5239]

Heavyweight top ten
1. Ali
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Joe Louis
4. George Foreman
5. Joe Frazier
6. Jack Johnson
7. Archie Moore
8. Evander Holyfield
9. Larry Holmes
10. Mike Tyson

I give big props to Lennox Lewis. But rating him above Joe Louis.....are you on crack?

[markosg]

A 15 year old wrote that list

[TheGreatA]

I give big props to Lennox Lewis. But rating him above Joe Louis.....are you on crack?

I give big props to ARCHIE MOORE also but I don't see how he could be rated over Marciano and Patterson at heavyweight. Maybe if it was a p4p list.

[slicksouthpaw16]

Ali, Louis, Holmes, and Marciano had some of strange magic aura where they could always come out on top most of the time no matter what happened. I think they would ultimately emerge from the pack and against each other who knows, anything could happen.

Liston realistically could probably take anyone though. I''ll agree to that.

Bowe was tough and skilled but he was also one lazy bastard. I don't think a guy that got beat down by Golota at any stage of their career should be considered in something like this.

It was a shot Bowe, that had already been in his wars with Holfyield and over training was also a factor. I really can't see the version of Bowe that beat Evander in their first fight being beat him by any version of Golota.

On topic, i know its all fun but that list was just all horrible. Klitschko in front of Foreman, Lewis, Tyson or Louis? Liston was Holmes were too far back, ESPECIALLY Holmes. With the exception of Ali, i would have favored Holmes over everyone on that list. He should have been put at number 2. I also didn't see Marciano on that list.

[JAB5239]

I give big props to ARCHIE MOORE also but I don't see how he could be rated over Marciano and Patterson at heavyweight. Maybe if it was a p4p list.

Lol, I must not have made it past Lennox being ranked over Louis because I never even saw that. But I agree with you just the same.

[JAB5239]

I give big props to ARCHIE MOORE also but I don't see how he could be rated over Marciano and Patterson at heavyweight. Maybe if it was a p4p list.

I must not have made it past Lennox being ranked ahead of Lewis because I never even saw that. Just the same, I agree with you about Moore.

[Jim Jeffries]

Heavyweight top ten
1. Ali
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Joe Louis
4. George Foreman
5. Joe Frazier
6. Jack Johnson
7. Archie Moore
8. Evander Holyfield
9. Larry Holmes
10. Mike Tyson

Gee, not even a token white guy? And LOL at Archie Moore over Holyfield, Holmes, or even Tyson.