I love Big George, but fun fact, he was like 5-3 in world title fights.
Sorry, that means that you can't be in the top 10 greatest of all time.
you know that jack dempsey is 6-2 in title fights with 2 of them being against light heavyweights. 6-2 in 8 years! his only other good wins against heavyweights are vs. fred fulton and jack sharkey. that's it. how is he number 8?
in comparison, mike tyson won his first title in 1986, one year after his debut. ring magazine ranked him in their top10 for 1986. then mike fought 9 out of that top10 in the next 4 years (everybody but tim witherspoon). talk about cleaning your division. then he went on to have a few good wins in the 90s. that's only good enough for 14th place but dempsey is number 8?
foreman deserves to be top 5 because heavyweight is weak.
you know that jack dempsey is 6-2 in title fights with 2 of them being against light heavyweights. 6-2 in 8 years! his only other good wins against heavyweights are vs. fred fulton and jack sharkey. that's it. how is he number 8?
in comparison, mike tyson won his first title in 1986, one year after his debut. ring ****zine ranked him in their top10 for 1986. then mike fought 9 out of that top10 in the next 4 years (everybody but tim witherspoon). talk about cleaning your division. then he went on to have a few good wins in the 90s. that's only good enough for 14th place but dempsey is number 8?
foreman deserves to be top 5 because heavyweight is weak.
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