Greatest heavyweight ever...realistically?

[dde91]

man Ali before the Lay Off is unbeatable IMO. the only ones who could give him a run is a Prime young Tyson because of his Speed, bobbing and Weaving and power. but Ali would dance and jab and left hook, CRACK. he was a master in the ring in his prime and i think he was probably the GREATEST in his prime*him and Robinson are close*

[JAB5239]

By that I mean when you think about fights like Vitali KLitschko vs Ali you have to take into account the size disparity, aswell as styles making fights because I could see Klitschko having a much harder time against prime mike tyson than Ali would, breaking it down and taking into account alll the aspects that make a great fighter, who is THE greatest heavyweight of all time(the one that beats the most fighters and the most styles. nobody can beat everybody). I'll give mine after I see a few other pepoles


Note - don't just give a name, give reasoning on why a certain fighter could handle so many different styles and fighters which make him the greatest

Size means little compared to skill. Blast Me if you want, but I don't see a whole lot Vitaly does different than Primo Carnera. If you're going to blast me though (not you directly TS) make sure you know what you're talking about and can make a proper analysis.

Joe Louis ans Ali at their best beat any fighter who ever lived in my opinion.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Muhammad Ali of course, but Tyson would have been much more entertaining and probably only would have lost to Ali. I could explain why, but we all disagree with each other anyway. lol

[sapak]

Either Muhammad Ali or Joe Louis but that's just me.

[oaklandstephen]

muhhamad ali, lennox lewis, or larry holmes. all were extremely dominant champions in there era and would be dominant in any era but out of those 3 id favor ali because of his footwork, his speed, reflexes, chin, and skills also the fact that hes the greatest of all times !!!!

[bunce101]

I think people get carried away sometimes by dismissing size so quickly, Forememan would look like a light heavyweight standing next to either Klitschko both in height and weight, Klitschkos jab and size would give Ali a tough TOUGH night in my opinion, Tyson had the perfect style to cut these big men to size but I think it comes down to a styles thing, Klitschko could beat Ali, Ali beats Tyson, Tyson beats Ali etc...., What i'm looking for is who is the one guy that beats MOST styles out there, I don't believe in this "there was one point in both ALi and Tysons careers where they were unbeatable", theres always somebody that will have your number but Which ATG could beat the most other ATG's, I'm thinking possibly Lennox Lewis right at this very moment but i've got huge question marks on his chin, could he handle bombs from either charles sonny liston or big george foreman??

[JAB5239]

Size means little compared to skill. Blast Me if you want, but I don't see a whole lot Vitaly does different than Primo Carnera. If you're going to blast me though (not you directly TS) make sure you know what you're talking about and can make a proper analysis.

Joe Louis ans Ali at their best beat any fighter who ever lived in my opinion.

Klitschko2009 has red K'd me for this post but doesn't have the balls or the knowledge to make a proper argument against it. Bring it on nuthugger, I'll make your hero look ordinary.

[KJB]

Muhammad Ali

This is pretty much it.
Honorable mentions go to Jack Johnson and Joe Louis.

[KJB]

Klitschko2009 has red K'd me for this post but doesn't have the balls or the knowledge to make a proper argument against it. Bring it on nuthugger, I'll make your hero look ordinary.

No, you made a really good point.
Its like people who try to discredit Jack Dempsey, did that actually ever SEE Jess Willard?

[JAB5239]

No, you made a really good point.
Its like people who try to discredit Jack Dempsey, did that actually ever SEE Jess Willard?

Im not discrediting Vitaly, but the similarities are abundant. I challenge anybody to watch footage of both and try to say they don't fight alike. Thank you though, my friend.