Greatest heavyweight ever...realistically?

[Alx.]

Ali hands down, lol @ the trolling above. New England

[Weltschmerz]

Vladimir Klitschko.

[LacedUp]

It's not a Klitschko, I know that much.

[Weltschmerz]

It's not a Klitschko, I know that much.

You do not even know how to fight.

[Jedi Vader]

see what i mean

In my opinion there were many great heavyweights, but no single "greatest" heavyweight.

We cannot accurately compare fighters of different generations, so we can never know for sure.

Yet you post countless threads of a past great vs Floyd.

Hypocritical ****.

It's not a Klitschko, I know that much.

Exactly.

[BluesMan]

Ali of course....

As was said,he won fighting all different styles.

Heart,courage,skill and brains...

I laugh when people put Tyson in the top 10,even a young Mike...without mentioning Evander,who beat him twice.

And would beat him 10x out of 10x if they fought.

Everything Evander was...courageous and intelligent in the ring,Mike was not.

[uncle_ray]

Holmes and Louis

They dont match up bad against anyone really

[TOBYLEE1]

Ali was too smart. He could take a beating and his stamina was incredible. On top of that his skills are just superior. Ali would tire out any of those K fighters out especially if it was a 15 round fight

[Boxing Goat]

I think Vitali Klitschko is the only fighter ever in the HW division who's style trumps all others. It's hard to say if he would have dealt with Ali when he was prime but the reverse could be said for the size and power difference as well. I do understand that I won't be in the majority here and I get it but Vitali technically has never been losing a pro fight at it's conclusion while Ali was legitimately beaten by a pretty one dimensional Frazier in his prime. I say in a H2H comparison Vitali has an advantage over anyone.

[Boxing Goat]

Coming back after three and a half years to fight and beat the best,becoming king in one of the most competitive divisions of all time in pretty hard to beat.


Joe Louis,Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali were all past it once they returned,but Ali's success in his return was far greater than Louis's and Tyson's.

Vitali came back after a longer layoff and beat the second best. Not a bad feat either.