What is the single greatest win in boxing history?

[LacedUp]

Clay over Liston is the biggest win IMO. Foreman comes in close. Holyfield over Tyson is another. Foreman over Frazier, Foreman over Moorer are others to note.

[BoxingGenius27]

Ali-Foreman

Foreman-Moorer

Holyfield-Tyson I

[BoxingGenius27]

Clay over Liston is the biggest win IMO. Foreman comes in close. Holyfield over Tyson is another. Foreman over Frazier, Foreman over Moorer are others to note.

I didn't even see this.

Damn near took the words out my mouth

[NChristo]

I still don't understand how Louis - Schmeling II is a bigger win then Schmeling - Louis I, surely a win over a slightly green Joe ****ing Louis is better then a win over a downhill Schmeling, yes I know the size of the event and it's significance but on paper, Schmeling was the only man to beat a close too prime Joe ****ing Louis, that is incredible and surely deserves too be up there more then Louis - Schmeling ?, unless I've got this all wrong.

[BennyST]

Halls of Fame is Raskat

You've got to be ****ting me!

Ok, it all makes perfect sense now.

[Joeyzagz]

Mount Rushmore of greatest wins is this:


Schmelling over Louis
Ali over Foreman
Duran over Leonard
Marquez over Pacquiao

[JAB5239]

Cant believe not a single person has mentioned Jack Johnson beating Tommy Burns to become the forst black heavyweight champion. While not his best win it is surely his single greatest victory breaking down the color barrier. If this fight were to have never happened we may not have gotten to see Louis or Ali, history would have certainly been different.

[LacedUp]

Cant believe not a single person has mentioned Jack Johnson beating Tommy Burns to become the forst black heavyweight champion. While not his best win it is surely his single greatest victory breaking down the color barrier. If this fight were to have never happened we may not have gotten to see Louis or Ali, history would have certainly been different.

I guess it depends on how you want to define "greatest win". I agree that it is one of the most significant bouts to have taken place, no sure if it had the same surprise element as many others. But then again, that probably doesn't matter.

[New England]

I still don't understand how Louis - Schmeling II is a bigger win then Schmeling - Louis I, surely a win over a slightly green Joe ****ing Louis is better then a win over a downhill Schmeling, yes I know the size of the event and it's significance but on paper, Schmeling was the only man to beat a close too prime Joe ****ing Louis, that is incredible and surely deserves too be up there more then Louis - Schmeling ?, unless I've got this all wrong.

people are probably looking at the term "greatest" as meaning "most culturally significant."


that was america VS the ****s. along those lines they've got a point.


now, in resume terms, roberto duran UD ray leonard is probably the greatest win ever.

[Barn]

- 37 year old Jack Britton with around 400 career fights beating a prime Benny Leonard in 1922.

Leonard had to move up a weight class for this bout and the fight was only stopped when Britton was down on one knee and Benny tapped him in the face.
Hardly conclusive IMO and not a candidate for one of the greatest wins of all time, in my humble opinion.