Top Five

[taws6]

Who do you guys think the top five heavyweights were In there prime?[not there career as a whole]

[BKM-]

That's tough to say, they were all so great in their primes. I guess for my taste, it would be
Ali
Louis
Holmes
Tyson
Liston

But i think a list like this would change more often than a 'Top 10 greatest HWs ever' list, though.

[taws6]

Id go with..

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Tyson
4. Foreman
5. Liston

[butterfly1964]

Here's mine:

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Sonny Liston
3. George Foreman
4. Mike Tyson
5. Joe Louis

Although I'm thinking of moving Foreman down, though.

[Panamaniac]

I'm weighing in with...

1. Joe Louis
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Mike Tyson
4. Jack Dempsey
5. Larry Holmes

[-CANE-]

I'd have to have

1>Muhammad Ali
2>Larry Holmes
3>Lennox Lewis
4>George Foreman
5>Mike Tyson

[Ironside]

1-Liston
2-Lewis
3-Ali
4-Tyson
5-Holmes

[ForemanCrossArm]

I'm going to go with Liston at #1. If we're talking prime, I'll take a 94-inch reach with 2 oak-tree-arms. Thanks.

[Brassangel]

Yeah, sometimes Liston fought entire fights throwing nothing but jabs from halfway across the ring. It's so tough to gauge the guy's career though, given the strange situation surrounding his age, personal life, etc. Even so, pretty amazing at the top of his game.

1. Ali
2. Liston
3. Louis
4. Tyson
5. Holmes

[LondonRingRules]

1. Tyson, clearly
2. Dempsey
3. Louis
4. Ali
5. Lewis
6. Foreman

The 6 best prime heavies ever.