Of course a Who-Beats-Who list is different from a Greatest list. Right? The criteria are different, for sure. Or is that right?
Yes, the criteria are different, but what about the lists themselves? Is there such a Greatest list that corresponds exactly to a reasonable Who-Beats-Who list? I seriously doubt that. But who knows until it is actually tried?
But that isn't even my question. I am interested in the perfect Who-Beats-Who list. By perfect I mean every man on the list must beat every man below him. Is this list impossible, or is there a reasonable list for any division whatever that has this pure consistency?
There is only one criterion here: Win!
Make it as close as you can.
Compare your list to your Greatest list. Remember, this is at their very best! Every man beats any man listed below him.
1. Ali
2. Foreman
3. Lewis
4. Fury
5.Wilder
6. Holmes
7. Tyson
8. Liston
9. Holyfield
10. Dempsey
11. V Klitscho
12. Tunney
13. Johnson
14. Louis
15. W Klitscho
16. Frazier
17. Marciano
18. Charles
19. Walcott
20. Baer
21. Jefferies
22. Corbett
23. Willard
24. Fitzsimmons
25. Patterson
26. Braddock
27. Johannsen
28. Sharkey
29. Burns
30. Carnera
31. Sullivan
Out of curiosity I wonder where Sam Langford would fit in here?
Yes, the criteria are different, but what about the lists themselves? Is there such a Greatest list that corresponds exactly to a reasonable Who-Beats-Who list? I seriously doubt that. But who knows until it is actually tried?
But that isn't even my question. I am interested in the perfect Who-Beats-Who list. By perfect I mean every man on the list must beat every man below him. Is this list impossible, or is there a reasonable list for any division whatever that has this pure consistency?
There is only one criterion here: Win!
Make it as close as you can.
Compare your list to your Greatest list. Remember, this is at their very best! Every man beats any man listed below him.
1. Ali
2. Foreman
3. Lewis
4. Fury
5.Wilder
6. Holmes
7. Tyson
8. Liston
9. Holyfield
10. Dempsey
11. V Klitscho
12. Tunney
13. Johnson
14. Louis
15. W Klitscho
16. Frazier
17. Marciano
18. Charles
19. Walcott
20. Baer
21. Jefferies
22. Corbett
23. Willard
24. Fitzsimmons
25. Patterson
26. Braddock
27. Johannsen
28. Sharkey
29. Burns
30. Carnera
31. Sullivan
Out of curiosity I wonder where Sam Langford would fit in here?