My Top Ten Greatest Heavyweight Champs Of All Time!

[Feint]

Hard to come up with a top 10, but in my opinion:

1. Louis and Ali and probably had the most skills of any Heavyweights ever.

2. Jeffries might of been the toughest. Hard to say because that category is really subjective.

2. Lewis was slightly overrated as a champion. Because of recent events, Tyson has been underrated.

3. Holmes will never get the credit he deserves both in and out of the ring. People simply just did not like the guy. Tunney is sometimes overlooked as well.

[McGrain]

Here's my top 10 head to head:

1) Ali
2) Louis
3) Liston
4) Johnson
5) Lewis
6) Frazier
7) Jeffries
8) Hollyfield
9) Foreman
10)Holmes.

[Panamaniac]

In their prime...

1. Joe Louis
2. Jack Johnson
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Jack Dempsey
5. Mike Tyson
6. Rocky Marciano
7. Larry Holmes
8. Sonny Liston
9. George Foreman
10. Joe Frazier

[THE REAL NINJA]

My list is the true list of all time great heavyweight champs:

1) Muhammad Ali
2) Sonny Liston
3) Joe Louis
4) Jack Johnson
5) Larry Holmes
6) George Foreman
7) Mike Tyson
8) Joe Frazier
9) Jack Dempsey
10) Rocky Marciano

Jack Johnson would not beat all but Louis,Liston and Ali, no frickin way.

[Panamaniac]

Observation:

Most of us share the same selection of champs. The only thing that varies is the order in which they're placed.

[Feint]

Jack Johnson would not beat all but Louis,Liston and Ali, no frickin way.

Your right, but I think you have to look at how a particular Champion dominated in the era in which he fought. Most of the fighters pre-Jack Dempsey were much smaller than the ones that box today.

[porlie]

My Top Ten

1/Marciano
2/Louis
3/Ali
4/Tyson
5/Dempsey
6/Johnson
7/Holmes
8/Liston
9/Frazier
10/Holyfield

[dassler]

ok here goes dont hit me )

here's mine. i tried not to focus too heavily on accomplishments such as multiple championship reigns, undefeated records and whatnot since most of the time those come down to being at the right place at the right time. instead i chose my top criterion to be in-prime head-to-head aptitude and capability. level of opposition, longevity, skill level, and physical attributes were also considered

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Holmes
4. Holyfield
5. Marciano
6. Lewis
7. Johnson
8. Frazier
9. Liston
10. Tyson

Gene Tunney would've made #4 but he's a lightheavy who finished as a heavyweight champion in my book.

[butterfly1964]

Jack Johnson would not beat all but Louis,Liston and Ali, no frickin way.

Well, I've changed my list since then.

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Sonny Liston
3. George Foreman
4. Mike Tyson
5. Joe Louis
6. Larry Holmes
7. Joe Frazier
8. Jack Johnson
9. Jack Dempsey
10. Lennox Lewis

[Boxalot]

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Rocky Marciano
3. Joe Louis
4. Jack Johnson
5. Jack Dempsey
6. Larry Holmes
7. Jim Jeffries (If he had more fights then no doubt he would be higher)
8. George Foreman
9. Gene Tunney (would be alot higher if he had spent more of his career at the weight)
10. Joe Frazier

Honourable mentions: Sam Langford, Bob Fitzsimmons, Ezzard Charles, Ken Norton, Sonny Liston, Mike Tyson, Harry Wills and Lennox Lewis.