Comments Thread For: The Top 25 Heavyweights of All-Time – Top Ten

[Left Banned Tua]

mike tyson and george foreman would have beaten joe louis, rocky marciano, jack johnson, and jack dempsey all in the same night.

probably.

hell tua probably could have beat those guys.

they'd be light heavyweights in the modern era.

[tuxtucis]

probably.

hell tua probably could have beat those guys.

they'd be light heavyweights in the modern era.

Or more probably with modern training methods Marciano, Dempsey, Louis and Johnson would be 20 lbs heavier and would beat Tua handily...

[Dave Rado]

Or more probably with modern training methods Marciano, Dempsey, Louis and Johnson would be 20 lbs heavier and would beat Tua handily...

Modern training methods and modern diet. People are several inches taller on average now than they were in 1900, due to changes in diet.

[S.G.]

i think my top 10 would be almost exactly the same in name and order as this one, so good job i guess

[cameronpaul]

klitchskos should be at least top 15...and tyson top 10....i mean can you imagen jack demsey fighting a klitchsko or tyson. i love watching demseys old fights on youtube as well but best to list him as top 5 light heavy.

also i would rate the best heavyweight as the guy would would win the most fights against the best opposition in my heart of hearts foreman, marciano, tyson, and probably the best klichtsko.

[knn]

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Uff.

Another guy who is deluded by the term "heavyweight".

How can you put Marciano in the same list like Ali? In Marciano's times they didn't have the term "Cruiserweight" so they called it "Heavyweight". But Marciano has had no single real heavyweight fight (= both fighters 200+ lbs).

Stop deluding yourself. Marciano was a cruiser fighting cruiser bums. If you put Dempsey on the list (median weight was 187) you should also put Roy Jones on that list. Dempsey was only involved 1 time in his career in a real heavyweight fight: Against 0-6-0 bum Tom Riley.

Featherfist Joe Frazier (with only 18 heavyweight fights of which 4 were lost, and some other were against bums) should also not make it into the Top 10....

Idiotic list.

[knn]

I believe Lewis deserves to be ahead of Holyfield, not because he beat him, but because he was more consistent

Evan Fields' heavyweight record (= 200+ lbs opponents) is now 28-10. Evan Fields is barely top10 material.

[TheGreatA]

Uff.

Another guy who is deluded by the term "heavyweight".

How can you put Marciano in the same list like Ali? In Marciano's times they didn't have the term "Cruiserweight" so they called it "Heavyweight". But Marciano has had no single real heavyweight fight (= both fighters 200+ lbs).

Stop deluding yourself. Marciano was a cruiser fighting cruiser bums. If you put Dempsey on the list (median weight was 187) you should also put Roy Jones on that list. Dempsey was only involved 1 time in his career in a real heavyweight fight: Against 0-6-0 bum Tom Riley.

Featherfist Joe Frazier (with only 18 heavyweight fights of which 4 were lost, and some other were against bums) should also not make it into the Top 10....

Idiotic list.

Priceless post. Glad to see you back, already making a fool of yourself.

[knn]

Priceless post. Glad to see you back, already making a fool of yourself.

Nah, I am not back.

I just checked in to see reactions to Klitschko's last fight.
The haters get quieter and quieter everytime Klitschko wins. The trend towards pro-Klitschko started approx. after the Calvin Brock fight. It has continued since.

Add to it the fact that no other boxer in history has more amount of heavyweight-KO-footage than Klitschko then and you will see how in a few years it will be the consensus that Klitschko is far greater than Muhammad "see-my-sig" Ali.

The more one tries to deny it the more foolish ne will look after the next Klitschko win.

[TheGreatA]

Nah, I am not back.

I just checked in to see reactions to Klitschko's last fight.
The haters get quieter and quieter everytime Klitschko wins. It trend towards pro-Klitschko started approx. after the Calvin Brock fight. It has continued since.

Add to it the fact that no other boxer in history has more amount of heavyweight-KO-footage than Klitschko then and you will see how in a few years it will be the consensus that Klitschko is far greater than Muhammad "see-my-sig" Ali.

The more one tries to deny it the more foolish ne will look after the next Klitschko win.

Ali having "KO footage" over George Foreman equals the whole career of Wladimir Klitschko. Sure a win over a natural "sub-cruiser" like Eddie Chambers is fairly impressive, but these are not all-time greats that we're talking about here.

Wladimir's two best wins are over cruiserweight-sized Chris Byrd and Eddie Chambers, that's a fact.