He is the greatest could-have-been of the heavyweight history and maybe Bowe at his best would have defeaded any other fighter in the history. Still, he can't be considered great, because his peak was shorter than David Tua's reach.

For those who don't consider Ali a great. I can understand you who say that Ali would be beaten by many other champions, it's very possible that Holmes, Bowe, Lewis ect. would have defeated him. Still, I think he must be considered as a great. For example, Jesse Owens was most certainly a great athl...

Wasn't Ricardo Lopez quite close to it or did he even break it?! Maybe somebody knows better how many defenses he had in the 105lbs. I believe the record could be broken in the heavys also. Larry Holmes was even close to it. Had he taken on a couple of (more) bums, then who knows. Remember, Joe didn...

Wasn't Ricardo Lopez quite close to it or did he even break it?! Maybe somebody knows better how many defenses he had in the 105lbs. I believe the record could be broken in the heavys also. Larry Holmes was even close to it. Had he taken on a couple of (more) bums, then who knows. Remember, Joe didn...

That was him, I meant the Finnegan guy. Thanks for you both!

I remember there was talk about "the biggest fighter in the world" some time ago, I remember that for example Fightnews interviewed him. I believe he weighed over 400lbs. He had had a couple of fights which he had won. I just can't remember his name, so could you help me? Is he still fight...

Ok. ALi lost to Leon Spinks and I agree that probably none of the guys you mentioned would have lost him at the age of 36. However, the age is not the same for all fighters. Ali's fighting was based on his lightening speed and reflexes and not puncing power like Lewis, Tyson Foreman ect. Speed is go...

I never understood why Bowe skittered Lewis (which he most certainly did). Ok, he got beat by LL in the olympics but I think he was much more complete pro in 1991-93 and if they had fought, I have little doubt that Bowe would have kayoed Lewis pretty easily. That time Lewis' balamce was poor, he for...

I agree with overhand that Jesse was often treated unfairly and he should be remembered as a worthy contender instead of a human punching bag. Nevertheless, he has also himself to blame. I saw his fight with Nicolson and in the match Ferguson seemed to be really unintrested, as if he didn't care at ...

...He beat Iran Barkley, who kayoed Gerrei Coetzee, who topped James Tillis, who bested Earnie Shavers, who wrecked Ken Norton, who outpointed Muhammad Ali!!