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Posted: 27 Nov 2005, 11:08
by Cap
Don't get so excited, guys. This was Bert "I Sure Kin Pickem" Sugar we're talking about. When was the last time he actually picked the winner in a major fight? 1962? The guy has a big mouth, smokes big cigars and wears a big hat. He's made for TV. Like Bozo the Clown.
Cap
Posted: 27 Nov 2005, 11:23
by Rory McCloskey
does anyone here have examples of top 10 heavyweight lists from people considered boxing EXPERTS or boxing historians... everytime i see an expert give out a list its ALOT different then the lists u see in this forum. often frazier and foreman get left out along with rocky...could anyone posts some lists along with which "expert" gave them..i wanna know what they think
Posted: 27 Nov 2005, 12:00
by Ric
Rory McCloskey wrote:does anyone here have examples of top 10 heavyweight lists from people considered boxing EXPERTS or boxing historians...
The International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) came out with such a list this past March, in its Journal Issue #85. Note, however, that approximately one-half of its members did not vote, for one reason or another. So the list is based upon ballots submitted by 45 members. Their Top 20 Heavyweight List is:
20. Bob Fitzsimmons
19. James J. Corbett
18. Harry Wills
17. Ezzard Charles
16. Jersey Joe Walcott
15. Sam Langford
14. Evander Holyfield
13. Mike Tyson
12. Lennox Lewis
11. Gene Tunney
10. Joe Frazier
9. Sonny Liston
8. George Foreman
7. James J. Jeffries
6. Larry Holmes
5. Rocky Marciano
4. Jack Dempsey
3. Jack Johnson
2. Muhammad Ali
1. Joe Louis
http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/I ... sue_No._85
(42 members participated in the Light Heavyweight balloting, too.)