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1. Lennox Lewis
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Wladimir Klitschko
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Larry Holmes
6. George Foreman
7. Mike Tyson
8. Rocky Marciano
9. Joe Louis
10. Jack Dempsey

I know some people might think it's strange that I put the Klitschko's in as there're still active but they done enough and they at the end of there careers, only thing I can think is that Wlad could go to number 2 if he finishes his career, with some good wins, however he wont ever get the opportunity to get to number 1 as he just won't have the competition.

How many times is this subject going to come up!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

1 Vitali Klitschko
2 Lennox Lewis
3 Evander Holyfield
4 Wladimir Klitschko
5 Joe Louis
6 Muhammad Ali
7 Larry Holmes
8 Tony Thompson
9 George Foreman
10 David Haye

I take the above is a joke?

evrenb wrote:I take the above is a joke?

No, I'd really rate Wladimir as low as no. 4. Although he beat two fighters in the all-time top 10, he's also lost to a trio that barely makes my top 25.

10. Muhammad ali
9. Rocky marciano
8. Fainting phil scott
7. Duane bobick
6. David jaco
5. Courage thsabalala
4. Pretty boy roy shaw
3. David haye
2. Carl thompson
1. Johnny nelson

evrenb wrote:10. Muhammad ali
9. Rocky marciano
8. Fainting phil scott
7. Duane bobick
6. David jaco
5. Courage thsabalala
4. Pretty boy roy shaw
3. David haye
2. Carl thompson
1. Johnny nelson

That made me chuckle.

wouter wrote:1 Vitali Klitschko
2 Lennox Lewis
3 Evander Holyfield
4 Wladimir Klitschko
5 Joe Louis
6 Muhammad Ali
7 Larry Holmes
8 Tony Thompson
9 George Foreman
10 David Haye

Haha no Mike Tyson but Tony Thompson and David Haye, gotta hear the thought process behind this.

evrenb wrote:How many times is this subject going to come up!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

Yeah, there's far too much boxing talk around here.

Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali
Larry Holmes
George Foreman
Rocky Marciano
Joe Frazier
Lennox Lewis
Evander Holyfield
Jack Dempsey
Jack Johnson

I feel like I've missed someone but I can't think who.

Having Vitali Klitscho as the greatest HW of all time is simply a joke. Tell me who he beat that puts him there above guys like Louis, Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holyfield, Lewis, Holmes etc

Controversial wrote:

wouter wrote:1 Vitali Klitschko
2 Lennox Lewis
3 Evander Holyfield
4 Wladimir Klitschko
5 Joe Louis
6 Muhammad Ali
7 Larry Holmes
8 Tony Thompson
9 George Foreman
10 David Haye

Haha no Mike Tyson but Tony Thompson and David Haye, gotta hear the thought process behind this.

What thought process?

1) Wladimir Klitschko

2) Vitali Klitschko

3) Lennox Lewis

4) Mike Tyson

5) Corrie Sanders

6) David Tua

7) Sam Peter

8 ) Chris Byrd

9) Ross Purrity

10) Muhammad Ali

dempseyfire wrote:1) Wladimir Klitschko

2) Vitali Klitschko

3) Lennox Lewis

4) Mike Tyson

5) Corrie Sanders

6) David Tua

7) Sam Peter

8 ) Chris Byrd

9) Ross Purrity

10) Muhammad Ali

Top 4 ok... aftre that it gets absurd. smh

What we need is a top ten heavyweight list of the passed thirty years. Not an all time list.

1. Holmes
2. Lewis
3. Holyfield
4. Tyson
5. Bowe
6. Vitali
7. Vladimir
8. Witherspoon
9. Foreman
10. Ruddock

Thats from the last 30 years, not all time and is rating Foreman in his second career

dr_devious wrote:1. Holmes
2. Lewis
3. Holyfield
4. Tyson
5. Bowe
6. Vitali
7. Vladimir
8. Witherspoon
9. Foreman
10. Ruddock

Thats from the last 30 years, not all time and is rating Foreman in his second career

I would have rated Foreman higher, dropped Ruddock and replaced him with one of the other alphabet champions of the time like Coetzee or Dokes. I do also rate Corrie Sanders high as being maybe the most underated talent in the division during that time. And don't forget, the man with the most wins over high quality opposition during that time, David Tua.

HomicideHenry wrote:What we need is a top ten heavyweight list of the passed thirty years. Not an all time list.

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Wladimir Klitschko
4. Mike Tyson
5. Evander Holyfield
6. Riddick Bowe
7. Larry Holmes
8. Tim Wetherspoon
9. Pinklon Thomas
10. Chris Bird

dempseyfire wrote:1) Wladimir Klitschko

2) Vitali Klitschko

3) Lennox Lewis

4) Mike Tyson

5) Corrie Sanders

6) David Tua

7) Sam Peter

8 ) Chris Byrd

9) Ross Purrity

10) Muhammad Ali

nice punch line for an ironic joke ...

wouter wrote:

evrenb wrote:I take the above is a joke?

No, I'd really rate Wladimir as low as no. 4. Although he beat two fighters in the all-time top 10, he's also lost to a trio that barely makes my top 25.

Purrity, Sanders and Brewster all scrape into your all time top 25? Wow. You know, right, that heavyweight boxing existed BEFORE the K brothers debut? I don't think Purrity has ever been in the top 25 of active fighters, even!

I've got my sarcasm meter tuned wrong, haven't I?

SamWise72 wrote:I've got my sarcasm meter tuned wrong, haven't I?

It may need a bit of fine-tuning.

wouter wrote:

SamWise72 wrote:I've got my sarcasm meter tuned wrong, haven't I?

It may need a bit of fine-tuning.

Its 440hz as far as im concerned :-)

In no particular Order:


Muhammad Ali
Larry Holmes
Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis
Evander Holyfield
Gene Tunney
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Vitali Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko

CrazyHorse wrote:In no particular Order:


Muhammad Ali
Larry Holmes
Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis
Evander Holyfield
Gene Tunney
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Vitali Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko

Reasonable list. But can you really see Muhammad Ali beating a prime Lennox Lewis or todays version of Wladimir?