Your top 20 HW's of all time

OK I am not sure how to make this list. Do we do it by talent or career or a combination of the two?

Soonermark890 wrote:OK I am not sure how to make this list. Do we do it by talent or career or a combination of the two?

However you want to is the answer. I have always done mine with a basis on accomplishment and a strong emphasis on my opinion of "who beats who".

The top ten is easy for me, but after ten, the level of seperation between places gets slimmer.
1. Joe Louis
2. Muhammed Ali
3. Larry Holmes
4. Evander Holyfield
5. George Foreman
6. Rocky Marciano
7. Joe Frazier
8. Jack Dempsey
9. Jim Jeffries
10. Lennox Lewis
11. Sonny Liston
12. Mike Tyson
13. Riddick Bowe
14. Ezzard Charles
15. Joe Walcott
16. Wvladimir Klitschko
17. Vitali Klitschko
18. Max Baer
19. Floyd Patterson
20. Tim WItherspoon

boxinglawyer wrote:

Soonermark890 wrote:OK I am not sure how to make this list. Do we do it by talent or career or a combination of the two?

However you want to is the answer. I have always done mine with a basis on accomplishment and a strong emphasis on my opinion of "who beats who".

The top ten is easy for me, but after ten, the level of seperation between places gets slimmer.
1. Joe Louis
2. Muhammed Ali
3. Larry Holmes
4. Evander Holyfield
5. George Foreman
6. Rocky Marciano
7. Joe Frazier
8. Jack Dempsey
9. Jim Jeffries
10. Lennox Lewis
11. Sonny Liston
12. Mike Tyson
13. Riddick Bowe
14. Ezzard Charles
15. Joe Walcott
16. Wvladimir Klitschko
17. Vitali Klitschko
18. Max Baer
19. Floyd Patterson
20. Tim WItherspoon

The Rock at number 6? That is the only one in the top 10 that I see that I would change. Also Tyson I would have much lower in the top 20. To be honest I am not sure I would have him in the top 20. Maybe I am too hard on Tyson.

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Larry Holmes
4) Rocky Marciano
5) Evander Holyfield.
6) George Foreman
7) Joe Frazier
8) Jack Dempsey
9) Jack Johnson
10) Lennox Lewis
11. Jim Jeffries
12) Ezzard Charles
13. Mike Tyson
14) Sonny Liston
15) Gene Tunney
16.John L. Sullivan
17) Harry Wills
18. Sam Langford
19. Max Schmeling
20. Max Baer

boxinglawyer wrote:

Soonermark890 wrote:OK I am not sure how to make this list. Do we do it by talent or career or a combination of the two?

However you want to is the answer. I have always done mine with a basis on accomplishment and a strong emphasis on my opinion of "who beats who".

The top ten is easy for me, but after ten, the level of seperation between places gets slimmer.
1. Joe Louis
2. Muhammed Ali
3. Larry Holmes
4. Evander Holyfield
5. George Foreman
6. Rocky Marciano
7. Joe Frazier
8. Jack Dempsey
9. Jim Jeffries
10. Lennox Lewis
11. Sonny Liston
12. Mike Tyson
13. Riddick Bowe
14. Ezzard Charles
15. Joe Walcott
16. Wvladimir Klitschko
17. Vitali Klitschko
18. Max Baer
19. Floyd Patterson
20. Tim WItherspoon

no jack johnson?

1. muhammad ali
2. joe louis
3. george foreman
4. rocky marciano
5. larry holmes
6. joe frazier
7. jack dempsey
8. jack johnson
9. evander holyfield
10. sonny liston
11. lennox lewis
12. jim jeffries
13. mike tyson
14. ezzard charles
15. joe walcott
16. gene tunney
17. riddick bowe
18. max baer
19. sam langford
20. max schmelling

its a hard list to do. i change it all the time. there are a ton that i could change around. only #1 and #2 are a 100% definite for me.

i think in the past this was covered when sooner said he didnt think tyson warranted a top 20.this is when marble was here and the disgussion evolved into talking the top 20.non the less a good topic.i think most of us will agree with about 15 of the 20 and just placement of thoses are different.there are several factors that should be considered when making a list.several with deep thought siince most of the list is great ones indeed.my top 3 is written in stone.1.marciano2.louis3.ali.the next 3 are written in semi-stone lol..4.dempsey 5.tunney 6. holmesthe next 4 round out the final 10.foreman frazier charles johnson...11.lewis 12.liston13.hollifield 14.walcott 15.tyson16.jeffries 17.harry wills 18.bowe 19.langford 20.wlad by default...charles tunney langford surely are great ones and make my top 3 also at light heavy since they fought a lot of fights there.