Bert Sugar, the noted golf historian, has published a book in which he ranks the ten greatest heavyweights as such: 10) Larry Holmes, 9) Joe Frazier, 8) George Foreman, 7) Ezzard Charles, 6) Rocky Marciano, 5) Gene Tunney, 4) Jack Johnson, 3) Jack Dempsey, 2) Muhammad Ali and 1) Joe Louis. Do you agree?
2007-09-23 11:33:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
Sonny Liston?
2007-09-23 11:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by loofa36 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Jack Johnson
4. Jack Dempsey
5. George Foreman
6. Rocky Marciano
7. Mike Tyson
8. Joe Frazier
9. Evander Holyfield
10. Lennox Lewis
2007-09-23 15:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
My list is
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Jack Johnson
4. George Foreman
5. Sonny Liston
6. Joe Frazier
7. Larry Holmes
8. Jack Dempsey
9. Rocky Marciano
10. Archie Moore
2007-09-24 05:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by Big E 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I agree except that Mike Tyson isn't on the list. I think we should put Tyson on the 10th spot and take Ezzard Charles out of the list. Tyson, despite his self-destructive ways that cost him perhaps a spot among the top 3, deserves to be among the great heavyweights of all time. From the beginning, Tyson was a prodigy with phenomenal talent. He had amazing speed for a heavyweight and frightening power in both fists. He was a fundamentally sound fighter with that brutal animal instinct inside the ring. Most of all, he single-handedly kept the division alive from the mid-80's well into the 90's.
2007-09-23 13:53:49 · answer #4 · answered by bundini 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
No.
1. Rocky Marciano
2. Joe Louis
3. George Foreman
4. Jack Dempsey
5. Muhammad Ali
...the rest is incidental.
2007-09-24 04:50:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Sonny Liston will never make a best of list. His wins were questionable by his ties with the mafia. So long as that is there..all of his wins...and how terribly he lost to his first major challenge in Cassius Clay...will keep him out of any list.
Mike Tyson is not worthy of any best of list. His "career" prime ended when he was twenty three years. Since then anyone he has fought ranked above five he has lost to. Most of the fighters on this list have wins lasting in at least ten and twelve years.
George Foreman deserves a higher rating....for being the oldest heavyweight champion. Its noteworthy.
2007-09-23 12:19:34 · answer #6 · answered by kieran27 5 · 3⤊ 6⤋
He has Tunney and Dempsey a little high but this is a pretty good ranking. I would put Johnson and Marciano at 3,4.
2007-09-23 11:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by Allen 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
He should stick to golf, as he missed Liston and at least 2 brits.
2007-09-23 11:44:11 · answer #8 · answered by canadaguy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
# 1 was ali #2 holmes and you can put the reat where you want them as long as you keep maciano last.
2007-09-26 14:14:30 · answer #9 · answered by saxaphonist 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't agree but if Bert Sugar says it its true. If you add up all the boxing he's watched, it's probably more time than I've actually been alive.
2007-09-23 13:12:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋