Can you rank the top 20 heavyweight champions of all time?

Question

just wondering if Wladimir Klitschko is even top 20 and where some people place guys like baer and patterson

Answer 1

My top 20 heavyweights of all time are:

Muhammad Ali

Larry Holmes

Joe Louis

George Foreman

Lennox Lewis

Evander Holyfield

Rocky Marciano

Mike Tyson

Joe Frazier

Ken Norton

Gene Tunney

Jack Johnson

Sonny Liston

Jack Dempsey

Max Schmeling

Ezzard Charles

John L Sullivan

James J Corbett

Jersey Joe Walcott

Floyd Patterson

Riddick Bowe

Tim Witherspoon

Not in any real order after the top 10, I might switch a few here and there, but Klitschko definitely does not rank. He has 3 knockout losses to horrible fighters like Ross Purrity, and uneventful wins against Ibragimov . He just does not have the ferocity the fighters in my top 20 have and a great champion needs. He is winning in probably the weakest point in the divisions history.

Top 10 boxers of all time all weights in my opinion are

1. Sugar Ray Robinson

2. Roy Jones Jr

3. Harry Greb

4. Muhammad Ali

5. Ray Leonard

6. Henry Armstrong

7. Willie Pep

8. Julio Cesar Chavez

9. Archie Moore

10. Benny Leonard.

Answer 2

1.  Joe Louis

2.  Muhammad Ali

3.  Rocky Marciano

4.  Larry Holmes

5.  George Foreman

6.  Jack Johnson

7.  Joe Frazier

8.  Gene Tunney

9.  Jack Dempsey

10. Harry Wills

11. Evander Holyfield

12. Ezzard Charles

13. Sam Langford

14. Sonny Liston

15.  Jim Corbett

16. Joe Jeanette

17. Jersey Joe Walcott

18.  Jim Jeffries

19.  Lennox Lewis

20.  Mike Tyson

Answer 3

no. hes to mechanical

Answer 4

I seriously think you have to put Ali and Marciano...beyond that its a coin flip all the way to 20.  Wow for the guy behind me..number 8 for Marciano...undefeated..are you crazy?

Answer 5

You know, after about 10 fighters, the following 10 is pretty muddled and interchangeable, you could probably slip WK in there somewhere.  I'm sure there are a few top 20 guys he could beat.

Can I rank them?  No, after about #5 i start getting ambivalent.

#1 Ali

#2 Foreman

#3 Frazier

#4 Holmes (should be higher on this list, but didn't get a chance to prove it)

#5 Jack Johnson

#6 Jack Dempsey

#7 Joe Louis

Answer 6

Top 20 boxers of all time :

1- Muhammad Ali,

2- Larry Holmes,

3- Jack Dempsey,

4- James J. Braddock,

5- Sugar Ray Robinson,

6- Jake LaMotta,

7- Joe Louis,

8- Rocky Marciano,

9- Gabriel Elorde,

10-Mike Tyson,

11-Evander Holyfield,

12-Lennox Lewis,

13-George Foreman,

14-Joe Frazier,

15-Sugar Ray Leonard,

16-Marvelous Marvin Hagler,

17-Thomas Hearns,

18-Roberto Duran,

19-Julio César Chávez,

20-Roy Jones, Jr.,

The rest are :

Bernard Hopkins,

Sugar Shane Mosley,

Oscar de la Hoya,

Joe Calzaghe,

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.,

Kostya Tszyu,

Tito Trinidad,

Ricky Hatton,

Manny Pacquiao,

Arturo Gatti,

Micky Ward,

Ricardo Mayorga,

Fernando Vargas,

Jack Johnson,

Wladimir Klitschko.

Answer 7

1-Joe Louis

2-Rocky Marciano

3-Ali

4-Jack Dempsey

5-Jack Johnson

6-George Foreman

7-Joe Frazier

8-Sonny Liston

9-Larry Holmes

10-JJ Walcot

11-Lennox Lewis

12-Evander Holyfield

13-Ken Norton

14-Ezzard Charles

15-Floyd Patterson

16-Gene Tuney

17-Jim Jefferies

18-Jim Corbet

19-Max Baer

20-John L Sullivan

99- Buster Douglas

100-Mike Tyson

101-Wladimir Klitschko

Answer 8

Top 20?? That's toooooooo long of a list. I;d probably go with Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Ali, Holmes, and Marciano as my top 5.  Klitchko is a Baer or Patterson.  He might be the champ, but he's not one of the all-time greats.