Alex Miteff (tied for 205) Santa Fe, Argentina March 25, 1935 6’1” / 197½-213lbs 25-13-1-0(15) from 6/8/1956 to 4/27/1967 (10y10m) 1-9-0-0(0) against the top ten 0-1-0-0(0) against linear champions 0-1-0-0(0) against hall-of-famers no fights for the linear championship Top Ten Opponents: W-SD-10 Nino Valdes, L-KO-1 Mike DeJohn, L-UD-10 Zora Folley, L-TKO-7, L-SD-10 Billy Hunter, L-UD-10 Eddie Machen,… Read More Number 205 – Alex Miteff
Andrew Golota Warsaw, Poland January 5, 1968 6’4” / 79” reach / 217-256lbs 41-9-1-1(33) from 2/7/1992 to 2/23/2013 (21y0m) 0-6-1-1(0) against the top ten 0-3-0-1(0) against linear champions 0-1-0-1(0) against hall-of-famers no fights for the linear championship Top ten opponents: D-12 Chris Byrd, NC-3 Mike Tyson, L-DQ-7, L-DQ-9 Riddick Bowe, L-KO-1 Lennox Lewis, L-TKO-10 Michael… Read More Number 204 – Andrew Golota
Turkey Thompson Anadarko, Oklahoma, USA December 25, 1919 – June 27, 1984 5’8½” / 73” reach / 157-218lbs 54-15-2-1(39) from 10/04/1938 to 5/17/1952 (13y7m) 0-7-1-0(0) against the top ten 0-0-0-0(0) against linear champions 0-1-0-0(0) against hall-of-famers no fights for the linear championship Top ten opponents: D-10 Abe Simon, L-UD-10 Bob Pastor, L-UD-10 Lee Q Murray,… Read More Number 207 – Turkey Thompson
James Tillis Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA July 5, 1957 6’1” / 80” reach / 186 – 261lbs 42-22-1-1(31) from 11/18/1978 to 4/13/2001(22y5m) 0-8-0-0 against the top ten 0-2-0-0 against linear champions 0-2-0-0 against hall-of-famers no fights for the linear championship Top ten opponents: L-UD-15 Mike Weaver, L-TKO-8 Pinklon Thomas, L-TKO-8 Greg Page, L-TKO-1 Tim Witherspoon, L-UD-10… Read More Number 208 – James “Quick” Tillis
This next post is the culmination of more than 3 years of research. I am a geek, and have always enjoyed lists and rankings. Others have ranked the all-time greatest boxers, both per weight-class, and pound-for-pound. For these last three years, I have been working on sort of a master list of the greatest heavyweights… Read More The Top 200 Heavyweights of All Time
Top 15 Heavyweights – April 29, 2014 The heavyweight division sucks. That’s the current narrative, anyway. In fact, throughout the years, that’s often been the narrative. The common consensus throughout most heavyweight eras is that one or two great fighters are dominating an otherwise weak division. Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Larry Holmes, and Mike Tyson… Read More Top 15 Heavyweights – April 29, 2014
This one isn’t a repost as much as a discovery. Earlier today, I was in my basement, pouring through boxes, doing some cleaning. I had just moved a month ago, and unpacking has been slow. In one of the boxes I found a folded up piece of paper. The paper contained my own heavyweight ranking,… Read More Historical Heavyweight Ranking – August 2011
Reposted from Facebook Top 15 Pound for pound for April 2014 – April 16, 2014 In the next few weeks, I plan to restart both my long dormant boxing and political blogs. I plan to move them over from Blogger to WordPress soon. I have had a bit of a creative run lately, and want to start getting… Read More Repost – Facebook – April 16, 2014 – Top 15 P4P for April 16, 2014
Reposted from Blogger and http://www.eastsideboxing.com/weblog/news.php?p=15700&more=1 on 05/17/08 Shaun George stops Chris Byrd in 9 – May 17, 2008 Well, it was worth a try. Chris Byrd’s attempt at rejuvenating his career by dropping two weight classes met with failure Friday night in Las Vegas. Shaun George proved to be too steep a challenge for the former two-time heavyweight titlist. The… Read More Repost – Blogger – May 17, 2008 – Shaun George stops Chris Byrd in 9
Reposted from Blogger Top Ten Heavyweights, 12/29/07 – December 29, 2007 I haven’t done a top ten list in a few months. However, not much has changed in the heavyweight division, especially in the top 5. Wlad is still number 1, but hasn’t fought since July. Maskaev and Peter have yet to get it on. A lot… Read More Repost – Blogger – December 29, 2007 – Top Ten Heavyweights, 12/29/07
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