Big Boy Brown (tied for 190) February 14, 1922 – February 1984 6’1” / 220-268lbs 14-22-2-0(9) from 4/8/1942 to 11/22/1950 (8y7m) 1-6-1-0(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: W-SD-10, D-10 Lou Brooks, L-UD-15 Harry Bobo, L-KO-8 Lee Q Murray, L-KO-11, L-UD-10… Read More Number 191 – Big Boy Brown
Patsy Perroni (tied for 192) February 3, 1912 – October 1, 1987 6’1½” / 77½” reach / 171¾-196lbs 71-18-8-0(25) from 4/1/1927 to 6/1/1944 (17y2m) 1-4-0-0(0) against the top ten 0-1-0-0(0) against linear champions 0-3-0-0(0) against hall-of-famers no fights for the linear championship Top ten opponents: W-UD10 Gus Dorazio, L-MD-10 Don McCorkindale, L-UD-10 Joe Louis, L-UD-6,… Read More Number 196 – Patsy Perroni
Mac Foster (tied for 199) June 27, 1942 – July 19, 2010 6’2” / 79” reach / 197-233 lbs 30-6-0-0(30) from 11/28/1966 to 2/26/1976 (9y3m) 0-4-0-0(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 -4 total score (0 + -4 + 0 + 0) In many… Read More Number 201 – Mac Foster
Monte Barrett (tied for 199) May 26, 1971 6’3” / 78” reach / 213-229lbs 35-11-2-0(20) from 8/16/1996 to 4/3/2014 (17y8m) 0-4-0-0(0) against the top ten 0-2-0-0(0) against linear champions 0-0-0-0(0) against hall-of-famers no fights for the linear championship Top ten opponents: L-TKO-7 Wladimir Klitschko, L-MD-10 Joe Mesi, L-UD-12 Hasim Rahman, L-TKO-11 Nicolay Valuev -4 total… Read More Number 202 – Monte Barrett
Jameel McCline (tied for 205) New York, New York, USA May 20, 1970 6’6” / 82” reach / 252-283¾lbs 41-13-3-0(24) from 10/10/1995 to 9/8/2012 (16y11m) 0-7-0-0(0) against the top ten 1-1-0-0(0) against linear champions 0-0-0-0(0) against hall-of-famers no fights for the linear championship Top ten opponents: L-TKO-10 Wladimir Klitschko, L-SD-12 Chris Byrd, L-UD-10 Calvin Brock,… Read More Number 206 – Jameel McCline
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
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