The basic criteria for my ranking of the greatest heavyweights is fairly straight forward. How many wins does a fighter have against good opposition? My primary means of assessing this is via the Ring Magazine’s top ten ratings. My rationale for this has been explained before, but essentially, those rankings are the oldest, most reliable,… Read More 178 Greatest Heavyweights recalculation – Holyfield edition
This is the index page for the 200 Greatest Heavyweights series. I’m going to update this page with every new addition to the series, to make it easier to locate each profile. No reason for this picture, I just thought it was a good shot. Carnera probably agreed. Project Updates: Introduction and overview Recalculation from August… Read More The 200 Greatest Heavyweights index page
Well, I figured this would happen. Going through my heavyweight ranking, making some changes and doing some more research, I came to the conclusion that there are some good fighters that have been left out. More importantly, those fighters all have records that give them rankings higher that my lowest-ranked fighter on this list. I… Read More Updates to the Greatest Heavyweights, now The 178 Greatest Heavyweights
Gunnar Barlund Helsinki, Finland January 9, 1911 – August 1, 1982 6’1” / 191 1/2 – 208lbs 56-30-1-0(28) from 9/13/1934 to 4/3/1948 (13y7m) 2-11-0-0(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-UD-10 Alberto Santiago Lovell, W-UD-12 Buddy Scott, L-UD-10 Nathan Mann, L-TKO-7… Read More Number 203 – Gunnar Barlund
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
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