This past Saturday, former linear champion Wladimir Klitschko did battle with up-and-coming contender Anthony Joshua. Similar size, similar attributes, similar styles, the two heavyweights were like strange mirror images of each other. Except that the old lion was being underrated in many circles, and young Joshua was being somewhat overrated. Now, this is not a… Read More Overrated/Underrated – Heavyweight Edition
Tony Thompson (tied for 184) Silver Spring, Maryland, USA October 18, 1971 6’5” / 81½″ reach / 235-270lbs 40-7-0-0(27) from 1/27/2000 to 3/5/2016 (16y2m) 1-5-0-0(0) against the top ten 0-2-0-0(0) against linear champions 0-0-0-0(0) against hall-of-famers 1 fights for the linear championship – 0-1-0-0(0) Top ten opponents: W-SD-10 Odlanier Solis, L-KO-11, L-TKO-6 Wladimir Klitschko, L-UD-12 Kubrat Pulev,… Read More Number 186 – Tony Thompson
June 2015 Heavyweight Ranking So much for clarity. Several of the top 15 fought each other since my last ranking, and with a few exceptions, there was very little movement in the ratings as a result. Just a week before my last ranking update on January 22nd, previously 10th ranked Deontay Wilder took on his… Read More Top 15 Heavyweights – June 25, 2015
This past weekend, Bermane Stiverne and Deontay Wilder met to determine the next worthy challenger to the heavyweight crown, currently held by Wladimir Klitschko. The fight was considered by most observers to be a complete toss-up, with predictions divided almost evenly between the two. The only thing known about Wilder was that he carried a… Read More Wilder UD12 Stiverne – and ranking update
January 2015 Heavyweight Ranking It’s been more than 8 months since my last attempt at ranking the heavyweight division. It hasn’t been an incredibly active period for the heavies, but the good news is that the best are actually fighting each other, which is very gradually providing some clarity in the division. The champion is… Read More Top 15 Heavyweights – January 11, 2015
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
Well, it’s been more than 6 months since my last pound-for-pound ranking. While the pound-for-pound list is mythical and basically akin to intellectual masturbation, it remains a fun exercise. Plus, I relish the debates that lists like this bring. Quite a bit has happened in the last half year. Floyd Mayweather fought twice. Roman Gonzalez… Read More Top 15 Pound for Pound ranking – November 2014
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
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
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