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  • Top 10 Heavyweight Champions

    Top ten heavyweight champions

     

    Joe Louis

    Muhammad Ali

    Larry Holmes

    Rocky Marciano

    Jack Johnson

    Jack Dempsey

    Mike Tyson

    George Foreman

    Joe Frazier

    Evander Holyfield

     

    This is my personal list of the top 10 heavyweight champions of all time.  I have no problem with those of you that would out Ali ahead of Louis.  Just remember that Louis was champ for 11 years 7 months.  That’s longer than any title holder in any weight division.  Larry Holmes is a vastly underrated fighter who held the tile for 7 years before being upset by light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks.  Holmes was well past his prime when they fought in September of 1985.

    Rocky Marciano didn’t hold the title as long as the above mentioned fighters but he did manage to retire undefeated.  Something no other champion has been able to do.

    Jack Johnson was far superior to his fistic peers during his title reign.  He was a man ahead of his times as far as race relations go.

     

    I’ll right more in the near future.  

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