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Thirty years after Tyson ascended to the heavyweight throne, a Google search for “Mike Tyson” reveals 8,590,00 results. A similar search for “Joe Louis” turns up 432,000. For some electors, the magnitude of a fighter’s fame was worthy of consideration. For others, it wasn’t.
- Joe Louis. The Brown Bomber was the undisputed heavyweight champion for 11¾ years and met all comers. He was a magnificent boxer-puncher whose biggest loss was to the Internal Revenue Service.
- Muhammad Ali. He reinvented himself over and over again. Beating Sonny Liston to win his first championship as a 7-to-1 underdog, defeating chief rival Joe Frazier two out of three times, stopping the undefeated George Foreman as a 4-to-1 underdog (to regain the title), outpointing Kenny Norton two out of three times and nearly everyone else during what was truly a “Golden Age of Heavyweights” (the 1960s and ’70s).
- Larry Holmes. Ali’s former sparring partner dominated everyone except Michael Spinks during his seven-plus years as heavyweight champion (1978-’85). A boxer-puncher with a power jab and heavy right hand who was seldom in a bad fight, Holmes was his own worst enemy PR-wise; constantly spewing negativity with his “I’m never appreciated by you media people” rhetoric.
- Rocky Marciano. “The Rock” is the only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated. Only 5-foot-10 and 185 pounds but was able to generate gigantic power.
First Ring Ranking: #9 Heavyweight (February 1935) Last Ring Ranking: #6 Heavyweight (March 1952) Record vs. Ring-rated Opponents: 31-3 (24 KOs, 2 KOBY) Overall Score Rank: 2. Peak Score Rank: 2. Win Total Rank: 9. Ring Magazine Championships: Heavyweight (1937-49)
Jun 14, 2019 · Jack Johnson. John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). Among the period's most dominant champions, Johnson remains a boxing legend, with his 1910 fight ...
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Dec 25, 2020 · As selected by The Ring magazine Ratings Panel online through results of Dec 31, 2015. Heavyweights. Cruiserweight. Tyson Fury, Champion. Wladimir Klitschko. Alexander Povetkin.
The Ring journalists who saw both at their peak ranked Marciano much higher than Ali, see the original post. Plus, Ali's peak came in a much shallower era. Active boxers by year: 1950: 12,233 1955: 9,518 1960: 8,718 1965: 6,520 1970: 7,569 1975: 6,779 1980: 9,381
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