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The poll evaluated 20 champions dating back to the dawn of gloved heavyweight championship fights. The fighters, listed chronologically, are John L. Sulllivan, James Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, James Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes ...
- 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.
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Feb 9, 2022 · The first of two wins against Roger Rouse, their non-title affair in 1968, came a few months after Rouse exited the top ten after several years in the rankings. Scoring Results: Allen Thomas TKO 1 – (9) – 175 – 06/64. Ernie Terrell KO by 7 – (5+) – Hvy – 08/64. Henry Hank UD 12 – (10) – 175 – 08/65.
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Thomas Hauser, a regular contributor to THE RING, polled 30 experts – trainers, matchmakers, historians and members of the media – to determine the greatest big man ever, a process we believe gives this poll added weight. Hauser gave them a list of 20 heavyweights from the beginning of the gloved era from which to choose, although some ...
