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jackiebrown
09-13-2007, 05:05 PM
after much consideration i have finally come up with who i would like my favorite heavyweight of all time to be ... simple... sonny liston ..

the man exemplifide everything in your average tough blue collar heavyweight .. he was strong... intimidateing... a freak of nature ..

as his tomb says ... "a man" ...

i also heard the tune "night train" for the first time last night and my god that song is intimidateing in itself!...sounds like a tune to a mafia beat down
McGrain
09-13-2007, 06:30 PM
He's the daddy allright. My favourite too.
brooklyn1550
09-13-2007, 06:34 PM
My favorites are Liston, Holmes, and Lewis.
McGrain
09-13-2007, 06:35 PM
My favorites are Liston, Holmes, and Lewis.
Can you pick just one? If you had to?

Interesting mix actually.
brooklyn1550
09-13-2007, 06:37 PM
Can you pick just one? If you had to?

Interesting mix actually.

Probably Sonny Liston...the guy had it all
Robbi
09-13-2007, 07:23 PM
My favorites are Liston, Holmes, and Lewis.

Holmes and Lewis.

Never been a Liston fan, just don't like his style. Frazier and Tyson's as well for that matter. I've heard that Lison's book is meant to be a very good read "Night Train".
Maxmomer
09-13-2007, 07:37 PM
Liston was a badass motherfucker.
Hitman
09-13-2007, 07:41 PM
Ali
Holy
Holmes
josak
09-13-2007, 08:05 PM
Tyson.
apollack
09-14-2007, 12:01 AM
Joe Louis.
Blacc Jesus
09-14-2007, 12:08 AM
Frazier!
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09-14-2007, 12:11 AM
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C. M. Clay II
09-14-2007, 01:41 AM
My favorites are Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, and Mike Tyson.:good
Vanboxingfan
09-14-2007, 01:52 AM
My favourite is Dempsey followed by Lewis. I'd love it if they made a movie on Dempsey, that would be awesome.
Seamus
09-14-2007, 02:27 AM
Dempsey, Louis, Lewis.

Yeah, I get three.
Artani
09-14-2007, 02:41 AM
Muhamed Ali

then :

Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis
Evander Holyfield
Ridick Bowe

This generation of this four maybe was onr of the best in history of heavyweight.
jackiebrown
09-14-2007, 04:40 AM
My favourite is Dempsey followed by Lewis. I'd love it if they made a movie on Dempsey, that would be awesome.they already did .. gotta look up the movies prior to 2000 man:rofl
Holmes' Jab
09-14-2007, 05:05 AM
My faves:

Louis
Holmes
Johnson
Lewis
PowerPuncher
09-14-2007, 05:06 AM
Johnson, Tyson & Ali
Bigcat
09-14-2007, 08:56 AM
Liston had a mistique, an aura, few had it , but he commanded it. He was always surrounded by notoriety.. Great fighter who had a vast number of unknown quantities surrounding him. Liston was the epitomy of tough.
joe33
09-14-2007, 09:11 AM
Mines dempsey easily
joe33
09-14-2007, 09:13 AM
they already did .. gotta look up the movies prior to 2000 man:rofl


Is that the one with treat williams from the mid 80s or so?,not to shabby from my memorys.
Curtis Lowe
09-14-2007, 09:23 AM
Jerry Quarry. Kinda tough luck guy, came along the same time a Frazier, Ali. Seemed to get cut only in big fights, which most people don't know. He life was quite a soap opera.
Jack Dempsey
09-14-2007, 09:38 AM
Dempsey strangely enough
ironchamp
09-14-2007, 10:10 AM
For me:
Tyson

then Louis, Frazier, Foreman, Liston, Marciano.
jonesjrp4p1
09-14-2007, 10:16 AM
i have 2 hws in my top 10 all time favorites......tyson at 2 and dempsey at 6
mr. magoo
09-14-2007, 10:18 AM
My favorite is Evander Holyfield.

I know that he wasn't the greatest heavyweight of all time, but I guess that because I grew up watching him so closely that I developed a close liking for him.

Here are my main reasons:

1. He had tremendous guts

2. He never quite, even when badly hurt

3. He was a well rounded boxer/puncher

4. He always showed up in great shape

5. He fought the very best fighters available throughout most of his career

6. He was a modest gentleman who didn't talk trash, nor got into big fiascos in or out of the ring.
punchy
09-14-2007, 10:44 AM
I like Buster Douglas I could relate to him as a person I was a huge Tyson fan and usd to hate Douglas but when I found out more about him I liked him he was a very normal human being who when he got his chance did an extraordinary thing which winning the HW crown in any era is.
teeto
10-25-2007, 07:07 AM
There will only ever be 1 - Tyson
djb2009
10-25-2007, 07:49 AM
Rocky Marciano followed by Tyson/Ali
NickHudson
10-25-2007, 08:12 AM
Hey Mr M,

I like Holy too, and mainly for the same reasons as you.

However, no 6 is a bit iffy.

The Evan Fields Balco disgrace is certainly a fiasco in my book, and the 1000,000 illigitimate children is an out of ring disaster!!

Still, a genuine tough guy. I keep reviewing the Bowe trilogy...

My favorite is Evander Holyfield.

I know that he wasn't the greatest heavyweight of all time, but I guess that because I grew up watching him so closely that I developed a close liking for him.

Here are my main reasons:

1. He had tremendous guts

2. He never quite, even when badly hurt

3. He was a well rounded boxer/puncher

4. He always showed up in great shape

5. He fought the very best fighters available throughout most of his career

6. He was a modest gentleman who didn't talk trash, nor got into big fiascos in or out of the ring.
JohnThomas1
10-25-2007, 08:17 AM
Ali

Lewis

Page

:D
Robbi
10-25-2007, 08:22 AM
Holmes and Lewis.
dmt
10-25-2007, 09:24 AM
what movie was made on Dempsey
My dinner with Conteh
10-25-2007, 09:40 AM
Top 5.

1. Ali. It still has to be Ali, despite me going off him a 'little' in the past few years, mostly because of the bullshit that written about him. But his flawed personality still fascinates me, and he wasn't a bad fighter either.


2. Foreman. I actually like Foreman as a 'bloke' more than anything, he seems like a decent geezer and Holmes calling him a phoney convinces me that he was geniunely ok. Even Ali once said (around 74 ish) "Why does he act like a mean mother when he's a really nice guy". I don't always like watching him fight, but when against a brawler there was no one better.


3. Lewis. As a Brit that wasn't keen on Frank Bruno (a rarity), I found the perfect guy to root for. The fact that he was the best for a few years helped too, as the public finally took him to their hearts (around 2001).


4. Holyfield. The Deal came along when I was desperate for someone to beat Tyson up, so he was my favourite fighter during the 1990s (after Nigel Benn). Found it really difficult to pick who to support between him and Lewis when they first fought in 1999.


5. Johnson. The first book I ever read on boxing was Papa Jack by Randy Roberts and it still could be my favourite. I've forgotten more about Johnson than anyone. A few years ago I probably could have matched someone like Janitor in this area. I've a feeling a re-discovery is due.
My dinner with Conteh
10-25-2007, 09:49 AM
what movie was made on Dempsey



The Towering Inferno. It was about Fireman Jim Flynn 1st round KO of Jack. :p
Jbuz
10-25-2007, 09:54 AM
Ali. Followed by Louis. Followed by Tyson.
Holmes' Jab
10-25-2007, 09:56 AM
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janitor
10-25-2007, 10:00 AM
1. Sam Langford
2. Joe Louis
3. Jack Johnson
4. Max Schmeling
5. Peter Jackson
6. Jack Dempsey
JohnThomas1
10-25-2007, 10:05 AM
The Towering Inferno. It was about Fireman Jim Flynn 1st round KO of Jack. :p

Perhaps your finest yet, so frigging funny on so many damn levels and all of 2 sentences long :yikes

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl
Luigi1985
10-25-2007, 10:11 AM
Sam Langford
Bob Satterfield
Peter Jackson
Tom Sharkey
Rocky Marciano
Francesco Damiani
Harry Wills
Wayne Bethea
Bummy Davis
10-25-2007, 11:19 AM
Jack Dempsey,Joe Louis,Rocky Marciano,Walcott,Ali,Frazier,Foreman,Tyson, Lewis....exciting fighters of the elite.....2nd ...Vitali,Vlad,Golota,Galento,Quarry,Bonavena,Firpo,Satterfield,Langford,Baer,

IF I HAD TO PICK ONE OF ALL IT WOULD BE JERSEY JOE WALCOTT
dmt
10-25-2007, 11:21 AM
The Towering Inferno. It was about Fireman Jim Flynn 1st round KO of Jack. :pha ha very funny, however we all know ur posts have always been anti-Dempsey so i wasn't surprised at all. That however does not change that he was one of the best ever:good
My dinner with Conteh
10-25-2007, 11:33 AM
ha ha very funny, however we all know ur posts have always been anti-Dempsey so i wasn't surprised at all. That however does not change that he was one of the best ever:good



I was only joking mate. I know you're a Dempsey man. Just jesting. :good
dmt
10-25-2007, 11:37 AM
:lol:
Luigi1985
10-25-2007, 11:39 AM
I was only joking mate. I know you're a Dempsey man. Just jesting. :good


I always have to laugh/smile when I see your avatar, Steffen Freund looks like a Canadian beaver...
My dinner with Conteh
10-25-2007, 11:56 AM
I always have to laugh/smile when I see your avatar, Steffen Freund looks like a Canadian beaver...


No one messed with the Big Scot. Even a burglar that broke into his house tried to sue him for beating getting the shit beaten out of him.
DocDevil
10-25-2007, 01:18 PM
Got a lot of HW"s I really like.Some were champs,some were not.If I gotta pick one.It would be Charles{Sonny}Liston
PhillyPhan69
10-25-2007, 01:33 PM
Smokin' Joe easily!
Luigi1985
10-25-2007, 06:53 PM
No one messed with the Big Scot. Even a burglar that broke into his house tried to sue him for beating getting the shit beaten out of him.



:yep :thumbsup
Langford
10-25-2007, 07:07 PM
man, I got to many favorites to mention. They are all good in their ways and all unique.

Boxing is a man's sport. Not part of a team, you are the team.

Favorite heavyweights (and ones who fought at heavyweight) of all time:

Sullivan, Corbett, Jackson, Jeffries, Johnson, Langford, Jeanette, Wills, Dempsey, Tunney, Schmeling, Carnera, Gains, M Baer, Braddock, Louis, Bivins, Nova, Charles, Walcott, Marciano, Machen, Patterson, Liston, Ingo, Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, L. Spinks, Holmes, Witherspoon, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, Povetkin.