Top 50 Heavyweights of All-Time in Their Prime
(Peak Year in Parenthesis)
1. Muhammad Ali (1966)------last great performance: 1975 6'3" 213 LBS
2. Mike Tyson (1988)---------last great performance: 1996 5'10" 218 LBS $$$$teroids
3. Joe Louis (1938)----------last great performance: 1948 6'2" 199 LBS
4. Jack Johnson (1908)-----last great performance: 1914 6'1" 192 LBS
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5. Larry Holmes (1980)------last great performance: 1992 6'3" 212 LBS
6. George Foreman (1973)----last great performance: 1994 6'4" 218 LBS
7. Joe Frazier (1971)-----last great performance: 1975 5'11" 205 LBS
8. Sonny Liston (1960)-----last great performance: 1964 6'1" 213 LBS
9. Lennox Lewis (1997)----last great performance: 2002 6'5" 244 LBS $$$$teroids
10. Riddick Bowe (1992)-----last great performance: 1995 6'5" 235 LBS
11. Jack Dempsey (1919)----last great performance: 1927 6'1" 187 LBS
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12. Evander Holyfield (1991)---last great performance: 1999 6'2" 208 LBS $$$$teroids
13. Rocky Marciano (1953)-----last great performance: 1955 5'11" 185 LBS
14. Floyd Patterson (1957)-----last great performance: 1967 6'0" 190 LBS
15. Jim Jeffries (1900)----------last great performance: 1903 6'2" 206 LBS
16. Harry Wills (1915)-----------last great performance: 1924 6'2" 205 LBS
17. Ken Norton (1973)---------last great performance: 1978 6'3" 210 LBS
18. Wladimir Klitschko (2006)-----last great performance: 2013 6'6" 241 LBS $$$$teroids
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19. Gene Tunney (1926)---------last great performance: 1928 6'0" 190 LBS
20. Ezzard Charles (1950)-------last great performance: 1954 6'0" 185 LBS
21. Sam Langford (1912)---------last great performance: 1920 5'7" 185 LBS
22. Michael Spinks (1985)-------last great performance: 1987 6'2" 200 LBS
23. Michael Moorer (1994)------last great performance: 1994 6'2" 214 LBS $$$$$teroids
24. Vitali Klitschko (2004)--------last great performance: 2012 6'8" 250 LBS $$$$$teroids
25. Jersey Joe Walcott (1947)----last great performance: 1952 6'0" 194 LBS
26. Buster Douglas (1990)-------last great performance: 1990 6'3" 232 LBS
27. Tim Witherspoon (1985)------last great performance: 1996 6'3" 221 LBS
28. Gerry Cooney (1982)----------last great performance: 1982 6'6" 225 LBS
29. Ike Ibeabuchi (1997)-----------last great performance: 1999 6'2" 235 LBS $$$$$teroids
30. Max Schmeling (1931)---------last great performance: 1936 6'1" 190 LBS
31. Ingemar Johansson (1959)----last great performance: 1961 6'1" 196 LBS
32. John L. Sullivan (1882)-------last great performance: 1892 5'11" 205 LBS
33. Max Baer (1933)---------------last great performance: 1940 6'2" 203 LBS
34. Carl Williams (1985)----------last great performance: 1993 6'4" 215 LBS
35. Oscar Bonavena (1966)------last great performance: 1969 5'11" 205 LBS
36. Jerry Quarry (1968)-----------last great performance: 1973 6'0" 198 LBS
37. Ernie Terrell (1964)------------last great performance: 1966 6'6" 203 LBS
38. Jimmy Ellis (1968)------------last great performance: 1970 6'1" 198 LBS
39. Michael Dokes (1983)-------last great performance: 1989 6'2" 216 LBS
40. Bob Fitzsimmons (1897)-----last great performance: 1902 6'0" 170 LBS
41. Tony Tubbs (1985)-----------last great performance: 1986 6'3" 229 LBS
42. Jimmy Young (1976)---------last great performance: 1977 6'2" 213 LBS
43. Ray Mercer (1995)------------last great performance: 1996 6'1" 225 LBS
44. Andrew Golota (1996)-------last great performance: 2004 6'4" 243 LBS $$$$$teroids
45. Tommy Morrison (1993)----last great performance: 1995 6'2" 226 LBS $$$$teroids
46. Chris Byrd (2002)------------last great performance: 2004 6'0" 214 LBS
47. Frank Bruno (1986)----------last great performance: 1995 6'3" 238 LBS $$$$$teroids
48. Ron Lyle (1974)--------------last great performance: 1976 6'3" 216 LBS
49. James Toney (2003)--------last great performance: 2006 5'10" 217 LBS $$$$teroids
50. Pinklon Thomas (1984)----last great performance: 1985 6'3" 216 LBS
Top 25 careers in Heavyweight History
1. Joe Louis................25 quality wins, 26-1 in Title Fights (Champion in 12 years)
2. Muhammad Ali......28 quality wins, 22-3 in Title Fights (Champion in 9 years) CHAMPION 3X
3. Lennox Lewis........15 quality wins, 15-2-1 in Title Fights (Champion in 9 years) CHAMPION 2X
4. Larry Holmes.........15 quality wins, 20-5 in Title Fights (Champion in 8 years)
5. Rocky Marciano.....11 quality wins, 7-0 in Title Fights (Champion in 4 years)
6. Wladimir Klitschko....18 quality wins, 22-2 in Title Fights (Champion in 9 years as of 2014)
7. Jack Johnson..........14 quality wins, 5-1-1 in Title Fights (Champion in 8 years)
8. George Foreman....13 quality wins, 5-2 in Title Fights (Champion in 4 years) CHAMPION 2X
9. Joe Frazier...............12 quality wins, 10-2 in Title Fights (Champion in 6 years)
10. Jack Dempsey.........12 quality wins, 6-2 in Title Fights (Champion in 8 years)
11. Evander Holyfield..16 quality wins, 10-7-2 in Title Fights (Champ in 10 years) CHAMPION 3X
12. Mike Tyson................14 quality wins, 12-4 in Title Fights (Champion in 6 years) CHAMPION 2X
13. Floyd Patterson........13 quality wins, 8-5 in Title Fights (Champion in 6 years) CHAMPION 2X
14. Vitali Klitschko...........10 quality wins, 13-2 in Title Fights
15. John L. Sullivan..........7 quality wins, 3-1-1 in Title Fights (Champion for 10 years)
16. Gene Tunney.............14 quality wins, 3-0 in Title Fights (Champion in 3 years)
17. Ezzard Charles..........18 quality wins, 9-4 in Title Fights (Champion in 3 years)
18. Jim Jeffries...................7 quality wins, 8-1 in Title Fights (Champion in 5 years)
19. Riddick Bowe............10 quality wins, 5-1 in Title Fights (Champion in 3 years)
20. Sonny Liston..............10 quality wins, 2-2 in Title Fights (Champion in 4 years)
21. Michael Spinks............6 quality wins, 3-1 in Title Fights (Champion in 3 years)
22. Max Schmeling...........8 quality wins, 2-2 in Title Fights (Champion in 2 years)
23. Max Baer.....................6 quality wins, 1-1 in Title Fights (Champion in 2 years)
24. Primo Carnera............8 quality wins, 3-1 in Title Fights (Champion in 2 years)
25. Jersey Joe Walcott.....6 quality wins, 2-5 in Title Fights (Champion in 2 years)
