Mike Paul's All-Time Heavyweight Ratings 1881-2001 Page

ALL-TIME ALTERNATIVE LIST.

This first appeared in Run 014 "NEW THIS RUN", Jan 17, 2002. It's been changed slightly since. 

        
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Here's another way to measure ALL-TIME GREATNESS!
The number of YEAR-ENDs each fighter was rated as #1:

   *CHAMPIONS*              
12. JOE LOUIS (surprise, surprise!)

10. MUHAMMAD ALI

 8. JACK DEMPSEY

 7. JAMES J JEFFRIES
    LARRY HOLMES

 6. SONNY LISTON

 5. JACK JOHNSON                          
                           *NON-CHAMPS*
 4.                         PETER JACKSON
    GENE TUNNEY
    MAX SCHMELING
    ROCKY MARCIANO
    RIDDICK BOWE

 3. JOHN L SULLIVAN (1st 'M.Q.' title fight in 1885) 
                            JIMMY BIVINS
    FLOYD PATTERSON                       
    JOE FRAZIER
    MIKE TYSON
    EVANDER HOLYFIELD
    LENNOX LEWIS

 2.                         PETER MAHER
    JIM CORBETT
    BOB FITZSIMMONS                      
    JESS WILLARD
    EZZARD CHARLES

 1.                         PAT KILLEN 
                            FRANK SLAVIN       
    MARVIN HART
    TOMMY BURNS
                            PH. JACK O'BRIEN
                            SAM LANGFORD
                            SAM McVEY
                            GUNBOAT SMITH
                            FRANK MORAN
                            HARRY WILLS (#2 SIX times!!)
                            HARRY GREB      
                            TOMMY GIBBONS
    JACK SHARKEY
    PRIMO CARNERA           YOUNG STRIBLING
    MAX BAER
    JERSEY JOE WALCOTT
    INGEMAR JOHANSSON
                            KEN NORTON
    GEORGE FOREMAN
                            GERRY COONEY
    MICHAEL SPINKS


Of the thirty-six Champs only the six below were never #1.
Their highest ratings:
 # 5 MICHAEL MOORER  
 # 6 JAMES J BRADDOCK
 # 6 BUSTER DOUGLAS 
 # 7 LEON SPINKS
 # 8 HASIM RAHMAN
 #28 SHANNON BRIGGS


   * * A N D   S O . . . * *
According to the above this ALTERNATIVE All-Time List would be ...
 1. JOE LOUIS
 2. MUHAMMAD ALI
 3. JACK DEMPSEY
 4. JAMES J JEFFRIES
 ". LARRY HOLMES
 6. SONNY LISTON
 7. JACK JOHNSON
 8. PETER JACKSON
 ". GENE TUNNEY
 ". MAX SCHMELING
 ". ROCKY MARCIANO
 ". RIDDICK BOWE
13. JOHN L. SULLIVAN
 ". JIMMY BIVINS
 ". FLOYD PATTERSON                       
 ". JOE FRAZIER
 ". MIKE TYSON
 ". EVANDER HOLYFIELD
 ". LENNOX LEWIS
20. PETER MAHER
 ". JIM CORBETT
 ". BOB FITZSIMMONS                      
 ". JESS WILLARD
 ". EZZARD CHARLES


THE ABOVE INCLUDES CHAMPIONS IN YEARS WHEN THEY HAVEN'T FOUGHT!
That means Corbett is included in 1895, even though inactive;
Fitzsimmons in 1898;
Johnson in 1911;
Willard in 1917;
Dempsey is included in 1922, 1924 and 1925, 
Louis is in 1943, 1944 and 1945;
Ali in 1968 and 1969;

But wait a mo'!

There're way too many dang TIES there.
Good grief, SEVEN rated at #13!?

Maybe we should take LOWER ratings (#2, 3 etc.) into our 
calculations as well.

Next time!

Or not.

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