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These ten men stand out as some of the greatest athletes of all time. Muhammad Ali American boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) training with a speed bag ahead of his fight against Britain’s Brian ...
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (c. 1930 – December 30, 1970), nicknamed "the Big Bear", [4] was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A dominant contender of his era, he became the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, repeating the knockout the following year in defense of the title; in the latter fight he ...
The winner of 26 IFBB professional titles including the Mr. Olympia for eight consecutive years, he is also renowned for his combination of size and conditioning, [10] dominant body-parts [11] [12] and extremely heavy workouts, [13] making him the strongest Mr. Olympia of all-time.
Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 to 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" [4] and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", [5] Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. [6]
There is a shake-up in this list as Devin Haney is on the rise, Canelo slides down the ranking, and Usyk has taken over.
Boxing magazine The Ring named him number one in a 1998 ranking of greatest heavyweights from all eras. [3] In 1999, The Associated Press voted Ali the number one heavyweight of the 20th century. [4] In 1999, Ali was named the second greatest boxer in the history of combat sports, pound for pound by ESPN.
Today, the legacy of Jeffries is widely forgotten. However, he was once considered one of the greatest Heavyweight Champions of all time by many fellow boxers and boxing experts: [12] [13] Jack Root, Willie Ritchie and Tommy Burns, former Light Heavyweight, Lightweight and Heavyweight Champions, respectively, rated Jeffries as the greatest ...
Eddie Hall vs. Hafþór Björnsson, taglined 'The Heaviest Boxing Match in History' at its time, [5] [6] and also known as "The Desolation of Eddie Hall" [7] [8] was a boxing match between Strongmen Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and Eddie Hall who both won the World's Strongest Man, that took place on 19 March 2022.