Harry Wills the Black Panther.

Harry Wills fought as a Heavyweight from 1907 till 1932 and in my opinion, was the best of his era in his prime after Langford (1917-1922-23) passed his prime, even with names like Dempsey around. Gonna share why I believe that he topped Dempsey among others.

Professional record: 90-10-7 (including newspaper decisions)

Some of his achievements are:

36 fights for the World Colored Heavyweight title won 30 of those
3 time World Colored Heavyweight Champion
Made 25 defenses for the World Colored Heavyweight title
Colored Heavyweight Champion for nearly 14 years
Had 33 fights against Champions
Beat 5 Champions
27 fights against Hall Of Famers


Apart from his amazing achievements he was an amazing KOmachine in his prime scoring over 50 KO's in his 90 wins. Was a very strong, tall Heavyweight standing at 190 cm (6'3). Like other greats of his time, he had an amazing resume with multiple fights against the other top rated opponents, for example, he fought Sam Langford 17 times beating him 13 of those after Langford passed his prime, SamMcvea 6 times beat him 3 times, Bill Tate 6 times beat him 4 times, Jeff Clark 9 times beat him 8 times.

Harry Wills was always trying to get a fight with Jack Dempsey but that's sadly where Dempsey drew the color line and refused to fight Wills, he was doing that with a lot of great fighters refusing to fight them if they were colored (Langford, McVea and more). Once Dempsey was talking about a match with Wills but in the end, it never happened.

Final thoughts: Harry Wills is definitely one of the finest Heavyweights to ever live and is forgotten too often, I believe in his prime he was nearly unbeatable. He was knocked out by Sam Langford a few times but in the end, a great long career stacked with great victories.

He also became the first black boxing referee after his retirement making history.

1892-1958

Muhammad Ali and why he is considered as the greatest.

Muhammad Ali is the called the greatest boxer ever by the media and is a public icon to the sport of boxing, here is some information why.
 Let's start with some of his achievements:

Professional Record: 56-5-0 fought from 1960 till 1981

Was the first to win the Heavyweight Title on 3 occasions (1964, 1974, 1978)
3-time Heavyweight Lineal Champion
WBA and WBC Heavyweight title
Arguably the greatest short CV/resume
Won the Heavyweight Title at age 22 as a massive underdog against the brutal puncher Sonny Liston and then beat him in a rematch
25 World Heavyweight fights won 22 of them
Made 19 Heavyweight defenses
Had 19 fights against World Champions
Beat 10 World Champions
14 fights against Hall Of Famers
Has some of the best/famous fights ever against Joe Frazier, George Foreman
Defeated every great Heavyweight of his era that was called the Golden Age for Heavyweights
Was picked as the second greatest boxer by ESPN behind only the great Sugar Ray Robinson
Was ranked third greatest Athlete of the 20th century by ESPN SportCentury

I also want to point out that he had one of the greatest chins ever taking hits by punchers like George Foreman, Ernie Shavers, Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston, Ron Lyle and Bob Foster and still not getting even hurt amazes me. Sadly he paid the price later in his life suffering brain damage and Parkison.


Apart from his achievements, he was one of the most athletic boxers ever (that is what allowed him to be effective with an unorthodox style) and he had humor and charisma. He was truly loved. Even though he got hated because of his political and religious views his heroism and out spoken mind covered up for that.

Final thoughts: Ali was a legend, I don't rate him as the greatest ever but he is definitely in my top 10 easily and I respect him for what he did inside and outside of the ring.

"I hated every minute of training but I said.. don't quit. Suffer now and live your life as a Champion."- Muhammad Ali 1942-2016

The Brown Bomber Joe Louis.

Joe Louis is considered one of the greatest Heavyweight boxers of all time gonna share some info about him.

Professional Record: 66-3-0 started his career in 1934 and fought till 1951 as a Heavyweight. Had over 50 KO'S, probably the greatest finisher boxing has ever seen. Here is why he is considered one of the of not the greatest Heavyweight of all time:

Holds record of 25 title defenses
Longest Lineal Champion ever for 12 years from 1937 till 1949
Only lost 1 of 27 title fights to the great Ezzard Charles
Beat 8 Champions
Beat 8 Hall Of Famers
One of the greatest punchers boxing has ever seen
Holds a record of KO'S in Heavyweight title fights with 23 KO'S
KO'd 23 opponents in title fights including 5 world champions
Was named fighter of the year in 1936, 1938, 1939 and 1941
Was ranked number 1 on The Ring Magazine's list of the "100 greatest punchers of all time"
His fights with Billy Conn, Max Schmeling, Bob Pastor, Max Baer and Tommy Farr were named fights of the year

Joe Louis was an amazing KO machine in this 30's and 40's in his prime beating World Champions and Hall Of Famers for most of his career. If boxing were to manifest to a human being that would be Joe Louis. Back then he was the face of boxing and a major figure, he was the black hope.

Final thoughts: Joe Louis is easily in my top 10 pound-4-pound list for what he has done in his career and the skill that had. He certainly was one of the finest boxers even though I don't rate him as the greatest Heavyweight of all time (he is number 2 behind Sam Langford) I had to recognize this man's skill as the greatest finisher the sport has ever seen.

1914-1981