Two days ago, the author wrote an article taking stock of the five giants in the heavyweight history of professional boxing, and I did not expect to accidentally get some traffic, and there were many comments in the message area. However, to my surprise, many people in the comments section of the article asked why there was no Anthony Joshua in the article, why there was no Lennox Lewis in the article, after all, they are all famous elders in the history of professional boxing.
I need to explain that in the previous article, I only introduced the boxers who were more than 2 meters tall and had won the heavyweight world champion of the four major organizations. Former heavyweight famous boxer Michael Grant is also 2.01 meters tall, but his world boxing titles are all second-tier events such as WBF and IBC, so there is no statistics listed. Anthony Joshua's official height is 1.98 meters (some sources say it is 1.99 meters), so it is not included in the statistics.
Today, at the request of the majority of boxing fans, we will expand the scope and expand the inventory of the Giant World Boxing King to the sixth to tenth places. In addition, according to the reader's request, it is necessary to state in advance that the ranking this time is arranged according to the height from high to low.
Sixth Jess Willard, 1.99 meters tall
Jesse Willard was born on December 29, 1881, in Portwatomi County, Kansas. His professional boxing career began in 1911 and ended in 1923, with a career record of 28 wins, 22 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 20 KO opponents. His height of 1 meter 99 may not be a big deal today, but it is definitely different at the beginning of the last century. He is taller than most of his opponents and heavier than most of his opponents.
In that particular era (when professional boxing was divided into four major organizations, there was only one World Champion, professional boxing could be played in Cuba, and world boxing battles could often be played for 40-50 rounds), Jesse Willard quickly achieved results in the heavyweight class with his height and size advantage.
On April 5, 1915, Jesse Willard competed in the Heavyweight Championship in Havana, Cuba, where he defeated Jack Johansson for the title of World Champion after 26 rounds of fierce fighting with Jack Johansson.
On March 15, 1916, Jesse Willard completed his reign at Madison Square Garden in New York. Although Jesse Willard's technique is not impeccable now, winning the heavyweight world boxing title still allows Jesse Willard to leave his own glorious moment in the history of professional boxing.
Seventh, Anthony Joshua, 1.98 m tall
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, whose full name is Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, was born on 15 October 1989 to a Nigerian working family in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Because of his parents' Nigerian citizenship, Anthony Joshua has dual Nigerian and British citizenship, and Anthony Joshua also lived in Nigeria for some time as a child.
Anthony Joshua began formal boxing training under the influence of his cousin in 2007, when Anthony Joshua was 17 years old. However, with his outstanding height advantage and athletic talent, Anthony Joshua soon became a well-known star boxer in the whole of The United Kingdom and was selected for the British boxing national team. He also represented the British boxing national team and won the silver medal at the World Boxing Championships and the gold medal in boxing at the London Olympics.
On April 10, 2016, Anthony Joshua won the IBF Weights Champion Gold Belt by beating Charles Martin in round 2 ko in the IBF World Championships.
On April 30, 2017, Anthony Joshua defeated Vladimir Klitchenko in the 11th round of a heavyweight World Championships championship in London, England, to win the IBF, WBA and IBO three World Champion Gold Belts.
On April 1, 2018, in the Heavyweight Championships in Cardiff, Wales, England, Anthony Joshua defeated New Zealand Boxing Champion Joseph Parker unanimously after 12 rounds of fierce battles, becoming the heavyweight world champion of the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO.
Eighth, Wladimir Klitschko, 1.98 m tall
Vladimir Krychchenko was born on March 25, 1976 in Semipalatinsk, a former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. I believe that his situation does not need to be introduced too much by the author, because he and his brother Vitaly Klitchenko are the ones who pushed the torrent of professional boxing in Eastern Europe to the peak.
After winning the gold medal in boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Vladimir Kritschenko and his older brother Vitaly Klitchenko began to move on to professional boxing. Because both of them were taller than many boxers of their time, the brothers often took full advantage of their height and arm span in competitions. So in the nearly 20 years since then, I have watched too many brothers use their jabs to control the field and grind points with their opponents, and such a game is too boring compared to the previous four kings.
However, with a professional record of 64 wins and 5 losses, and the achievement of successfully defending the world champion 23 times, Vladimir Krychchenko still left a strong mark in the history of professional boxing.
Ninth place Ernie Terrell, 1.98 meters tall
Ernie Trell was born on April 4, 1939 in Belzoni, United States. The famous boxer of the 20th century, in addition to defeating Eddie Machen on March 5, 1965, to win the WBA heavyweight world champion title, he also played against the then heavyweight star Ali in 1967. In addition, Ernie Trell also had a brother who was the lead singer of the famous pop band Supremes at the time, and not to mention that Ernie Trell was 1 meter 98 tall, but he himself was also able to sing and dance very stardom (he used to be the lead singer in a pop music group called "Heavyweight").
From 1957 to September 1973, Ernie Terrell achieved a professional record of 46 wins, 9 losses and 21 KO opponents. After retiring, Ernie Trell worked as a record producer for a long time.
On December 16, 2014, Ernie Trell, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's (Alzheimer's) syndrome in his later years, died at Evergreen Park Hospital in Illinois at the age of 75.
Tenth place Lennox Lewis, 1.98 m tall
Lennox Lewis was born on 2 September 1965 in London, England. As a child, Lennox Lewis lived with his mother in Canada and grew up there, so Lennox Lewis spent his amateur boxing years in Canada. He represented the Canadian boxing national team, winning the World Junior Boxing Championships Super Heavyweight Boxing Championship and the gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
After retiring, Lennox Lewis returned to England and began his professional boxing career there. From June 1989 to February 2004, when announced his retirement, Lennox Lewis achieved a record of 41 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw. At the peak of his career, Lennox Lewis won the title of World Boxing Champion in three major organizations besides WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC.
Lennox Lewis is the perfect combination of skill, strength and intelligence, and he is tall and has an excellent stab punch, as well as excellent left and right heavy punches, and his "hybrid" right hook punches hit his opponent's chest are also intimidating. Until now, Lennox Lewis and his contemporaries Mike Tyson, Ivand Hollyfield and Ridick Bow have been called the four greatest boxing kings of the golden age of professional boxing, which is an unforgettable memory for many Chinese boxing fans.
This article, together with the five world boxing champions introduced in the previous article, is a top 10 of the world's highest boxers in the heavyweight world. The author is also a boxing enthusiast, so the information needs to be rummaged through a little bit, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions. Therefore, everyone is welcome to leave a message to add.
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