Who was the most feared heavyweight

[Mr. Violence]

Im saying George Foreman because of the way he tore through his opponents. In 1970s he didn't fight using his brains which is why he lost to Ali.

Ali however must have been slightly apprehensive before the fight. Norton and Frazier gave him some of his hardest fights and Foreman beat both of them in under two rounds knocking them down several times.

Also Tyson,Dempsey and liston would be well up there.

Im my humble opinion from what I seen in my lifetime Tyson was pretty scary back in the late 1980's. I was a kid then of course but i remember. I wasn't born yet to see foreman as a young terror but my dad tells me he was more frightening then tyson.

[tikal]

I'm surprised nobody metioned Joe Louis a lot of guys were scared to face him back in his prime.

[AJ53]

Most feared heavyweight: JACK JOHNSON - and it had little to do with his boxing ability.

Champion Tommy Burns ducked him for months, and then Jeffries had to be pulled out of years of retirement in order to find someone (someone white) who could lick Johnson. The burden of fighting Johnson was too great for too many to handle. Who wanted The Great White Hope tag applied to them? Bad enough fighting a tough fighter like Johnson, but add onto that the weight of an entire race!? No surprise not many sought to challenge Johnson.

exactly who iwould pick too!!
johnson was'nt just feared by all the fighters of the time but feared by the public as a whole.
they actually feared him so bad that the police made up the charge of a black man crossing a state line with a white woman(his wife at the time)forcing jack to go on the run in europe!!
then comes tyson who was blowing everybody away and looking menacing doing it!!(untill buster burst the bubble)
i dont agree with foreman though!!
ali never looked scared of him, in fact ali was such a crazy mother****er that he had the scary sonny liston fearing him!!
in third i'd pick liston coz lets be honest would you want to be in the opposite corner to him and his gangster pals!!

[Mick Hucknall]

I have to put Vitali up with the likes of Foreman and Liston. Just because of his shear size and power.

[AJ53]

I have to put Vitali up with the likes of Foreman and Liston. Just because of his shear size and power.

are you serious!!!!!!!!!

[Mick Hucknall]

are you serious!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!

[drew75]

I think vitali would be up there, 6ft8 and 18st, who wouldn't be a bit aprehensive?

[buff_mike10]

If i were a heavyweight, i'd be most afraid to fight a prime Tyson. This guy didn't go into a fight to win, he went in there to kill. I'd think i'd rather fight a grizzly bear, although they both bite.

[Johnny_Rocket]

Tyson, Foreman, Liston, and Jack Dempsey..especially after what he did to Willard

[Sidestep_1]

Liston tops my list, followed by Foreman and Tyson.

Thats my list, too .