Worst Heavyweight Champion of all time

[Swice]

John Ruiz lives in this category.

[The Promoter]

After some thought ....can anyone tell me why Buster Douglas should not be considered....one of the/ if not the worst ever?

He's a strange one, because his reign and his capitulation in his first defence were awful, but his performance in winning the title was certainly not one of the worst, infact was one of the best imo.

Interesting if that is the case would you say Tyson was at his best? or just overlooked a fighter considered a bum?...If it was a great performance by Douglas then Tyson must have been considered at or least close to his best and if this is the case then Tyson's rep was overblown...If Tyson just overlooked a slob and got taken out, then Douglas must be considered right at the top of the list for "worst champ"....Considering Buster's greatest win to that point was a decision win over Oliver McCall...

[kyle0930]

ruiz= SNOOZE FEST
Lewis=Snooze FEST

Lewis shouldn't be in this category IMO...he was not that exciting but was a great boxer and champion, i don't need to list the opponents that he has beaten to make a point.....

[Majesty]

Why does everyone say Primo Canera was the worst?

[BIG H]

Why does everyone say Primo Canera was the worst?

Well if you look through this thread they haven't said that

[Majesty]

No I'm talking abouit throughout history everytime worst heavyweight champ comes up Primo is mentioned, whatw as so bad about him?

[X]

No I'm talking abouit throughout history everytime worst heavyweight champ comes up Primo is mentioned, whatw as so bad about him?

What's bad about him is that he is only slightly better than John Ruiz.

[BIG H]

He probably wasn't as bad as history reports, I know he was dropped 11 times by Baer, but he was fouled so many times, he sprained his ankle in the first round (when Baer fell on him) and still carried on until round 11. One of the judges had him ahead at the time of the stoppage and he did outbox Baer for large parts of the fight.

Its funny how is still percieved as a giant coz he was only 6' 5 and 250 lbs

[SimonH]

No I'm talking abouit throughout history everytime worst heavyweight champ comes up Primo is mentioned, whatw as so bad about him?

From the films I have seen of him he was very slow and lumbering. He was clumsy, and his punches lacked snap, although with 250lbs behind them, I am sure they were effective to a point.

On the plus side he was strong and brave with a fair chin.

The big black mark against Carnera of course is his alleged connections with the mob, it makes it very hard to judge which of his fights were legit, and which ones were not.

Thus the boxing community seems to be further down on him, when assessing his place in boxing history.

[The Promoter]

Primo Carnerra was 6'5" 1/2 and only had 3 fights weighing under 260...his normal fighting weight was about 265...And from I've been told while "only" 6' 5" 1/2 his was massive ala Sam Peter big, only in shape...