Who is the best heavyweight ever in boxing as of 2026? That list forever will be a difficult one but let us take a look at it.
In the current era of professional boxing we live in now the likes of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are the two best heavyweights of these times.
Usyk however for now reigns supreme of this era having defeated Fury twice (one in a very close fight though).
Usyk would give any heavyweight problems from any era if he boxed to his best.
He fights Deontay Wilder, the former WBC Heavyweight champion of the world, next up this year.
But many will point to this era of heavyweights not been as good as the Lennox Lewis, Klitschko, Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield eras.
Of course that’s boxing fans and of course that’s sports fans for you in general as well.
Fans will always think the old days were better due to the nostalgia involved in professional sport as a whole, not just boxing.
Who is the best heavyweight ever?
But the real great era of heavyweights was surely the Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton era prior to that even.
Mike Tyson in his prime was a rare force of nature however and he would have been difficult to beat by anyone in his prime. He remains the youngest heavyweight champion in history.
George Foreman remains the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Muhammad Ali however for us remains for most the best heavyweight boxer that ever lived for ability, mental strength, heart, courage and all round fight spirit.
Others like Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis before him are always up there in talking points about great heavyweight debates.
For us Muhammad Ali reigns supreme as the best heavyweight ever.
Ali is also one of the best pound for pound boxers for many as well.
