Joe Louis had the greatest heavyweight title reign. Muhammad Ali had the greater heavyweight career. Louis held the championship for nearly 12 years, and nobody has matched that run. But Ali beat Sonny Liston when few expected him to, took the title back from an unbeaten George Foreman a decade later, and won two of three fights with Joe Frazier. If the question is who proved the most against the best heavyweights of his time, Ali is my pick.
Louis gave up the title when he retired in 1949. Ezzard Charles was already champion when he beat Louis on points the following year, and Rocky Marciano knocked Louis out in 1951, before Marciano had won…
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