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It kind of depends on whether you are talking about who can actually win in head-to-head, or who was most dominant in their time. Hard to really rank everyone because of stylistic matchups.
1. Ali
2. Lewis
3. Holmes (Pre-Spinks he is way underrated)
4. Foreman
5. Frazier (Underrated, beats everyone Marciano beat)
6. Bowe (Yes, this is more on potential if he hadn't wrecked his life, but he did beat up Holyfield 2 out of 3 times, Lennox Lewis-like ability IMO)
7. Louis (200 pounds would have struggled against big strong guys with long reach, most dominant career but not a strong time for HW IMO)
8. Kltitsko
9. Marciano (Retired young and the greats he faced were older; I don't know that at 185 pounds he could have gotten past the taller fighters with longer arms).
10. Tyson/Holyfield/Norton
11. Francis
My issue with your take on Louis is he demolished Carnera and Max Baer. There weren't as many big guys but there were enough to show that would not have been an issue.