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On the fifth anniversary of Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko, it is time to take a look back at some of the greatest heavyweight fights in boxing history.

In doing this, Joshua-Klitschko will be stacked up against other epic heavyweight battles to see where the clash ranked. This list will include a total of the 10 greatest fights dating back to the early 1900s and as recent as 2021. The eras will show the continued growth of heavyweight boxing throughout the past 100 years.