The Seventies were, without doubt, the preeminent decade in the long, distinguished chronicles of Boxing’s Heavyweight Division. Champions such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and Larry Holmes would have defeated, or at least been competitive with any fighter of any era. Second tier contenders Ken Norton, Ron Lyle, Jimmy Young, and Earnie Shavers gave the first tier fits while carving out their own place in history. All of the men were elevated to even greater stature by their epic battles with each other.