Thread: Top 20 since the 1990s (P4P)

Was struggling with number 20, so put Bowe in, pretty sure he doesn’t deserve it!

Who have I missed??

THESE ARE NOT IN ORDER

1 Whitaker
2 JC Chavez
3 RJJ
4 R Lopez
5 PAC
6 Holyfield
7 B-Hop
8 Calzaghe
9 MAB
10 Morales
11 Lewis
12 PBF
13 De La Hoya
14 Nelson (Azumah)
15 Mosley
16 JMM
17 Toney
18 Trinidad
19 McCallum
20 Bowe

Originally Posted by BIG H

Was struggling with number 20, so put Bowe in, pretty sure he doesn’t deserve it!

Who have I missed??

THESE ARE NOT IN ORDER

1 Whitaker
2 JC Chavez
3 RJJ
4 R Lopez
5 PAC
6 Holyfield
7 B-Hop
8 Calzaghe
9 MAB
10 Morales
11 Lewis
12 PBF
13 De La Hoya
14 Nelson (Azumah)
15 Mosley
16 JMM
17 Toney
18 Trinidad
19 McCallum
20 Bowe

The difficulty of doing a list like this for the past 20 years is that there are so many you have to miss out, personally I would have wanted guys like Corrales, Winky Wright & Tszyu around there, but then who do you leave out?

Once I've had a think about it, I'll come up with a Top 10 for this decade only because if I have less choice I'll stick to the most obvious ones.

Good call on Tszyu in particular, I'd deffo stick him in my 20

Bowe shouldnt be anywere near a list like this.

Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Bowe shouldnt be anywere near a list like this.

Yes I did say that Alistair

I suppose Tyson doesn't get on there b/c he got KTFO in 1989 by Douglas! Was he on there before then?

Definately Tszyu..

Originally Posted by JonnyFolds

I suppose Tyson doesn't get on there b/c he got KTFO in 1989 by Douglas! Was he on there before then?

Definately Tszyu..

If it was since the 1980s, I'd have Tyson on there - although most probably wouldn't

there right just to hard to do ill give my top 5, calzage , r jones jr, kaysta , mayweather.pacman

Gavin Rees has to be in there . a fantastic Welsh fighter.

I'd have Castillo above Bowe, probably above Kostya too. I'm probably alone there, just think Kostya's overrated in a historical sense.

Winky deserves consideration. Carbajal, Chiquita Gonzalez, just listing some names. I feel like I'm forgetting somebody obvious too but six posts and nobody's come up with anything.

I think that was a bloody great list.... KT definitely needed to be in there, but other than that you are messing with semantics to chop and change guys in and out..

If a guy came onto the planet right now and said "I want to watch the 20 most notable P4P fighters of the last 20 years" he couldn't do too much worse than to take up that list..

Originally Posted by Dizaster

I think that was a bloody great list.... KT definitely needed to be in there, but other than that you are messing with semantics to chop and change guys in and out..

If a guy came onto the planet right now and said "I want to watch the 20 most notable P4P fighters of the last 20 years" he couldn't do too much worse than to take up that list..

Cheers fella

Riddick Bowe has only 1 marquee win in the 1990's: his first fight with Holyfield. After that he ducked Lewis, got out of shape, fought a couple of bums, lost to Holyfield, fought a couple of bums, then got smashed by Golata twice.

Sorry but Winky should be up there. IMO even Vitali Klitschko is better than Bowe and would have beaten him soundly.

Bowe would be in the top 20 for wasted talent !
That guy had the universe at his feet but enjoyed a steak too much !


He was loved in the Uk ad seemed a really good sportsman ,I remember he spent about a month over here !

Remember him presenting Sports personality awards , sitting ringside to watch Herbie Hide - Michael Muray and giving a great interview plus the bin episode , that was real exposure here what is was like in the states I don't know.

His decline was shocking even y boxing standards