Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
1) Evander Holyfield- No other heavyweight this decade has beaten as many top fighters. James "Quick" Tillis, Pinklon Thomas, "Buster" Douglas, George Foreman, Bert Cooper, Riddick Bowe, Alex Stewart, Ray Mercer, Mike Tyson, and Michael Moorer are all on his resume. The fact that this guy accomplished what he did at heavyweight coming from the cruiserweight division is truly amazing.
2) Lennox Lewis- Many will no doubt strongly disagree with me here. I think Lewis is highly underrated. Lewis has been ducked by Tyson and Bowe for a reason. That's not his fault. Lewis did the next best thing in fighting the guys who gave the guys who ducked him a hard time. Besides, Lewis' resume isn't bad by any means: Tyrell Biggs, Mike Weaver, Tony Tucker, Phil Jackson, "Razor" Ruddock, Frank Bruno, Andrew Golota, Mercer, Henry Akinwande, Tommy Morrison and Holyfield. Lewis has been a smart fighter, a good boxer and a good puncher.
3) Riddick Bowe- His 2 wins over Holyfield are of such magnitude that he's here based on those historic wins alone. Outside of that, he hasn't done much to deserve it. He beat some name fighters in Jesse Ferguson, Herbie Hibe, Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Larry Donald, Tony Tubbs, Bert Cooper and Michael Dokes, but these names were usually grossly past their prime/out of shape, or they were inexperienced, but came into prominence after Bowe beat them. A lot more was expected from Bowe and he was capable of a lot more. What might've been doesn't count. He did himself a catastrophic injustice by ducking Lennox Lewis. However, he was a terrific boxer with good power, he had a devestating uppercut, a great left jab and a real knack for in-fighting, which is rare for a fighter his height.
4) George Foreman- Made history by becoming the oldest man to win a heavyweight title even though many looked at him not unlike the way many look at Butterbean: a sideshow circus act. Beat some decent journeymen on the way up like Steve Zouski, David Jaco, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Evertt "Bigfoot" Martin, Bert Cooper, Gerry Cooney, Ken Lakusta, and Adilson Rodriquez. Gave Holyfield a spirited battle when Holyfield was in his prime. Beat Moorer to regain the championship via 1 punch KO. Only true setback was a loss to Tommy Morrison in probably his most lethargic performance ever. He successfully defended his title once against Axel Schulz in a controversial decision that most people feel George lost, but was actually a close fight. He also beat Alex Stewart in a close war and tough Lou Savarese. Most insiders feel Big George was robbed against Shannon Briggs after giving Briggs a boxing lesson over 12 rounds and so do I. An amazing fighter. Doing what he did at his age was unheard of and he proved his critics wrong.
5) Michael Moorer- A southpaw with an effective right jab and good power; had good power and boxing ability. Very talented, although he lacked motivation at times and thus made some fights closer than they should've been. Probably could've gone further and accomplished more if he had been more inspired. Recorded good wins over Bert Cooper, Alex Stewart, Axel Schulz, Franz Botha and of course, a close decision win over Holyfield.
6) Mike Tyson- Has accomplished little in the 90s in terms of beating the best fighters available, but did regain 2 of the 3 belts in comeback (against Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon repsectively), has two solid victories over Ruddock. And good KOs against two very game opponents: Buster Mathis Jr. and Franz Botha.
7) Larry Holmes- Extremely underrated in during his comeback. Beat Mercer more convincingly than Holyfield or Lewis. Beat "Bigfoot" Martin and Jesse Ferguson. In my opinion, he beat Oliver McCall and deserved to regain the championship in that fight. I also think he deserved the nod against then undefeated Brian Nielsen and eeked out a points victory over improving Maurice Harris. He gave a prime Holyfield a tough fight and won his rounds more convincingly than Holyfield.
8) James "Buster" Douglas- Beat previously unbeaten Mike Tyson for the undisputed heavyweight championship. He looked like the second coming of a prime Larry Holmes in that fight, pumping the jab effectively and patiently. After 10 rounds, the accumalated punishment took its toll and Douglas scored what is considered in boxing circles as one of the biggest, if not the biggest upset in boxing history. He's here based on that masterful performance alone.
9) Ike Ibeabuchi- This may seem a little soon, but he has already beaten two of the best new heavyweights in Tua and Byrd, which I think are two great accomplishments for such an inexperienced and young fighter. Why? Because in doing so, Ike showed an adaptability to styles. Tua is an in-your-face, hard punching, Tysonesque puncher and Byrd is like a heavyweight Pernell Whitaker. Adaptability is an extremely important trait and Ike showed that against Tua and Byrd.
10) Andrew Golota- This might be a controversial choice, but he did "beat" Riddick Bowe twice and he did so more convincingly than Holyfield ever did. The result was that Golota derailed Bowe's plans to fight for the title again and Bowe ended up having to retire. Since then, he's also beaten Tim Witherspoon and Jesse Ferguson pretty easily. He probably will never go down as an all-time great because his propensity to quit in tough fights have undermined what his skills are capable of.
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Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
My list
1. Evander Holyfield
2. Riddick Bowe
3. Lennox Lewis
4. Mike Tyson
5. George Foreman
6. Michael Moorer
7. Ike Ibeabuchi
8. Larry Holmes
9. James Douglas
10. Tommy Morrison
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
1 . Lennox Lewis
2 . Evander Holyfield
3 . Mike Tyson
4 . Riddick Bowe
5 . Michael Moorer
6 . Razor Rudduck
7 . Ray Mercer
8 . Oliver Mcall
9 . Shannon Briggs
10 . George Foreman
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
my list
LEWIS
TYSON
BOWE
HOLYFIELD
BRUNO
RUDDOCK
GOLOTA
TUA
MOORER
FOREMAN
A few of you might disagree with tyson at no#2 but concidering he only fought for 4 yrs during the decade and still defeated in that short time.....BRUNO, BOTHA, SELDON, RUDDOCK TWICE, ALEX STUART, BUT ONLY HAD 4 NOTHING FIGHTS AND WAS NOT READY FOR A TOUGH CHALENGE IN HOLYFILD.....LEWIS IS DEF NO#1, HE BEATS EVERYONE ON MY TOP 10 O0
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by MR T
my list
LEWIS
TYSON
BOWE
HOLYFIELD
BRUNO
RUDDOCK
GOLOTA
TUA
MOORER
FOREMAN
A few of you might disagree with tyson at no#2 but concidering he only fought for 4 yrs during the decade and still defeated in that short time.....BRUNO, BOTHA, SELDON, RUDDOCK TWICE, ALEX STUART, BUT ONLY HAD 4 NOTHING FIGHTS AND WAS NOT READY FOR A TOUGH CHALENGE IN HOLYFILD.....LEWIS IS DEF NO#1, HE BEATS EVERYONE ON MY TOP 10 O0
Yea i do disagree slightly but i would still have Tyson top 5 easily in 90s.
And Bruno is way too high only thing he did in 90s was have good showing against Lewis and win Title off fading McCall.
And Ruddock is too high aswell only thing he did in 90s was give two good showings against Tyson and Lost his two biggest fights after that against Lewis and Morrison.
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by GAME
1 . Lennox Lewis
2 . Evander Holyfield
3 . Mike Tyson
4 . Riddick Bowe
5 . Michael Moorer
6 . Razor Rudduck
7 . Ray Mercer
8 . Oliver Mcall
9 . Shannon Briggs
10 . George Foreman
Every One has a good list But I can't believe the Game is the only one with Merciless Ray Mercer on it!!!!!
Fought top names only lost decisions...won a version of the world title never knocked down....I would not put him at 7 buthe deserves to be at 9 or 10 IMO
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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Originally Posted by GAME
1 . Lennox Lewis
2 . Evander Holyfield
3 . Mike Tyson
4 . Riddick Bowe
5 . Michael Moorer
6 . Razor Rudduck
7 . Ray Mercer
8 . Oliver Mcall
9 . Shannon Briggs
10 . George Foreman
Every One has a good list But I can't believe the Game is the only one with Merciless Ray Mercer on it!!!!!
Fought top names only lost decisions...won a version of the world title never knocked down....I would not put him at 7 buthe deserves to be at 9 or 10 IMO
Yea i agree Dan top 10 or 9 is about right the reason why he isn't higher though is because losing to average Jesse Ferguson then winning sd in rematch and then getting very close controversial decision against an old Witherspoon but other than that he was pretty damn good knocking out Morrison giving Holyfield fits and losing razor thin decision to the best heavyweight of 90s Lewis.
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by MR T
my list
LEWIS
TYSON
BOWE
HOLYFIELD
BRUNO
RUDDOCK
GOLOTA
TUA
MOORER
FOREMAN
A few of you might disagree with tyson at no#2 but concidering he only fought for 4 yrs during the decade and still defeated in that short time.....BRUNO, BOTHA, SELDON, RUDDOCK TWICE, ALEX STUART, BUT ONLY HAD 4 NOTHING FIGHTS AND WAS NOT READY FOR A TOUGH CHALENGE IN HOLYFILD.....LEWIS IS DEF NO#1, HE BEATS EVERYONE ON MY TOP 10 O0
Yea i do disagree slightly but i would still have Tyson top 5 easily in 90s.
And Bruno is way too high only thing he did in 90s was have good showing against Lewis and win Title off fading McCall.
And Ruddock is too high aswell only thing he did in 90s was give two good showings against Tyson and Lost his two biggest fights after that against Lewis and Morrison.
well i was never any good at top 10's ??? after 3 or 4 my brain starts to hurt lol...
but i tried to rate them on who was the best so brunos at 5 cause imo he was better than RUDDOCK
GOLOTA
TUA
MOORER
FOREMAN but i also recon bruno had good chance at holyfield....fuk it ill just do top 4 hehe im happy with my top 4
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by MR T
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by MR T
my list
LEWIS
TYSON
BOWE
HOLYFIELD
BRUNO
RUDDOCK
GOLOTA
TUA
MOORER
FOREMAN
A few of you might disagree with tyson at no#2 but concidering he only fought for 4 yrs during the decade and still defeated in that short time.....BRUNO, BOTHA, SELDON, RUDDOCK TWICE, ALEX STUART, BUT ONLY HAD 4 NOTHING FIGHTS AND WAS NOT READY FOR A TOUGH CHALENGE IN HOLYFILD.....LEWIS IS DEF NO#1, HE BEATS EVERYONE ON MY TOP 10 O0
Yea i do disagree slightly but i would still have Tyson top 5 easily in 90s.
And Bruno is way too high only thing he did in 90s was have good showing against Lewis and win Title off fading McCall.
And Ruddock is too high aswell only thing he did in 90s was give two good showings against Tyson and Lost his two biggest fights after that against Lewis and Morrison.
well i was never any good at top 10's ??? after 3 or 4 my brain starts to hurt lol...
but i tried to rate them on who was the best so brunos at 5 cause imo he was better than RUDDOCK
GOLOTA
TUA
MOORER
FOREMAN but i also recon bruno had good chance at holyfield....fuk it ill just do top 4 hehe im happy with my top 4
Bruno is bit too robotic and doesn't have survival instinct to beat Holyfield but yes your other 4 are fine ;)
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
Tyson can't possibly be higher than 4th on this list. Even Bowe, who was a classic underachiever, must be ranked higher than Tyson, since Bowe's 2 wins over Holyfield are more impressive than anything Tyson did in the 90's.
I'd rank the Top 4 as:
1. Lewis
2. Holyfield
3. Bowe
4. Tyson
I'd rank Holyfield higher than Lewis on a PFP list because of his work at cruiserweight.
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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Originally Posted by GAME
1 . Lennox Lewis
2 . Evander Holyfield
3 . Mike Tyson
4 . Riddick Bowe
5 . Michael Moorer
6 . Razor Rudduck
7 . Ray Mercer
8 . Oliver Mcall
9 . Shannon Briggs
10 . George Foreman
Every One has a good list But I can't believe the Game is the only one with Merciless Ray Mercer on it!!!!!
Fought top names only lost decisions...won a version of the world title never knocked down....I would not put him at 7 buthe deserves to be at 9 or 10 IMO
Yea i agree Dan top 10 or 9 is about right the reason why he isn't higher though is because losing to average Jesse Ferguson then winning sd in rematch and then getting very close controversial decision against an old Witherspoon but other than that he was pretty damn good knocking out Morrison giving Holyfield fits and losing razor thin decision to the best heavyweight of 90s Lewis.
Does anyone remember the Contraversy about the Mercer VS Ferguson fight....Jesse claimed that during the fight Ray wispered in his ear during a clinch "I'll pay you 10,000 dollars if you throw the fight".. ???
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
Tyson can't possibly be higher than 4th on this list. Even Bowe, who was a classic underachiever, must be ranked higher than Tyson, since Bowe's 2 wins over Holyfield are more impressive than anything Tyson did in the 90's.
I'd rank the Top 4 as:
1. Lewis
2. Holyfield
3. Bowe
4. Tyson
I'd rank Holyfield higher than Lewis on a PFP list because of his work at cruiserweight.
not bad but i think bowe should rank higher than holy seing he did ko his a$$ and holyfield struggled against holmes , foreman, cooper, stuart and moorer
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by MR T
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
Tyson can't possibly be higher than 4th on this list. Even Bowe, who was a classic underachiever, must be ranked higher than Tyson, since Bowe's 2 wins over Holyfield are more impressive than anything Tyson did in the 90's.
I'd rank the Top 4 as:
1. Lewis
2. Holyfield
3. Bowe
4. Tyson
I'd rank Holyfield higher than Lewis on a PFP list because of his work at cruiserweight.
not bad but i think bowe should rank higher than holy seing he did ko his a$$ and holyfield struggled against holmes , foreman, cooper, stuart and moorer
Ya I can see that argument.
The reason I didn't rank Bowe higher is because the two wins over Holyfield are really the only important wins on his resume. If he had just one or two more important wins, I'd put him #2.
One fault about Lewis, Holyfield, and Bowe.... they all fought to the level of their competition. They all had great performances against top opponents, but they also had some really crappy performances against lesser opponents.
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by MR T
my list
LEWIS
TYSON
BOWE
HOLYFIELD
BRUNO
RUDDOCK
GOLOTA
TUA
MOORER
FOREMAN
A few of you might disagree with tyson at no#2 but concidering he only fought for 4 yrs during the decade and still defeated in that short time.....BRUNO, BOTHA, SELDON, RUDDOCK TWICE, ALEX STUART, BUT ONLY HAD 4 NOTHING FIGHTS AND WAS NOT READY FOR A TOUGH CHALENGE IN HOLYFILD.....LEWIS IS DEF NO#1, HE BEATS EVERYONE ON MY TOP 10 O0
Take out Lewis, Tyson, and Holyfield...... and you're scraping the bottom of the barrel, IMO. Another exception is Foreman. His comeback was admirable, at that age. But the rest, to me, is a "who's who" of forgettable names.
Re: Top 10 Heavyweights Of 90s Do You Agree With This List ??
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Originally Posted by TitoFan
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Originally Posted by MR T
my list
LEWIS
TYSON
BOWE
HOLYFIELD
BRUNO
RUDDOCK
GOLOTA
TUA
MOORER
FOREMAN
A few of you might disagree with tyson at no#2 but concidering he only fought for 4 yrs during the decade and still defeated in that short time.....BRUNO, BOTHA, SELDON, RUDDOCK TWICE, ALEX STUART, BUT ONLY HAD 4 NOTHING FIGHTS AND WAS NOT READY FOR A TOUGH CHALENGE IN HOLYFILD.....LEWIS IS DEF NO#1, HE BEATS EVERYONE ON MY TOP 10 O0
Take out Lewis, Tyson, and Holyfield...... and you're scraping the bottom of the barrel, IMO. Another exception is Foreman. His comeback was admirable, at that age. But the rest, to me, is a "who's who" of forgettable names.
your right thats why i got a migrane after bowe....but still alot of peeps underestimate tysons ability...ive heard ludicrous stamements like tysons not neven top 20 of all time ???
