Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
When were 4 or 5 of them fighting at Middleweight for 3/4 years at the same time all fighting each other? For instance, when Roy + Hop were there Toney was gone. Jackson didn't fight Hop or Roy right? I mean Roy was at middle for like 5 minutes. What that list looks like to me is best middleweights of the 90s. I'm trying to figure out when there was a large group all at the same time for a stretch of time.

Appreciate the thought by the way.
Good thread and good post. How many great middleweight eras would you say there have been in boxing's history? If there have only been a few than I would say in the late fifties to the early sixties was the last great era. There were:

Robinson, Fullmer, Basillio, Pender, Downes, Tiger, Giardello, Humez, Tiger Jones, Spider Benton, Archer, and more.