25 best fighters of the last 25 years. Fact.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Yeah cotto definitely overrated imo.
Possibly Lennox Lewis too. Him better than Pernell? I don't really think so??

[mikeeod]

Yeah cotto definitely overrated imo.
Possibly Lennox Lewis too. Him better than Pernell? I don't really think so??

Agreed. I have Pea at or near the top. He was NEVER destroyed like Lennox was, even when fighting well past his prime. I have my daughters bday party to go to, but I definitely see some inconsistencies and bias in those rankings. I think they are pretty bad...

[Spicoli]

No Terry Norris or Canizales ?

[Master]

No Terry Norris or Canizales ?

Good ones!

[Silkeyjoe]

Whats everyones opinion on ODLH? I wouldnt have him anywhere near the top 25.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Whats everyones opinion on ODLH? I wouldnt have him anywhere near the top 25.

Well, he's better than Cotto. But otherwise, he's on par with Holyfield who was also up and down.

[mikeeod]

Whats everyones opinion on ODLH? I wouldnt have him anywhere near the top 25.

Oscar was pretty dominant early on. His first struggle/questionable decision was Sweet Pea. The Quartey fight was close, but everyone expected it to be tough. I thought he deserved the Tito win. Those were HUGE fights. If you look at Oscars quality of opposition, he fought the best. Evander may be the only guy of that time who fought as good of opposition, and he had some losses as well. I'm good with putting Oscar in the top 25 (of his generation), easily.

[Fenster]

I haven't seen Oscar's fight with Tito or the second Mosley fight in donkey's years but thought he won both of them.

I think you can make a case for him being ranked too low. He fought/beat SEVEN of the top 15 on this list. In fact, you could make an argument that he should be ranked above Roy on quality of opposition alone.

[erics44]

utter bollox

BRUUUUUNNNNOOOOOO!

[Beanflicker]

Yeah cotto definitely overrated imo.
Possibly Lennox Lewis too. Him better than Pernell? I don't really think so??

Agreed. For me the top 5 of the last 25 are...

1. Floyd
2. Roy Jones
3. Pernell Whitaker
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Manny Pacquiao

[erics44]

Yeah cotto definitely overrated imo.
Possibly Lennox Lewis too. Him better than Pernell? I don't really think so??

Agreed. For me the top 5 of the last 25 are...

1. Floyd
2. Roy Jones
3. Pernell Whitaker
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Manny Pacquiao

bruno

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Yeah cotto definitely overrated imo.
Possibly Lennox Lewis too. Him better than Pernell? I don't really think so??

Agreed. For me the top 5 of the last 25 are...

1. Floyd
2. Roy Jones
3. Pernell Whitaker
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Manny Pacquiao

bruno

If it was the past 35 years I would have agreed but I think Bruno squeezes in at top 30 at best.

[Beanflicker]

38 KOs in 40 wins. What else is there to say? Total beast.

[erics44]

Yeah cotto definitely overrated imo.
Possibly Lennox Lewis too. Him better than Pernell? I don't really think so??

Agreed. For me the top 5 of the last 25 are...

1. Floyd
2. Roy Jones
3. Pernell Whitaker
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Manny Pacquiao

bruno

If it was the past 35 years I would have agreed but I think Bruno squeezes in at top 30 at best.

best lb4lb HW of all time? top 30? what are you on about?

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Yeah cotto definitely overrated imo.
Possibly Lennox Lewis too. Him better than Pernell? I don't really think so??

Agreed. For me the top 5 of the last 25 are...

1. Floyd
2. Roy Jones
3. Pernell Whitaker
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Manny Pacquiao

bruno

If it was the past 35 years I would have agreed but I think Bruno squeezes in at top 30 at best.

best lb4lb HW of all time? top 30? what are you on about?

I know, I know. The comment is a little 'out there' but I just feel that Bruno of the 90's only did so well by way of guile and guts after his electrifying speed started to fade.
A bit like Ali; he always found a way to hang on and win.