If Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe, Tyson, & Foreman are the Top 5 HW's in the 90's, who's #6?

[El Kabong]

And again....Larry Holmes beat Ray Mercer


Larry had an easier time with Ray than Lewis OR Holyfield



Let it sink in....just because Holmes' other opponents weren't the absolute greatest shouldn't keep him from getting a good helping of respect. He went the distance with Holyfield as well (more than Tyson can say), Holmes was 42, Evander was 29. He came close to beating a 29 year old Oliver McCall again went the distance with him (more than Lennox Lewis could say in his loss to the same man). He fought Brian Nielsen in Denmark where he was robbed.


I'd also say Buster Douglas (if we allow his fights from 88 & 89 to carry over, they changed the momentum of his career) he's up there with the HUGE win over Tyson.



Moorer had the win over Holyfield (MD) , the loss vs Foreman, loss to Holyfield (RTD), a MD over Vaughn Bean ....meh

Morrison had the loss vs Bentt, Lewis, and Mercer wins over Foreman, Ruddock, Williams.

Razor Ruddock great OPPONENT himself, but lost every fight vs a name guy: Lewis, Morrison, Tyson x2

Golota is similar always loses vs the named guys





Shout out to Alex Stewart who fought Tyson, Foreman, Holyfield x 2, and Moorer in the 90's

Jorge Luis Gonzales did well in the 90's


Everett 'Bigfoot' Martin fought damn near everyone there was to fight in the 90's: Bert Cooper in 88, Qawi & Foreman in 89, Gary Mason, Pierre Coetzer, & Francisco Damiani in 1990, Bonecrusher Smith, Michael Moorer, Riddick Bowe, Tim Witherspoon, Tony Tucker, Larry Holmes, Herbie Hide, Tony Tubbs (back to back to back, to back to back)....that's a Murderer's Row if ever I've seen one, not a bad boxer in the bunch....he beat Witherspoon! From October 1990 to February 1994 he fought 9 former world champions in a row! In his career he fought against 15 world champions. Mad respect for you wherever you are Bigfoot

[Master]

I think Mercer beats Wilder.

[Spicoli]

Crazy thing about Bigfoot he turned pro at middleweight if I remember right. Also the first hvy to drop Moorer and gave Bowe and Foreman some pretty stressful moments. Holmes did well with very carefully selected no hopers at start of comeback but earned his shot at Holyfield, would have been Mercer but he thought all he needed to do is hit Holmes and he'd go. Holmes however saw that clinic Damiani was putting on Ray before a single uppercut nearly ripped Damianis nose off and left him leaking all over the canvas. Holmes did ok with Holyfield and wasn't adverse to using an elbow or three. Still though he didn't beat Mo Harris or Fergusson and was out on his feet vs the Boogeyman. Think Navarre had his shook too. Pure master class on that stuck to make it back in career as far as he did.

[El Kabong]

Crazy thing about Bigfoot he turned pro at middleweight if I remember right. Also the first hvy to drop Moorer and gave Bowe and Foreman some pretty stressful moments. Holmes did well with very carefully selected no hopers at start of comeback but earned his shot at Holyfield, would have been Mercer but he thought all he needed to do is hit Holmes and he'd go. Holmes however saw that clinic Damiani was putting on Ray before a single uppercut nearly ripped Damianis nose off and left him leaking all over the canvas. Holmes did ok with Holyfield and wasn't adverse to using an elbow or three. Still though he didn't beat Mo Harris or Fergusson and was out on his feet vs the Boogeyman. Think Navarre had his shook too. Pure master class on that stuck to make it back in career as far as he did.

Holmes over Mercer was a big upset in a decade of big upsets


Douglas over Tyson
McCall over Lewis
Foreman over Moorer
Mercer over Morrison
Moorer over Holyfield