JCC and Sweet Pea were tough to beat for the first half of the 90s because they were older and more established than Roy or Oscar during that time frame. JCC had the Meldrick Taylor win, plus a glitzy record with some decent names and highlight reel knockouts until Pea went on his great run of cleaning out 135, dominating Pineda, rising up to beat p4p #3 Buddy Mcgirt, beating JCC (everyone but the judges saw this), dominating Buddy in a rematch, and moving up again to beat JC Vasquez. James Toney was actually pressuring Pea by late 94 and then Roy dominated him to rise to the #1 spot on many people’s lists, which I disagree with since Pea had so many great names on his resume. (Roy was the bigger puncher and more exciting for many to watch).

Oscar had quite a bit of buzz but I don’t recall him getting the top spot until Roy was disqualified against Montel Griffin, and for that short time I would agree with that ranking. Oscar fought some big names and looked impressive during the late 90s. He did t lose until he was ripped off vs Tito in late 99, but he had much better names and bigger fights than Roy did at that time. Roy still remained the top p4p guy after the Griffin rematch, but I’m not so sure he deserved it if you compare quality of opposition with Oscar.