Noted Columnist Kevin Iole's top 25 fighters over the last 25 years

Here's an explanation of the rankings;

I've come up with a list of the top 25 boxers of the last 25 years, from 1988 through 2012. One of the caveats of my list is that a fighter has to have fought at least 10 times over that period to be considered. Otherwise, what do you do with a great fighter like Michael Spinks, who fought once in 1988, was knocked out in 91 seconds by Mike Tyson, and retired?

If a fighter fought more than 10 times in the 1988-2012 span, I'll consider his whole career when I rank him.

I rated the fighters based upon significant victories, quality of opposition, consistency, offensive ability, power, defensive ability, and overall accomplishments. Some may question why I split offensive ability and power into two categories. The reason is there are some fighters who had unbelievable power, but didn't offer a very good offense otherwise. And power is such a defining factor in boxing.

In the case of ties, I gave the advantage to the fighter who had more significant wins from 1988 on, given that if they qualify for the list, some of their biggest wins may have been from 1987 or before.

 

Part of his criteria is that you had to have had at least 10 fights from 1988 onward.

 

If Erik Morales should be on the list, then who should he replace?

 

Dwyer breaks down the list;

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