Who was the best middleweight in 1990?

After the Benn v Eubank clash in 1990 Nunn said that neither man was in his class, was he right, if he was would that mean he was the best middleweight in the world at that point?

 

Nunn was the best.

McCallum was 2nd then Jackson third.

Nunn v. McCallum would have been interesting at that time

 

Benn or Nunn I would imagine.

 

Benn got beat by Eubank in 1990.

 

True, but he beat Barkley that yr. 2.

 

Always wanted that one to happen

 

Nunn was right: He truly was Second to none at the time.

 

At no point was Eubank or Benn in Nunn's class.

 

Both are beating him as 168lbers from 92 onwards. Nunn was simply not the same post Toney, and both Benn and Eubank improved as fighters when they put on the extra eight pounds.

 

That doesn't change the fact that Nunn peaked much higher than both of them ever did.

 

I agree. Who do you have if Nunn and McCallum ever would have fought? Would have been a really good fight IMO.

 

But Eubank prove he was better than Benn and Barkley also got beat by Nunn and a 38 year old Duran.

 

I don`t think Benn benefited from the extra weight, he didn`t punch with the same snap at 168, however he did improve defensively when he hooked up wit Jimmy Tibbs.

 

I heard how Leonard avoided Nunn to fight Hearns in `89 I didn`t know Nunn was still in the frame for a fight with Leonard by 1990 and Nunn`s stock dipped a little after disappointing displays v Barkley and Starling.