Who was the best middleweight in 1990?

Nunn filled 1990 with a couple of dreadful challengers, it has to be said.

 

I am think you are being harsh on the board there. At the time there was a lot of debate as to who, if anyone, would be the one to beat Nunn. That was an interesting question, and I doubt many at the time got the answer right.

 

Yes, Nunn was considered the best at the time. I mean, the crop of middleweights at that time was fairly ordinary.

 

To be fair, Julian Jackson has a good argument to the #1 slot at middle for 1990.
I initially thought Nunn clearly but Jackson's win over Graham was the best win at MW in that year.

 

McCallum had already beat Graham and Jackson.

 

I know, but there's a good argument to say Jackson had improved since then, and McCallum's win over Graham was very very close.

 

I don't think Jackson really improved too much. He was always a pretty basic boxer, with fast hands, open defense and lethal power. He was losing badly against Graham and was seconds away from being stopped when he pulled the howitzer out of the bag.

 

GMAN wouldn't have landed on Watson and after he blows his load he'd get completely schooled and outworked

 

Watson had a tight peekaboo guard that was hard to penetrate, he picked Benn apart and deserved the first Eubank fight. He was battering Eubank in the rematch before Eubank scored that tragic come from behind KO.

McClellan was shown up as a front runner against Benn, his stamina is very poor. Unless he can take out Watson early and that's unlikely Watson would start to pick him apart. And if Benn can't put Watson down, I think Watson should be able to survive the early going.

 

He took Benn’s