Best Decade Ever For the HW Division?

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  1. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    70s and 90s
     
  2. It's Ovah

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    Norton's so good you had to name him twice.
     
  3. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The real ATG of this generation is on his way out, though, as are good fighters such as Fury and AJ, but I like the roster of contenders right now. Kabayal, Bakole, Dubois etc all have some top qualities and Parker has showed how he can overcome the odds with experience and craftiness. Let's see if anyone of them rises above the rest.
     
  4. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_1991
    1.Holfield
    2.Tyson
    3.Bowe
    4.Ruddok
    5.Mercer
    6.Foreman
    7.Witherspoon
    8.Tucker
    9.Lewis
    10.Moorer
    The 90s are a true golden era, and the 70s are nostalgia.
    The 70s after Manila don't have that shine anymore, and the 90s are great from start to finish; from the biggest surprise in history in Tokyo to the Lewis Vs. Holyfield 1 and 2 fights.
    https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_1999
    At the end of 1999 Vitali is the seventh HW.
    Foreman appears in both decades, as does Holmes, which is, in itself, proof that the 90s are a golden era.
    The 70s don't have a single ranking list where Moorer's strength would be tenth.
    The 90s are a true golden era, and the 70s are nostalgia.
    1.Holfield
    2.Tyson
    3.Bowe
    4.Ruddock
    5.Mercer
    6.Foreman
    7.Witherspoon
    8.Tucker
    9.Lewis
    10.Moorer
    Not here: Holmes, Morrison, Golota, Tua, Ibeabuchi, Akiwande, Hide, Bruno, Douglas ...
     
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  5. sid

    sid Boxing Addict Full Member

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    70s for me.
     
  6. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Great list but I didnt see Scott Ledoux in it.

    Early 80s he was still a contender and fought Holmes for the title in mid 1980....
     
  7. OddR

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    I cheat. I like 1990-2003.
     
  8. Easyrhino

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    Look again