Three different eras of heavyweight - but which era would win out of these three decades?

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  1. Mark Anthony

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    WHICH ERA WOULD REIGN SUPREME?
    Three different eras of heavyweight - but which era would win out of these three: 1990s, 2000s and 2020s?..
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    Pit the top 5 heavyweights of the 90's vs the the top 5 from the 2000's vs the 2020's, which fighters from which era would come out on top overall?
     
  2. Mark Anthony

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    Holyfield peaked in the 90's and was shot by the 2000's, he was great but very hittable, Fury beats everyone except Usyk and M.Tyson due to his size and speed, Usyk is the greatest heavyweight of all-time, AJ is better than Mercer but has a weak chin so that's 50/50, same with AJ vs Bowe except AJ is more explosive than Bowe was, however Bowe's hooks were far better than AJ's and he threw more two-fisted combos giving him the edge, AJ would beat Bruno and the old, plodding Foreman. Holy from the 2000's loses to AJ, Lewis beats AJ, AJ beats Wlad and Vitali and Haye, 2020's are better than the 2000's.
     
  3. Mark Anthony

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    Mercer would be too small to fight 20's giants, M.Tyson would batter everyone except Usyk just due to his speed and fundamentals, he was a freak, Bowe was overrated, Bruno was not world class and would get destroyed in today's era, Foreman would be too old in his 40's to crack the top 10 in today's era.
     
  4. HistoryZero26

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    90s. The 90s are a top heavy decade.

    The 2020s might have a shot if you can input the most capable 5 HWs H2H but we don't really know who those are because no ones getting title shots. We're kinda running around like a headless chicken in that regard. Fury and AJ are not really top 5 HWs in the 2020s.
     
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  5. Ice8Cold

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    The 1990s and pretty easily.
     
  6. Finkel

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    1990s
    Holyfield, Lewis, Bowe, Tyson, Moorer

    2000s
    W. Klitschko, V. Klitschko, Lewis, Byrd, Ruiz

    2020s
    Usyk, Fury, Joshua, Wilder, Parker

    In that order
     
  7. Mordechai

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    1. Usyk
    2. Lewis
    3. Wlad
    4. Fury
    5. Vitali
    6. Holyfield
    7. tyson
    8. Bowe
    9. Aj
    10. Povetkin
     
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  8. LoveThis

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    Also interesting: fans from which era win?

    20s no one fights each other
    00s klitschkos destroy everyone

    90s win, easy.

    Fighters:
    1 usyk vs wlad vs lewis
    2 fury vs vitali vs tyson
    3 joshua vs old lewis vs bowe
    4 wilder vs byrd vs holy (doped)
    5 parker va ruiz vs moorer

    1 draw, 3 of the top hws ever
    2 very hard to tell, maybe rock paper scissors
    3 not joshua, maybe prime bowe (90s)
    4 holyfield (90s)
    5 moorer (90s)

    Btw rock: vitali
    Paper: fury
    Scissors: tyson
     
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