19 Best HWs of the 1990s

Fair enough - I think he was ranked number 9, two years running in the Rings Annual Rankings ('92/'93). His opponents and results can be slated, like anyone's.

A similar case could be made for Briggs. His best win is a highly dubious decision against Foreman, with really nothing else to write home about, at all (not even named non-entities).

 

Spoon was definitely a 80s guy. He was certainly still a little dangerous in the 90 s , but never looked like getting a title shot .

 

Still, he spent four years, during the decade, finishing in the Ring's Top-10.

 

Get Morrison’s bum ass off that list. You’ve got him above guys who beat Holyfield, Lewis, Tyson, and Morrison himself (horrifically).

 

Can believe it , he was still a dangerous heavy even in his twilight years. If he'd gotten a shot at holy field round about 91 it could have been interesting .

 

You could reasonably put the top three in any order!

 

Quite probably. But, his results were inconsistent, which never gave him the chance to be put back into contention.

One might have thought his loss against Everett Martin (despite being a contentious decision) would have wiped out any chance of there being another serious charge at contendership.

More than four years later, he was on the verge on doing just that in another close decision loss, against Mercer.

 

So if he'd beaten mercer he'd have been in with the top Guy's again , all those year's later .

 

#5 is Graviton's list.

I think the Duke should make the cut somewhere between #14-20

The 1990's was loaded.

HOF active members

Lewis
Holyfield
Tyson
V Klitschko
Holmes
Foreman

Lineal champions not in the hall of Fame. Moorer, Briggs, McCall

Solid alphabet title holders Bruno.

Right there is 10. Very deep and talented times.

 

I suppose you could say that Witherspoon/Mercer was a fight to stay in the mix of what was a highly competitive landscape. Afterwards, Mercer unfortunately suffered a neck injury, which cancelled his planned bout with Golota and kept him out for the whole of '97.

A win against Golota might have led to a Rematch with Lewis - with a title on the line. I believe Mercer was also lined up to fight Tyson, several years later, but Tyson changed his mind.

Had Witherspoon beat Mercer in '96... ...who knows?

 

On what planet should Morrison be ranked above Tua?

 

Mavrovic above McCall is far worse

 

Something I'll never understand about these 90s heavyweight lists:

McCall's wins: Lewis, Damiani, Ferguson, green Maskaev, Seldon, Holmes (close)
Loses: Lewis, Bruno, Norris (close), Tucker (close)

Foreman's wins: Moorer, Rodeigues, Coetzer, Schultz (close), Savarese (close), Stewart (close), shot Cooney.
Loses: Holy, Morrison, Briggs(close)

Now why is George unanimously ranked higher in these lists? It's an inferior resume.

 

Akinwande and Hide above half the rest of the list is also egregious.

 

The WBO strap was considered an absolute joke at the time. Don't give me this "world champion" crap.