Would you go back to that you've actually been part of? Personally, I loved 2001. Floyd was in his prime, Kosta was in his prime, Lennox was still around, Jones, Tito, Oscar, Mosley were all still huge names, Barerra dethroned Naz, Morales was taking names... Fantastic year, IMO. Your turn...
1986 ! Tyson vs Berbick, Curry vs Honeyghan Prime mike mcCallum, prime Spinks, Prime Nelson, prime Hagler, holyfield coming up
1990 Tyson lost would he come back? Holy on the rise Forman Ko ing everyone very exciting time at HW .Benn watson Eubank Collins toney at middle great fights round the corner.Brilliant.
1982. Boxing was on free tv all the friggin time. The NFL player's strike meant BOXING. HBO and Closed Circuit had some awesome cards, too.
And look at just some of the players - Holmes DeLeon Spinks/Braxton/Saad/EMM Hagler Hearns/Benitez/Duran SRL Pryor Arguello Camacho/Rosario Sanchez/Pedroza Chandler/Pintor Watanabe Laciar Zapata It's insanity it really is.
Based on my age (born in 53) I'll go with RockyJim. Dad had me a boxing fan by the time I was 7; told me what a gentleman and Champion Patterson was. Going to the barber shop there was always a Ring Magazine on the table while we waited our turn. We all knew who the Titleholder was in Every division, no 5-6-7 champs, no 30-35-40 top 10 contenders, no new division every 3-4 pounds. The Gillette Friday night fights and Wide World of Sports shortly thereafter. I know you youngsters love the sport but I wish you could have been around then and experienced the era. Bad arse middles/welters taking each other apart. Other weight classes, Jofre, Battling Herada, etc... I live in the past and it brings tears to my eyes to think how special those times were as a child.
Gomez was one of the first i meant to put in there. Went thru division by division and forgot his LOL. Enormous year. Lots of exciting bit players too.