Best Decade Ever For the HW Division?

Ali was a corpse on legs in the 80's, cannot be included.

 

Robbie Williams?

 

I like 1990-2003 to cheat.

 

I don't consider Ali to be part of the 1980s he had 1 fight in that decade and was totally shot.

Neither do I consider Norton, Lewis, Bowe, Lyle, Golota, to really be apart of the 1980s either.

It was good era of talented Heavyweights though but most didn't fulfill their potential was the problem.

 

90s imo

 

Hell is gone and heaven's here
There's nothing left for you to fear
Shake your ass come over here
Now scream

 

70s for popularity of the sport

90s for talent

 

95-99

 

We are in a new golden era right now

Won't be recognized for ages, though

 

No we aren't, the next era will be seen as more stacked and exciting due to Turki being apart of it's entirety

 

Nah mate, outside of the top few it’s bog average.

When fat, slow, 40-something, never fought for a title Zhang is in the discussion around top heavyweights then you know the depth just isn’t there.

 

I think I agree with that. Followed by 80’s, and a steady decline from the 00’s.

 

I would say this is insane. The 80s was one of the worst eras, and all of these guys have context...the greatest context being that a lot of the big fights did NOT even get made.

Mike Tyson- ATG but disappointing.
Larry Holmes- ATG but openly ducked guys and contributed to title proliferation.
Mike Weaver- Journeyman who climbed into contention and briefly a title
Michael Dokes- Disappointing drug addict
Greg Page- Fat **** who loved twinkys
Pinklon Thomas- Not just a drug addict, but a heroin addict
Gerrie Coetzee- "sore little hands"
Tim Witherspoon- Drug addict fat guy
Trevor Berbick- Solid, durable guy, nothing special
James Smith- Good athlete but started late and totally unskilled.
Tony Tubbs- Drug addict fat guy
Gerry Cooney- Emotional basket case, alcoholic and drug addict.
Tyrell Biggs- Drug addict
Frank Bruno- good fighter let down by chin and stamina
Leon Spinks- Drug addict. Left best in 70s.
Carl Williams- Good fighter let down by chin, especially to a good hook
Renaldo Snipes- Solid, nothing special
Tony Tucker- Drug addict
Randall Cobb- Kick boxer and bar fighter who was never the same after a bar fight in which is arm was broken
Lennox Lewis- Just getting started. No impact.
Ray Mercer- Just gettting started. Little impact.
Scott LeDoux- Fringe contender. Best in the 70s.
Buster Douglas- Ultimate lighting in a bottle guy. Only special for a moment
Henry Tillman- Amatuer standout with no great pro career.
Riddick Bowe- Just getting started. No impact.
Willie DeWit- Don't even remember this guy
James Tillis- Solid but unspectacular
Razor Ruddock- In the 80's one of the better ones on the list, but disappointing.
Andrew Golota- 80s? Certainly didn't do anything until the 90s.
Axel Schulz- 90s.
Muhammad Ali- zombie
David Bey- I like David but he was part of the fatty era
John Tate - Fatty era
Robbie Williams- Don't much remember
Gary Mason- Not bad. Nothing special
Ken Norton- Mostly remembered in the 80s for getting brutally knocked out by Shavers and Cooney
Pierre Coetzer- Really nothing special. Again, are you sure this wasn't the 90s?
Ron Lyle- Smoked by Cooney and not much else.
Bernardo Mercado- Solid by unspectacular
George Foreman- Great fighter who made it fun, but the culmination of his second career was the 90s.
Marvis Frazier- Undervalued, but he will always be the guy knocked out in 1 by Holmes and Tyson
James Broad- Solid but unspectacular.

How did you leave off Michael Spinks?