Best Heavyweight of the 90's

Ruskell... Who do you mean, the guy with the Mowhawk??

Mavrovic ?? It was Lewis who faced Mavrovic...

But i agree with the undeserved bum stuff (Dokes, Ferguson)

 

Excellent post! It looks long winded but it isn't.

 

Jorge Gonzales, his name just came to me. The story goes that Jorge defeated Bowe in the Ams but Bowe thoughly dominating & KO'd him when they fought in the pros. Nice highlight reel KO too.................

 

I was only kidding with Golota, although he does rate a spot in the top 10 of the 90's.

I did forget Michael Moorer too...............

 

Bob Marovic did fight Lewis and that was a really good fight too.

 

Lewis

 

i kinda buy that actually.
it looked like his athleticism, skills and vetranism had all come together by 98...when he got the dreads

 

The dreads were Lewis's response to Holys head-butting. Lewis would never have beaten VITLAY without them. Of course the beard helped too.

 

The best verision of Tyson in the 90's is 1991 version. The best version of Holyfield is the 1996-1998 version. Bowe was at his peek from 1992-1995, and Lewis 1995-1999. I think Lewis was better in the 2000's but this is about the 1990's.
Had Lewis and Bowe met from 92-95 I think Bowe would have won. (the 2000's version of Lewis beats 92-95 Bowe.
Both Lewis and Bowe would beat Holyfield and Tyson. 91 Tyson beats 1996-1998 Holyfield.
Head to head I rank them.
1. Bowe
2. Lewis
3. Tyson
4. Holyfield
Record wise in the 1990's Holyfield was 13-4-1 (5), Lewis went 29-1-1 (22) Tyson went 9-3-0-1 no contest. (7). Bowe went. 27-1-0-1 no contest (20).
Acatule head to head Holyfield is 1-2 aginst bowe, 2-0 vs. Tyson and 0-1-1 for a total of 3-3-1 ( Lewis is 1-1 vs Holyfield. The Tyon fight was in 2002 so it dose not count and never fought Bowe as a pro. Tyson is 0-2 vs. Holyfield never fought Bowe. Fought Lewis in 2002. Bowe is 2-1 vs Holyfield never fought Lewis or Tyson.
Overall I rank them as boxers in the 90's anyother decade not bring consedered.
1. Bowe
2. Lewis
3. Holyfield
4. Tyson

 

Says a guy who goes by the name LennoxGOAT!! atsch

 

1990-92- Holyfield
1992-95- Bowe
1995-00- Lewis

Overall, I give Lewis the nod. Before I really thought about this I was ready to give Evander the 2 spot but I think Bowe did enough to earn that title putting Holyfield at number 3. Holyfield's overall legacy and his complete body of work blows away Bowe but if we're talking about who was better in the "90s", I gotta say Bowe.

 

Where were you? Bowe did duck Lewis. There was a HW tourney among the 4 beat HW at that time, Ruddock (who was ranked #1 by most after his showing against Tyson), Holyfield, Bowe and Lewis. BOwe faced Holyfield (perceived to be the easier fight), and Lewis took on Ruddock, the winners were to face each other. Bowe won, Lewis won. BOwe then dumped the WBC belt in the bin and faced the great Dokes. atsch

 

90's overall, Lewis.

80's overall, Tyson

 

It's interesting that you give Lewis props for fighting and beating guys once and then moving on, but you're also aware that him avenging his losses is important.

If Rahman and McCall had lived by that rule (beat the man once, then move on) then Lewis's wouldn't have had the opportunity to avenge.

Truth is, despite his continuous protests to the contrary, Lewis and his team wielded a lot of power in the boxing business, and could afford to get most what they wanted contract-wise, and afford to turn away other less fortunates. The Don King situation actually eventually helped them set up another go at McCall, it's not has if McCall was the most deserving guy at that time to contest a vacant title.

I'm sure Frank Bruno and Ray Mercer coveted rematches against Lewis, and I'm sure they felt they had done enough in the first fight to warrant a rematch. Didn't happen, because Lewis didn't need it.

Holyfield did the same as Lewis against Moorer and Bowe - he was avenging his defeats. Maybe he should have left Bowe 3 alone, but Bowe was considered by many as the best heavyweight in the world at that point, and what's wrong with attempting to win a trilogy? It seems the honourable thing to do, to give the man a chance to prove who's best.

Alex Stewart 2 was a tune-up fight, but Stewart had given Holyfield a tough fight in 1989, so it seems a reasonable fight to have made. Holyfield-Tyson 2 was the right fight to make at the time.

I dont think it's a bad thing to fight fighters you already beat. McCall and Rahman gave Lewis a second chance to beat them, and Lewis needed that to fulfill his legacy.

We shouldn't subscribe to a prima donna "star system", where it's fine for guys like Lewis and Holyfield to be given a chance to avenge, but slightly lower-regarded fighters are a waste of time giving a rematch to. I know that's how it often works, but I dont reckon we should judge that as something particularly good to be defended.

 

Lennox Lewis :good