Best MW post-Hagler, pre-Hopkins?

H2H you'd probably have to give it to RJJ, but in terms of their wins and performances at the weight I'd go with Sumbu Kalambay.

 

McCallum or RJJ.....

 

Hagler himself stated that Toney was the best MW champ to come after him.

For me, Toney clearly won the first fight with McCallum - it was still somewhat close but not 'draw or could've gone either way' close - Toney won this.
The rematch I don't know - McCallum made the right adjustements, both men were brilliant, it's a tough fight to score. A draw would've been in order I guess?

 

Well maybe McCallum should've won a razor-thin decision. Only maybe.
If anything, this is not a clear fight to score, with no clear winner. To me at least.

 

I agree, Toney won the 1st fight. Toney is one of my four favourite ever fighters, but stylistically I think Kalambay would've edged him, that's one of the main reasons I have Kalambay 1st and Toney 2nd here (mw career-wise I mean, if we're talking purely h2h I still say RJJ)

 

Nunn was unreal against Frank Tate, barely put a foot wrong. I love Eubank's attack angles against Benn and Watson. Kalambay beating Graham and McCallum was ill, both upsets and he countered both to bits. Roy Jones wasn't that impressive against Castro or Hopkins.

 

There aren't many fighters that looked impressive against those two...but Roy Jones did look the best against those two than any other fighter they faced.

 

Roy Jones's performance against Thomas Tate must also be taken into consideration here guys, not just Jones-Castro and Jones-Hopkins.

Jones stopped Tate in the 2nd in '94, and it remains the only time he was ever stopped, despite fighting on until 2002 by which time he was 37. A prime Julian Jackson couldn't stop Tate in 12 rounds, yet Jones done it in 2. That's pretty formidable evidence of Jones's prowess at 160 IMO.

 

Every time I watch that fight, I score it for Toney. I don't have much else to say on the subject. I go with Toney, I feel he won that fight.