Simple enough question. Through all the weight classes, who do you feel are the finest fighters of the last 20 years or so?
Did a thread like this not so long ago. Mine - Heavyweight= Tyson - 1988 still counts here !! (dont mind if people pu Lewis though) Cruiserweight- Holyfield Light-heavyweight- Jones jr. Super-middleweight- Calzage Middleweight- Hopkins - Light-middlewight- Wright Welterweight- Trinidad Light-welterweight- Hopkins Lightweight- Mosley Super-featherweight- Mayweather Featherweight- Hamed Super-bantamweight- Morales Bantamweight- Canizales Super-flyweight- Galaxy Flyweight- Chitalada Light-flyweight- Carbajal Strawweight- Lopez Note- I have done this list on achievement first , and h2h coming after that in adding to a fighter's claim to the number 1 spot. I have done a 'who was the greatest at each weight' list rather than in a p4p or h2h sense. Hagler just misses out at MW by 1 year, Hearns and McCallum aswell at Light-middle. I put Hamed in at feather because Barrera (obviously better) didnt stay at the weight too long and his accomplishments there arent as great as other's have done. Morales was robbed against him there imo, Tapia was well past it and Pacquiaou beat him, these fights make up a decent percentage of his total fights at the weight. I beleive Hamed to have done well at FW. Also, I thought about putting Tim Austin, Rafael Marquez and Canizalez in at bantam, but i just favourd Morales, i dont mid any of these getting the spot though.
I like your list, but Hopkins at light welterweight? I would put Kostya Tszyu there. BTW, I love the Trinidad additon in there :yep
Sorry everyone!! Just mistyped there - corrections- Lightwelterweight- Pryor (i mistyped) Lightweight - Whitaker (when you do lists this big, you just forget silly things !!!) Thanks for complimenting my list bxrfan, and sweetpea , you are very fast to jump on people for their mistakes , and to tell criticise views i see. Any chance of seeing a list from you
Not much different from yours now that you've made those obvious needed corrections. I'd put Barrera or Morales over Hamed though.
Do you think there is a good argument for Tapia at super-flyweight ? I do, just had Galaxy in front though
Yep. I'd take him to beat Galaxy in a head to head match also. What I don't think there's a good argument for was your post in the General Forum regarding Mayweather having a better resume than Whitaker. I responded to it, and am expecting a response, but don't take the words to be too harsh.
