Fighter of the decade?

Tyson no... Ward? no..I will buy the 2000, I pick Oscar in the 1990s not Roy.

 

This reminds me of a thread I had about the greatest fights per decade

1880's John L Sullivan
1890's James Jeffries
1900's Jack Johnson
1910's Sam Langford
1920's Jack Dempsey
1930's Joe Louis
1940's Sugar Ray Robinson
1950's Rocky Marciano
1960's Muhammad Ali
1970's Muhammad Ali
1980's Hagler/Leonard
1990's Evander Holyfield
2000's Floyd Mayweather
2010's Vasyl Lomachenko (I originally would've said GGG but...)

 

Ray Leonard was the dominant fighter of the 80`s, every bit as good as the hype. Monzon fought better than Ali did in the 70`s and beat fighters like Griffith and Benvenuti who were far superior to Norton who exploited Ali`s heavier body, in being able to catch him when he jabbed, by watching his shoulders. Robinson was the best fighter during the 40`s and beat Kid Gavilan, Louis didn`t anybody on that level, but did destroy a top level fighter in Schmeling.
Robi also beat 4 of the Top 50 P4P fighters of all time during the 50`s. Duran beat DeJesus during the 70`s who was far better in quality to an ageing Norton that gave Holmes all he could handle at heavyweight, also Larry was nailed by a slow handed fighter like Shavers in the 70`s, while that`s an iconic moment where Holmes proved along with Ali that he had the chin of the 70`s, his defense was way more sloppy than a lightweight Duran, when Roberto moved up to welter in 1980 and met Sugar, Leonard was shocked at how hard Duran was to hit. JCC beat better fighters than Holmes did in the 80`s. Julio also only had one great fight during the 90`s compared to his peak form during the `80`s at his best weight.

 

I agree with your picks for the most part.

I would probably pick Joe Gans for the 1900s, Sugar Ray Robinson for the 1950s, and Pernell Whitaker for the 1990s.

I might pick Carlos Monzon for the 1970s, if only because I already had Ali for the 60s.

 

Tyson isn't the fighter of the 80's. Consensus choice is SRL with Hagler second. Duran deserves mention for the 70's.

 

He came up at the end of the 1980s. Hagler and Hearns were there in the earlier part and at the tend. Tyson to me was not the 1980s. He was a dominant great fighter, but he was not the 1980s. If you put him there, you ignore half a decade. Some people say Ray. On wins yes, on activity no. Hearns was a great that decade to fight a fight every year and a championship fight every year except 1983. Holmes was great for the early part of the 1980s. Nelson. Chavez in the middle. Spinks could be mentioned also. Pryor really burned out quickly. Camacho never materialized. But not Tyson.

 

Evander in the 1990s? He sure was active, but the wins? Probably Delahoya.. runner up Jones perhaps. but with Oscar I pick him. 2000s I pick Manny.

 

Roy Jones was pound for pound number one for most of that decade ..

 

Mike Tyson was the most feared man in the world ...and the most famous athlete on planet .He reached the same level as Leonard and Hagler in 4 years

 

Greatest imo, 20th onwards....

1900s - Gans
1910s - Langford
1920s - Greb, possibly Leonard
1930s - Armstrong
1940s - Robinson or Charles
1950s - Robinson
1960s - Very tough, maybe the toughest. I think it's between Jofre, Ortiz and Griffith with the first two having the strongest arguments owing to how many close, controversial nods Emile got. You can make good arguments for Harada, Saldivar or possibly LMR depending on your interpretation of his series with Griffith which I thought he won clearly. Ali and Tiger can be championed too.
1970s - Duran or possibly Monzon. I think Duran had better wins myself with Marcel, Buchanan and DeJesus and was just as dominant as Monzon. Had Montreal been a shade earlier, Duran would be light years in front. Carlos was undefeated though and an immense champion. Ali was probably third. If Zarate hadn't been waxed by Gomez I think he'd be up there. People either forget or don't acknowledge how highly he was regarded during his initial run at Barham.

1980s - Leonard
1990s - Pea or Roy
2000s - Pac over Floyd for me. Less dominant but beat far superior competition and stretched himself much more with the weight-climbing imo. It's only his struggles with Marquez that hinder him.
2010s - If Lomachenko carries on in current form, it'll be him come 2020. As things stand though, it's Gonzalez for me despite the Sor Rungvusai disaster. Cut a swathe though four divisions without losing and beat some excellent fighters along the way. Floyd and Ward too inactive/didn't do enough, with Mayweathers best work coming in prior decades. Same mostly from Klitschko.

 

A lot of fighters are unlucky that their great work often straddled decades. Benny, Packey, Ali, Louis, Arguello, Olivares, Holyfield and lots of others.

 

I shamefully forgot Pep for the 40s. Iirc two of his losses to Saddled were post 1950, which puts him in a monstrously strong position with his prior record and level of dominance.