Fighters who were way above their competition.

Roy Jones Jr (pre-03), and Mike Tyson (85 - 91)

 

yes, tyson was light years above douglas in 1990 and tyson was above holyfield too

 

Duran at LW?

 

Joe Gans for a while most likely.
Then we got Sam Langford to bang him away.

Non pareil Jack Dempsey

Barbados Joe Walcott?

 

Ali
RJJ
Whitaker

Those immediatly spring to mind and imo some of the best choices.

 

Tyson was off his game that night. Couple that with Douglas having one of those once-in-a-lifetime performances. The stars aligned that night for Douglas. Tyson would've won any number of rematches at any future point (even the shot Tyson of post-95). **** happens, even to the best. Look at Louis against Schmeling in '36, and his first fight with Godoy.

 

louis won the rematch by ko, tyson never fought a rematch, so tyson never proved that he was better than douglas, and holyfield was better than tyson in 1991 hands down

 

Monzon and Napoles.

 

At 122, Wilfredo Gomez.

 

Good calls.

 

at 147, Sugar Ray Leonard was heads above the competition around 1982.

 

You are becoming one of the best posters on this forum.

 

A few that come to mind ..

Shane Mosley at lightweight
Tyson from 1986 - 1988
Bob Foster at light heavy
Sonny Liston from 58 - 63
Holyfield at Cruiserweight
Salvador Sanchez at feather
Pernel Whitaker almost his whole career.

 

Willie Pep as a featherweight, BEFORE his near fatal plane crash in 1947, played with his opposition as a cat plays with a mouse...To watch him ringside in his prime was something to behold....