Late 90s early 2000s Superstars Discussion

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  1. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    what do you guys think of them was this a great time for boxing where there where good fighters who fought each other

    Oscar De La Hoya
    Felix Trinidad
    Fernando Vargas
    Shane Mosley
    'Winky' Wright
    Bernard Hopkins
    Ricardo Mayorga

    how do these guys rank in your opinion?

    how does this era rank?
     
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  2. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    GPater,

    Where would you rank them?
     
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  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    heres how i rank them P4P but its quite close

    Bernard Hopkins
    Oscar De La Hoya
    'Winky' Wright
    Felix Trinidad
    Shane Mosley
    Fernando Vargas
    Ricardo Mayorga
     
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  4. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Would you rank Hopkins over Jones?
     
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  5. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    at Middleweight yes. P4P no but they are quite close.

    Jones is a 90 superstar but im trying to get opinions on the WW-MW stars as i have recently been watching alot of them
     
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  6. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    in fact you could maybe add Ike Quarty and Vernon Forrest to the list aswell
     
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  7. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It would of been good to see Tito & Ike, or Jones\ Hopkins 2.

    Where would you rank Oscar in your top 100, I have alot of time for Oscar as he always took on the best, even if he was a bit money hungry and should of won vs Tito & SSM 2.
     
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  8. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    well im not sure i have never made a top 100 but i think he is top 50
     
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  9. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I would have Hopkins, RJJ and Oscar in the top 50. With Shane, Tito and Winky in the top 100.
     
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  10. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    sounds baout right
     
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  11. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    It was a good era, but so was the early 90's. There was some exciting fighters with Mclellan, Benn, Julian Jackson, Mike Nunn, James Toney, Roy Jones, Chavez, whitaker, Camacho, Randall, Norris, pettway, Nelson Fenech, Leija, Lopez, Alvarez, Carbajal gonzalez, those were some good fighters fighting each other.
     
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  12. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    heres how i rank them P4P but its very tight

    Bernard Hopkins
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Shane Mosley
    'Winky' Wright
    Felix Trinidad
    Fernando Vargas
    Ricardo Mayorga

    Probably something like that maybe tito above Wright but i give the edge to wright.
     
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  13. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Looks good to me, but I would probably put Vernon Forrest in there above Mayorga, even though he has wins over him.
     
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  14. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    yeh a great era shame i wasnt born 10 years earlier so i would have saw those fights live

    good list i think its the same but i have Mosley where you have tito
     
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  15. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    I would agree Mayorga had the style to beat Forrest but Forrest was the much better fighter
     
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