Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Arturo Gatti, Tony The Tiger Lopez and how would they have fared in a fight against the others?
It's close between Lopez and Mancini for me. Lopez beat some quality fighters like John-John Molina, Rocky Lockridge and Dingaan Thobela, and drew with Brian Mitchell in their first fight. He did lose to Chavez when both were past it, and Ray gave a very good Arguello a good argument in their fight, so that is something to think about. For me Lopez was a more persistent fighter than Mancini and he did capture world titles at 130 and 135. Overall I'd give the Tiger the nod over Boom Boom, who didn't stick around long enough as 135 champ to convince me he was superior to Lopez. I enjoyed watching Gatti (who didn't?) but he lost comprehensively against the best fighters he faced, although he did beat some quality fighters like Patterson and Ruelas. I don't believe that he was quite on the same level as either Lopez or Mancini though.
