de la hoya is worthy of his position if not higher.In 1995 he destroyed molina ruelas hernandez and leija four highly credible foes.If it had been 1996-2007 oscar might not have made the list
Am I now? Well, I think DLH might make a top 20 P4P list between 1995 and Present, but top 10? Nahhh....there are definitely 10 that have done more than he has. :smoke
1. Floyd Mayweather 2. Roy Jones Jr. 3. Bernard Hopkins 4. Lennox Lewis 5. Oscar De La Hoya 6. Felix Trinidad 7. Manny Pacquiao 8. Morales/Barrera 9. Shane Mosley 10. Calzaghe/Toney OK, so that's 12.
So there are 10 who have won titles in 5 divisions(since '95), taking on the very best of their era constantly? I just gave my list, gimme yours, and the guys you believe rates ahead of him.
forget james toney after roy jones took him to school in 1994 he did very little that mattered apart from beating jirov and the ruiz fight was no-contest so it may aswell have never happened
Holyfield, McCallum. Albeit both past their primes. Toney is a bit overrated yes, but I thought I'd squeeze him in considering he took on all comers from SMW to HW in between those times, winning titles at every stop.
very nice list :good Although spots 4 5 and 6 are almost interchangable really, morales/tito/paquiao all busted their ass big time.
1) Floyd Mayweather 2) RJJ 3) Lennox Lewis 4) Manny Pacquiao 5) Bernard Hopkins 6) Joe Calzaghe 7) Shane Mosley 8) Winky Wright 9) Evander Holyfield 10) Felix Trinidad
lol, wow someone made a list on quality of opposition. Good to see someone acknowledges the death walk that top 5 fighters took. Just as important in my eyes.
He was on the cover of Ring magazine as pound for pound during those years, wasn't he? Could be wrong, but I know it was one of them years.