top 10 hw's of the decade and how do they compare?

Properly maybe this should be in the modern forum but I would get such nonsense in feedback. Lewis and the Klits dominated the period with good cameos from Rachman, Tua, Byrd, Toney, Chagaev and others.
And more for this forum, how do they compare to other decades or to put it more bluntly, is it the WORST?

 

I don't think the decade is too great but the brothers only dominate after Lewis leaves the picture.:scaredas:

 

agreed with most of what McGrain has to say. Surprised no Toney and was Brewster that good?
Then again I forgot Sanders...

 

A bit off opic here but I was just wondering how people think Ike Ibeabuchi would have fit in if he hadn't lost it and went to jail?

 

Ike would be pretty near the top for sure. How near is impossible to say.

 

Pretty good synopsis. I agree.

 

Vitali Klitschko
Lennox Lewis
Wladimir Klitschko
Chris Byrd
Sultan Ibragimov
Ruslan Chagaev
John Ruiz
Alexander Povetkin
Nikolay Valuev
Jameel McCline


ordered in this order.
maybe there is a valid argument for swapping lewis with vitali.
mccline had a very strong 2001 , and also beat shannon briggs in 2002 , and maybe got robbed against peter and byrd.

 

Solid list indeed. Toney and Rachman had some superior wins than this lot though. And Peters?

 

Good post and list, but i'd throw in Sultan Ibragimov instead of one of those. Povetkin might be better than all of the "second" raters, but hasn't proven that yet.

 

I don't know about Sultan. He had very few fights before retiring and his only two wins of note are a 35 year old Shanon Briggs and a 44 year old Evander Holyfield. Not sure if that's enough to eclipse anyone on the second and third tier lists. Like you say, Povetkin may be more talented than some of the mentioned fighters, but again his participation in the decade may not be enough to warrant making a top 10. Although I don't think much of him, Nikolay Valuev may very well be a candidate to replace someone on the lower end of the bottom list, but two people can spend days debating that one, and it simply isn't worth the time. Lennox Lewis is definetely the best out of anyone in terms of all time greatness, but I don't know if I'd hand him the #1 spot of the 2000 era. My reasoning is that his prescence during this period only stretched from 2000-2003, and his record 6-1, with a loss to Rahman. Of course, his solid wins over Klitschko, Tua, Grant and avenged loss to Rahman, would place him above most, but I think I'll award Wladimir as the poster boy for the decade.

 

Brewster definitely deserves to be on for knocking out Wlad and Golata.

Rahman too, 90% for beating Lennox and 10% for having a few half decent performances after that.

I'd also like to see Eddie Chambers on because he's put some good wins together and is probably a better fighter than most on the list.

Toney also accomplished a good amount although the ass kickings of Ruiz and Rachman the second time were technically no contests.

Ibragimov, McCline, and Valuev out; Rahman, Brewster, and Chambers in.

 

delete.

 

there are indeed good arguments for them too.
but toney's two biggest wins in the division were holyfield (shot) and guinn , then a draw with rahman and two close fights with peter which are considered losses for him at least on record , since 2007 he was weak , and till 2003 he was not at hw. got robbery decisions against batchelder and oquendo as was the case with his career before , although he did not always get the nod in close fights.
peter was stopped by vitali , had respectable fight with wlad , got a robbery decision over mccline , those 2 close fights with toney , some will say robberies too. also lost to smallish chambers.
mccline - toney - peter are all close contest .
maybe chagaev should be lower in the list (if included in it at all) and valuev higher.

 

Good points. Chambers is a good candidate for at least a lower slot on the list, and if not then certainly in the top 12-15.. David Tua could also be in the top 15.