Not an original thread, exactly, but ah well. 1998-2008. Who are they? And where do they rank all time?
I haven't dont a list in bloody months, for anything, except shopping. Haven't even seen a fight since DLH-PBF... But I'll give it a go. Actually no I won't. Clarify - do you mean resume's of the last 10 years, or fighters who have fought inthe last 10 years but include their pre-1998 resume?
I'll give it a go (baring in mind their careers before 1998 need to be included) 1. RJJ 2. Mayweather 3. Lennox Lewis 4. Holyfield 5. Toney 6. Hopkins 7. Delahoya 8. Mosley 9. Barrera 10. Pacman No 1 dimensional Trinidad shouldn't make top10
Calzaghe Jones Mayweather Tszyu Lewis Kessler Pacman Hatton?? Barrera?? Hopkins?? I'll revise this list if I realise I haven't forgotten abouty someone.
A compromise: Fighters in their prime during the last 10 years. They may have had fights before 1998, but they were not in their prime until 1998 and beyond.
These are the fighters I would put in the top 10 without hesitation... Marco Antonio Barrera Bernard Hopkins Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Roy Jones, Jr. Lennox Lewis Shane Mosley Manny Pacquiao Oscar De La Hoya These are the fighters I am having trouble deciding over to finish off the top 10 Erik Morales Kostya Tszyu Felix Trinidad Winky Wright James Toney Juan Manuel Marquez If Joe Calzaghe beats Mikkel Kessler, I would put him in my top 10, but not yet.
1. Floyd Mayweather 2. Bernard Hopkins 3. Shane Mosley 4. Marco Antonio Barrera 5. Oscar De la Hoya 6. Manny Pacquiao 7. Erik Morales 8. Winky Wright 9. Lennox Lewis 10. Joe Calzaghe Roy Jones is not on the list because he was already out of his prime during the majority of time since 1998. Where do they rank all time (estimation): Mayweather....Top35 All Time, #1 Super Featherweight Hopkins...Top35 All Time, Top4 Middleweights Mosley....Top60 Barrera...haven't thought about it. Oscar de la Hoya...Top40, Top15 Welterweights, Top10 Light Middleweights Manny Pacquiao...haven't thought about it. Erik Morales....don't know. Lennox Lewis....Top5 Heavyweights. Joe Calzaghe....Top3 Super Middleweights. *Jones...Top20 of all time
That's a good point - and why I was on the fence with him. In the past 10 years, he has beaten Jirov and a worn-out Holyfield, so I would probably place him in the top 15 or so. Had this included careers pre-1997, he would be in my top 10.
I would put Barrera and Morales in the top 75 of all time. I don't agree with De La Hoya in the top 40 or Mosley in the top 60. Mayweather is a little too high for my liking.
