Top 30 fighters of the Last 30 years?

I've yet to start that meme.

 

Ok this was a hard list to make as many guys could have been higher like Duran,Arguello,Gomez but they came out a little lower cause a big part of their greatness was work they had done in the 70s. Also Sanchez died in the early 80s but i still put him high cause all his big wins were done in the 80s. Oh well i put top 50.

1.Ray Leonard
2.Julio Cesar Chavez
3.Pernell Whittaker
4.Manny Pacquiao
5.Floyd Mayweather
6.Marvin Hagler
7.Roy Jones
8.Evander Holyfield
9.Michael Spinks
10.Thomas Hearns
11.Salvador Sanchez
12.Roberto Duran - would be #1 if i could include his 70s run
13.Oscar Delahoya- Say what you want but he dominated in many weights against the best possible
14.Ricardo Lopez
15.Larry Holmes
16.Alexis Arguello - would have been up quite a few if i could include his 70s run.
17.Bernard Hopkins
18.Shane Mosley
19.Aaron Pryor
20.Mike Tyson
21.Marco Barrera
22.Erik Morales
23. Wilfredo Gomez - would also be higher (70s resume) he had some good wins in the 80s but also some brutal losses
24.Wilfredo Benitez
25.James Toney
26.Juan m Marquez
27.Felix Trinidad
28.Azumah Nelson
29.Mike Mccallum
30.Jeff Fenech
31.Orlando Canizales-Johnny Tapia
33.Mark Johnson
34.Euesebio Pedroza
35.Meldrick Taylor brilliant fighter too bad his prime was shorter than some of the others.
36.Lennox Lewis
37.Dwight Muhamad Qawi
38.Jung Koo Chang
39.Kaosai Galaxy
40.Winky Wright
41Joe Calzaghe
42.Bobby Chacon lot of 70s fights but he had some great wins in the 80s.
43Jeff Chandler
44Kostya Tszyu
45Terry Norris
46Hector Camacho
47.Chiquita Gonzalez
48.Michael Carbajal
49.Donald Curry would be higher if prime lasted longer
50.Michael Nunn ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
fighters just missing the cut
Lupe Pintor
Ike Quartey
Marlon Starling
Myung Woo Yuh
Vernon Forrest
Riddick Bowe
Fernando Vargas

 

Let's see, who did I miss? Somebody will have to be bumped off.

Winky Wright belongs... I guess I could get rid of Trinidad or Hill?

 

you guys seriously saying Calzaghe is not one of the top 30 fighters in the last 30 years!!?!?come on!

 

swerve Hill then. cos Tito a must on that list.

 

Hes not after looking at all those fighters, he doesnt quite make the cut.

 

I forgot about Hill but no way does he make the top 30, maybe 50ish.

 

Not bad but please explain how jcc is above pernell?

 

I guess Buddy Mcgirt could be in the top 50. Virgil hill

 

Actually you could make a case for Pernell i just like Julio better

 

you left our some important things like SKILL, TALENT, DEPTH OF COMP at the weight class. H2H comparison is a double edge sword, one could argue that a Champ would match-up nicely against a former champ nicely but it could also be argued that they could have problems with contenders of the past.

 

Those a whole lot of guys i could have put as honorable mention(Edwin Rosario. Its pretty hard to pick from lot of these guys there isnt much seperating guys within 10 or even 15 spots on some. Julian Jackson could have made the top 50.

 

This is an attrocius list. KlitchkoatschCalzaghe that high? I guess you never heard of Chavez? IF you put Chavez on there, took Klitchko and Calzaghe out i wouldnt have commented how attrocious it was.

 

Too many '90s fighters on a lot of these lists.

the '80s was the best decade of these three from top to bottom at the highest level in almost every division.more depth too.

 

Good post. Calzaghe gets undersold.