Who has the Greater Depth in their resume out of these Legends?

Wow. Thats a hard ****in pick. Probably between Holyfield and De La Hoya.

 

Evander for me.

 

Delahoya and its not even close. Holyfield also faced most of the best opponents possible, but he was restricted to 2 weight classes, while De La Hoya fought at 5.

 

Lennox Lewis.

He beat everyone he fought!

 

Oscar and Holyfield are 1 and 2 for me if we're talking purely level of competition fought and range of styles faced. The truly impressive thing about Holyfield is that he really didn't miss anybody- he was the glue of the 90's heavyweight decade. Too many times, top guys didn't fight each other (or they'd do it too late to be as relevant when it comes to historical impact), but sure enough, Holyfield had found his way in the ring with them, and usually in a timely fashion. There wasn't much graverobbing when you browse through his ledger.

 

Oscar. He did not always win, but he stepped in the ring with a multitude of greats.

Though if we discount wins, a guy like Botha has a pretty stacked opponent list too.
Botha fought Lewis, Holyfield, Moorer, Tyson, Wlad. Sure he lost to each and every one of them but it's a good list of guys to lose to.

 

Initially I was going to say Holyfield, but looking again at Oscar's resume, it's hard to pick against him.

Prime versions (or very close to their primes) of Pacquiao, Trinidad, Mosley, Mayweather.

Hopkins was almost 40, but was ranked at the top of the p4p ratings and still fighting at an elite level. Whitaker was on the downside, but I think that was partially due to lifestyle issues, and my guess is that he trained much harder for DLH. That was that "last great performance from an aging fighter" that Cus D'Amato talked about. Quartey was a very good fighter, as was Chacinito. Although Vargas often looked shitty after Tito, he fought well against DLH, IMO.

Mayweather, Pacquiao, and Hopkins are often rated as the top 3 fighters of the 21st century. Pacquiao and Mayweather are considered the top 2 by many, and he fought both of them when they were fighting at top form.

 

I went for Mosley even though he did not win all of the fights.

 

When people are negative toward DLH or Holy, that shows they aren't boxing fans. Those guys literally fought the best of the best fight in and fight out.

 

I have always said had Oscar beat everyone he ever faced, he would have been the GOAT.

 

I don't think there is anyway you could say he wouldn't be.

 

Holyfield followed by Oscar

 

Probably Holyfield, especially when you consider his list doesn't include his Cruiserweight accomplishments.