Who is the greatest of the 1990's, in your opinion?

Not Henry Maske? I´m dissapointed.

 

I mean everybody knows i'm a big Roy Jones fan. But choosing between these fighters are very hard. Very hard.

Obviously if he had gotten the Chavez and Oscar fights it would be Whitaker without question. I can't remeber who i had winning Oscar/Whitaker though, have to watch that again.

 

Rosi aside, I have to go with Whitaker. Higher level of competition than Roy. Roy was tantalizing but too often performed against guys with whom he could get away with outlandish ****. Still, it's a race because Roy was superlative.

 

I'd probably have to go with Roy although DLH probably deserves to be on the poll if there was one...at the very least. In fact, I'd go so far as to say Golden Boy is probably more deserving of consideration than Evander.

 

The DeLaHoya omission aside...I also think Hamed would be in the discussion if he had beaten Barrera...of course Hamed would never have beaten that version of Barrera so it's sort of like saying, "Had Duran beaten Hearns, he'd be considered the greatest fighter p4p ever"...

 

RJJ was more exciting and did more to attract fans during that time.

ODLH should be on that list, and I would put him second behind RJJ.

 

I always felt that De La Hoya recieved gift decisions against Ike Quartey and Whitaker. He also beat some name fighters but some were past prime by a long shot.

But I'm biased towards De La Hoya, I view him as greatly overated. Most don't i think.

 

I give the distinction to Roy Jones.

Yes Whitaker had a slightly better resume; but Jones has had more dominant performances in addition he was far more relevant over the course of the decade as the top p4p fighter

 

Agreed.

Pea, RJJ, Holyfield and maybe a case for Oscar Delahoya.

 

100 Iran Barkley
99 Vassily Jirov
98 Jorge Castro
97 Joe Calzaghe
96 Meldrick Taylor
95 Vinny Pazienza
94 Simon Brown
93 Gianfranco Rosi
92 Frankie Liles
91 William Joppy
90 Ray Mercer
89 Dingaan Thobela
88 Crisanto Espana
87 Eloy Rojas
86 Robert Quiroga
85 Nana Yaw Konadu
84 Juan Martin Coggi
83 Orlin Norris
82 Ronald Wright
81 Kennedy McKinney
80 Tim Austin
79 Julio Cesar Vazquez
78 Steve Collins
77 Al Cole
76 Lorenzo Barber
75 James Douglas
74 James McGirt
73 Miguel Angel Gonzales
72 Tony Lopez
71 Sharmba Mitchell
70 Lonnie Bradley
69 Antonio Esparragoza
68 Jake Matlala
67 Mike Tyson
66 Fernando Vargas
65 Tommy Hearns
64 Wilfred Vazquez
63 Orzubek Nazarov
62 Dave McAuley
61 Arturo Gatti
60 Harry Simon
59 Joichiro Tatsuyuhi
58 Michael Moorer
57 Julian Jackson
56 Kevin Kelley
55 Sung Il Moon
54 John John Molina
53 Manuel Medina
52 Maurice Blocker
51 Daniel Zaragoza
50 John David Jackson
49 Reggie Johnson
48 Myung Woo Yuh
47 Zack Padilla
46 Jeff Fenech
45 George Foreman
44 Henry Maske
43 Genaro Hernandez
42 Ike Quartey
41 Johnny Tapia
40 Vuyani Bungu
39 Vitali Klitschko
38 Freddie Pendleton
37 Mike McCallum
36 Michael Carbajal
35 Mark Johnson
34 Humberto Gonzales
33 Frankie Randall
32 Steve Johnston
31 Junior Jones
30 Yuri Arbachakov
29 Erik Morales
28 Tom Johnson
27 Chris Eubank
26 Gerald McClellan
25 Virgil Hill
24 Nigel Benn
23 Saman Sorjaturong
22 Kostya Tszyu
21 Azumah Nelson
20 Floyd Mayweather Jr
19 Marco Antonio Barrera
18 Bernard Hopkins
17 Shane Mosley
16 Riddick Bowe
15 Brian Mitchell
14 Dariusz Michalczewski
13 Kaosai Galaxy
12 Orlando Canizales
11 Lennox Lewis
10 Julio Cesar Chavez
9 James Toney
8 Felix Trinidad
7 Naseem Hamed
6 Terry Norris
5 Pernell Whitaker
4 Evander Holyfield
3 Ricardo Lopez
2 Roy Jones Jr
1 Oscar de la Hoya

 

Roy Jones.

 

at first when i was going thru your list, i'm like WTF this is your list for ATG ever? But then i kind of thought no this can't be and i figured it was your list for greatest fighters of the 90's....

Anyways, did u actually do this yourself? I mean good job for going thru 100 boxers, but the list is very bad.

 

Sweet Pea.

 

I was fortunate enough to be at both fights. I thought DLH won them both and I was scoring. And I don't really like Oscar. I have rewatched both on video and it has only reaffirmed what I saw. For what it's worth...

Still, Quartey is not in the conversation and Whitaker was on the downside.

 

Got to go for pernell whitaker . He's the only fighter of the era i can see beating the all time greats at his weight (maybe Lewis if he packed his chin ) he was unhittable .