Who were the top 4 heavyweights of the 90`s?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Wilder would have boxed Mercer`s head off and so would have AJ unless he got caught, Mercer was very sloppy.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He didn`t have more power and Ruiz`s jab is better and his jabs to the body were great v AJ too, he also proved his chin getting up v AJ.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

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    Ha Wilder? Boxing? Ha ha, good one Mark
     
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  4. Golden_Feather99

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    Maybe. He isn't outboxing Bruno. He either gets a late KO or loses a decision.
     
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  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    His landed more jabs against Lewis than Bruno did and boxed better v Holy than Frank would have.
     
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  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He landed counter jabs on Fury, that fight was far closer than a fight between Mercer and Fury would be, Mercer would miss far more shots than Wilder did v Fury.
     
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  7. Fergy

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    Absolutely spot on!
     
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    He did a fair job proving his chin by going down as well.
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    As did Mercer v a lesser puncher than AJ v Holy.
     
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  10. Golden_Feather99

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    Mercer landed more jabs because he went the distance against Lennox, Bruno was stopped in the 7th round. Mercer outjabbed Lennox by a small margin, Bruno clearly outjabbed and outboxed Lennox. If Bruno boxes the way he did against McCall, I think he beats Mercer by decision (you can make a case for either guy). Why are we discussing Mercer vs Bruno?
     
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    I agree, his best wins were a three fight streak in 90-91 when he beat Cooper, Damiani and Morrison. Other than that he was just a tough gatekeeper
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

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    Mark has a slight tendancy to go off topic
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think he would have been a handlfull for any heavyweight in the 90`s except Vitali based on how well Vitali did v Lewis later on in his career.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Mercer landed far more punches v Lennox in the first 7 rounds of that fight compared to Bruno landing some more jabs than Lewis before being stopped, there wasn`t much action in the Bruno fight compared to Mercer v Lewis and McCall was awful v Bruno compared to Mercer v Lewis, he would have stopped Frank and was a better fighter.
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Moorer was much better than Foreman during the 90`s but lost because of his weak chin, I fel Mercer could have beat both of them.
     
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