the underrated 90s heavyweight era

Can you imagine Joshua not fighting Wilder ? Or Wilder dumping the belt in the trash and refusing to fight Joshua over petcentages like Bowe did ? This era would have a heart attack . lol I can confidently say this era is vastly stacked right now , wait until 2 years from now with the emergence of Dubois , Sirenko , Morrison , Hrgovic , Gormon etc ........these are high level DANGEROUS fighters in their own way .Possibly Usyk .......though i have doubts how his power carries over . Very strong era developing . The 90's era really is a map out of this one. I really think this will be the most formidable group . I dont believe there have beenso many olympic stand outs either all at once ? One of my favorite fights on tuesday night fights was Golota vs Samson Pa'uha , when Golota bit that guys neck and rallied back with his white trunks covered in blood ...these are the characters which made the 90's great . lol yeah i remember the whole bowe garbage can belt bull**** that was a huge coward move by bowe and rock newman , newman has to go down as the biggest ahole manager i can recall in the 90s.

I think the 90's is slightly overrated but it was a much more popular era than now. Think about it but purses from that era are larger than most heavyweight fights now. Tyson was past his peak through out the era but in the early 90's the skills erosion was evident but the physical erosion wasn't. In the early 90's most the top contenders were Americans but by the end of the era you had many foreigners and Vitali had just planted the K2 flag.

Don't think it's underrated at all, it's regarded as probably the best era after the 70's.

Can you imagine Joshua not fighting Wilder ? Or Wilder dumping the belt in the trash and refusing to fight Joshua over petcentages like Bowe did ? This era would have a heart attack . lol I can confidently say this era is vastly stacked right now , wait until 2 years from now with the emergence of Dubois , Sirenko , Morrison , Hrgovic , Gormon etc ........these are high level DANGEROUS fighters in their own way .Possibly Usyk .......though i have doubts how his power carries over . Very strong era developing . The 90's era really is a map out of this one. I really think this will be the most formidable group . I dont believe there have beenso many olympic stand outs either all at once ? One of my favorite fights on tuesday night fights was Golota vs Samson Pa'uha , when Golota bit that guys neck and rallied back with his white trunks covered in blood ...these are the characters which made the 90's great . lol Agreed. When people become more familiar with the fighters it will change a lot of that... Hopefully. Lol I remember that fight as well, something about biting at that time, necks, ears...

It is very important to pay attention to the attitudes at the time. For example, as Juggs said, Lewis was thought of, for most of his prime, as a guy who was lacking, who had no heart. Bowe was indeed the guy who everyone looked up towards. Tyson had set a high bar initially by getting through the ranks on a tare... People were mesmirized by Tyson. As a matter of fact he was thought to be, for a while, unbeatable. Yet as we stand here today, many decent fighters from that era are not mentioned. For example, Razor Ruddock, who almost beat Tyson twice, and who was very competative. The ranks were swollen with guys like Whitaker, Witherspoon, Bruno, etc. So talent ran deep through the eighties and nineties. We will see some great fighters emerge from this group as well... but people have to be objective and not assume things about ability. There are plenty of talented fighters emerging. Time in boxing is like water in cooking...that magic ingredient that seems to just bring all things together when used judiciously!

They call it the 2nd golden era.. What's underrated about that?

The 90s definitely had a really deep talent pool in the HW division and alot of them fought on USAs Tuesday night fights or ESPN on Thursdays night fights. That's something I really miss is fights twice a week almost every week. I have tubs of VHS tapes from those shows.

Something about the 70s - early 00s. Everything was just better. Music, cars, films and fights. Even the grainy picture quality of the fights added to their gritiness. Now you have fights and movies in 4K, better production values but everything is sisified for millenials. https://images.moviepilot.com/images/c_limit,q_auto:good,w_600/50-best-movie-posters-of-the-70-s-875cc945-e788-476f-91f2-0f4d31d07c78-jpeg-223311/50-best-movie-posters-of-the-70-s.jpg

Tyson was the Gem of that Era and the main reason why people were so intrested.Lewis was the Best one out of that Bunch.Holyfield was the most talented coming from Cruiserweight brilliant era.Remember those days.The level of intrest in Boxing in the US those times were unmatched

Underrated???? This is like the most hyped era of all time, "a PRIME TYSON KO's anyone, ever" Is a very common thing to hear. When a lot of people think of heavyweight they think of tyson and friends

Thats what they were saying in the 90's compared to the 80's . Some of the guys you listed would be labled as such by the same standard applied today .. Morrison has a glass jaw . Foreman is an old man Holyfield a bum he keeps losing Lewis is boring Briggs is a hype job Tyson should retire etc .... The only fighter the majority on this forum would like going by how they act now is Bowe and they would still call him average bc he went the distance a few times . Of course they think the 90's was great .....they can review it without beer goggles . lol Every generation thinks the prior one is better . Its the illogical boxing thinking . This era hasnt even begun yet yet we already had Klitchko vs Joshua .......its just getting started . If it was 1993 i guarantee ppl would be complaining just like today as a matter of fact Lewis the dominant champion wasnt even considered a good fighter by most until he retired and even then it took time . The two best never even fought each other Bowe and Lewis . lol We have 5 undefeated top 10 guys and 3 are champions .....this era has more than 4 interesting guys i can assure you that . lol Joshua , Fury , Parker , Ortiz , Wilder , Miller , Pulev , Povetkin , Whyte , Breazeale , Izu , Browne , H . Fury , Joyce , Haye , Briggs , Kownacki , Dubois, Takam, Chisora , Martin, Ruiz , Sirenko, Hrgovic , Jennings, Mansour , Morrison , Arias , Rock , Gormon, Junior Fa ,Mazurak ....Possibly Usyk? Are you telling me these guys arent going to produce crazy stuff ( they already did ) and fights ? Come'on now . :boxing: Most of the posters on here werent even around in the 90's watching boxing from 1990 onwards, i was and alls i heard was how dull and boring it was unless Tyson was fighting . Boxing fans are NEVER happy ! lol So im going to have to disagree with you , its actually the current era that usually gets no respect until its over at least at HW . i remember the 90s well it was great fun foreman comeback added a lot of interest ,title fights were interesting as hell the only bummer was foreman vs Tyson never happened that fight was building up nicely , the biggest issue with today crop is that they just don't fight each other boxing has become all about protecting your fighter with low risk paydays its more business than challenging themselves.

Tyson was just freaking nuts in the 90's. You guys still remember how f**ked up this guy was? Full of dramas in and out of the ring. The Holyfield rematch got a lot of people shaking their heads. That's what I remember the most about The 90's heavyweight. Tyson and his craziness.

I wouldn't say it was underrated. The '70s and '90s are generally regarded as the two best heavyweight eras ever.

Even the lower tier guys like Bert Cooper, Joe Hipp etc... yeah forgot joe hipp also guys like franceso damiani

ive found most newbie boxing fans here cant see past the last 10 years , anyone from a past era seems to get zero respect ? like the 70s the greatest heavyweight era theres a lot on here rubbish guys like frazier as to small and couldn't compete today its rubbish theres also a lack of respect for Tyson and holyfield when there both atgs for sure.

Yup all top guys or champs would be only contenders , I mean AJ went life and death with an old WK . Just imagine if he was 5 years younger . I know his not from the 90s but he was the last of the bunch who was trained by E Stewart !!

Even the lower tier guys like Bert Cooper, Joe Hipp etc...

Underrated??? Literally everyone from that era even journeymen or guys who had 2-year careers then prison is worshiped & automatically granted victory over any current HW. At least on boxingscene.