Best heavyweight of the 90's??

[Benncollinsaad]

Where did you get this from? The only scepticism surrounding Holyfield and this fight was the fact that it involved a 42 year old George foreman,Holyfield was expected to win this fight and nobody gave oreman a chance

All this fight did was give the skeptics who claimed Holyfield was a blown up cruiserweight who didn't have power at this division more ammunition





If it were fact based then Lewis would be at the top of that list and McCall wouldn't be on it.

Tyson and even Hide and Akinwande have greater arguments than McCall does

But they didn't knock Lewis out.

[Davros?]

its a toss up between holyfield and foreman,i think foreman beat holyfield in their bout but holyfield got the decision,but besides these two the rest are second rate

Really? Holyfield won almost every round imo.

[BigMacFoster]

But they didn't knock Lewis out.

No heavyweight beat Ali as convincingly as Leon Spinks did,Where is Neon Leon's high ranking amongst the best heavyweights of the 1970's?

I don't think he even gets ranked in the top ten of that decade


As for knocking Lewis out,If you ask sonnyboyx2 then Hide would have knocked Lewis out in two rounds had Lewis had the balls to fight him and Akinwande was well on his way to stopping Lewis before the unfair call to DQ him

[MANGLER]

Holyfield 4 sho.

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rid**** bowe was the beast of the 90s... just a little too short lived

[Benncollinsaad]

No heavyweight beat Ali as convincingly as Leon Spinks did,Where is Neon Leon's high ranking amongst the best heavyweights of the 1970's?

I don't think he even gets ranked in the top ten of that decade


As for knocking Lewis out,If you ask sonnyboyx2 then Hide would have knocked Lewis out in two rounds had Lewis had the balls to fight him and Akinwande was well on his way to stopping Lewis before the unfair call to DQ him

McCall didn't just beat Lewis, he beat Maskaev by 1st round KO and also beat Holmes (aged, but still not easy to fight), Seldon, Akinwande (by KTFO) and Francesco Damiani. All accept Holmes by stoppage. Had he stayed away from the drugs I believe he would be nr.1 for a long time. Lewis obviously had problems with his style and speed, even in the 2nd fight for the first couple rounds. He had ko power, speed and great defense.

[1SILVA]

I say it's Holyfield. He is the only one to beat Bowe, Moorer, Mercer, Foreman and Tyson. And did very well against Lewis the second time, when he was past his prime.

Bowe coulda and shoulda been the best, but he threw it away.

I have to go with the great Lennox Lewis

[Benncollinsaad]

I have to go with the great Lennox Lewis

Lewis achieved his greatest success at the tail end of the 90's, so I dunno...

[mrboxer]

Here's my top 5 90's list:
Holyfield
Bowe
Lewis
Moorer
McCall

Thats strictly unbiased, facts-based. If I were making a strictly favorite list then ofc Lewis would be gone. Tommy Morrison would take his place. Or Ray Mercer. They were both the great unfulfilled potentials.

bowe is not even in my top 100,lewis is not even in my top 50,and moorer,mccall are not even in my top 500

[BigMacFoster]

McCall didn't just beat Lewis, he beat Maskaev by 1st round KO and also beat Holmes (aged, but still not easy to fight), Seldon, Akinwande (by KTFO) and Francesco Damiani. All accept Holmes by stoppage. Had he stayed away from the drugs I believe he would be nr.1 for a long time. Lewis obviously had problems with his style and speed, even in the 2nd fight for the first couple rounds. He had ko power, speed and great defense.

Oliver McCall's fight with Oleg Maskaev was a joke,Maskaev shouldn't have been in the ring with him in the first place and Maskaev was nowhere near the rankings in the first place so the win doesn't mean anything

And he beat Akinwande in 2001,And considering this thread is related to the 1990's no such argument can be made

bowe is not even in my top 100,lewis is not even in my top 50,and moorer,mccall are not even in my top 500

Your lists are interesting,Can we see them? Or are they as stale and crusty as your attempts at humor?

Lewis achieved his greatest success at the tail end of the 90's, so I dunno...

Which was the 1990's was it not? And he achieved notable victories and title wins throughout the decade