Top Ten Boxers

[thechamp09]

Here are my top ten picks of what I consider the best boxers from the 1990's and the 2000-10's eras period...

1990's:

1. Roy Jones, JR.

2. Felix Trinidad

3. Oscar De La Hoya

4. Pernell Whitaker

5. Julio Cesar Chavez

6. Evander Holyfield

7. Lennox Lewis

8. Mike Tyson

9. Hector Camacho

10. Terry Norris


2000-10's


1. Manny Pacquiao

2. Bernard Hopkins

3. Floyd Mayweather, JR.

4. Shane Mosley

5. Joe Calzaghe

6. Wladimir Klistcho

7. Juan M. Marquez

8. Marco A. Barrera

9. Vitali Klistcho

10. Erik Morales

[Joeyzagz]

Top 10 by weight class: 1990-2010

Heavyweight: Lennox Lewis
Cruiserweight: David Haye
Light Heavyweight: Roy Jones
Supermiddleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Bernard Hopkins
Junior middleweight: ODH
Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather
Junuior WW: Ricky Hatton
Superfeatherweight: Manny Pacquiao
Featherweight: Naseem Hamed

This is a true top ten list as their can be only one best guy in each division.

[JAB5239]

Top 10 by weight class: 1990-2010

Heavyweight: Lennox Lewis Lewis
Cruiserweight: David Haye Juan Carlos Gomez
Light Heavyweight: Roy Jones Jones
Supermiddleweight: Joe Calzaghe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Bernard Hopkins Hopkins
Junior middleweight: ODH Trinidad
Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather ODH
Junuior WW: Ricky Hatton Tszyu
Superfeatherweight: Manny Pacquiao Mayweather
Featherweight: Naseem Hamed Barrera

This is a true top ten list as their can be only one best guy in each division.

You left out the lightweight division, where I would pick Pernell Whitaker.

[JAB5239]

[QUOTE]

Here are my top ten picks of what I consider the best boxers from the 1990's and the 2000-10's eras period...

1990's:

9. Hector Camacho

With all due respect, Camacho didn't due squat in the 90's.

[NChristo]

Ricardo Lopez needs to be in there.

[southerndandy]

1990's
1. Roy Jones
2. Pernell Whitaker
3. Ricardo Lopez
4. Felix Trinidad
5. Oscar De La Hoya
6. Evander Holyfield
7. Julio Cesar Chavez
8. James Toney
9. Bernard Hopkins
10. Lennox Lewis

2000's
1. Floyd Mayweather/Manny Pacquiao(taking the easy route)
3. Bernard Hopkins
4. Joe Calzaghe
5. Juan Manuel Marquez
6. Winky Wright
7. Marco Antonio Barrera
8. Erik Morales
9. Shane Mosley
10. Vitali Klitschko

[Joeyzagz]

You left out the lightweight division, where I would pick Pernell Whitaker.

I Tried to pick the ten most exciting divisions and no one seems to stay at Lightweight long enough to make it great, so I left it out.

I actually like your list though. Tough to choose between ODH and Trinidad.

[Wild Blue Yonda]

NChristo is right about Lopez --- he's in any discussion regarding the best of the past twenty years.

Purely for accomplishments, though, I have to say, Pacquiao trumps everyone between 1990 & now. I would even go further back, if pushed, to find his equal in that regard.

[thechamp09]

Camacho in the 1990's list

[QUOTE=JAB5239;9676383]

With all due respect, Camacho didn't due squat in the 90's.

I choose Hector Camacho because he only loose to Chavez, Trinidad and De la Hoya that are before of him in the list during that decade. Definitely he was better during the 1980's. In fact he was undefeated during the 1980's. In 1990 he loose to Greg Haugen in a very questionable decision but he was able to deafeat him in another decision in the rematch.

Anyway, I think I should reconsider to put Ricardo Lopez instead of Camacho in the 9th position and leave Norris in the 10th. Lopez was definitely one of the greatest of all time in the lower weight classes that definitely deserves boxing attention also. Thanks.

[katsidis]

Top 10 by weight class: 1990-2010

Heavyweight: Lennox Lewis
Cruiserweight: David Haye
Light Heavyweight: Roy Jones
Supermiddleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Bernard Hopkins
Junior middleweight: ODH
Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather
Junuior WW: Ricky Hatton
Superfeatherweight: Manny Pacquiao
Featherweight: Naseem Hamed

This is a true top ten list as their can be only one best guy in each division.

Can't argue with that, nice list.