Best fighters of the 90's?

[IronDanHamza]

People seem to forget Whitaker held World Titles across 4 weight classes during the 90's alone.

He was on the decline half way through the decade but what he achieved from 90-95 was alot to say the least.

Beat fighters like;

Nelson
Mcgirt
Chavez (He won)
Vasquez
And I personally felt he beat Oscar, although very debatable.

Defended his Lightweight title 6 times.

Defended his Welterweight title offically 7 times.

All during the 90's. Which is pretty damn good, really.

[SCtrojansbaby]

1.Roy Jones
2.Julio Cesar Chavez
3.Evander Holyfield
4.James Toney
5.Felix Trinidad

[The Surgeon]

I have Roy Jones as THE fighter of the 90's FOLLOWED by Sweet Pea


After that its tougher

[JAB5239]

Chavez was past prime.

Chavez was in the top 2 in every p4p standing at the time and had rattled off 23 ko's in his last 25 fights.

[JAB5239]

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Why? He lost both fights to Wilfredo Rivera in reality,

Than in reality he easily beat Chavez.

got dominated by Oscar and later Tito.

He was not dominated by Oscar.

He also should've lost the first fight to McGirt.

How do you figure this?

[Joeyzagz]

Definitive top ten in no order

ODH
Pernell Whitaker
RJJ
Joe Calzaghe
Naseem Hamed
JCC
Tito Trinidad
Lennox Lewis
Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson

[CarlosG815]

Gimme your top 10 lists p4p and name the guy you thought was best in each division.

p4p:
1. Roy Jones Jr.
2. James Toney
3. Oscar De La Hoya
4. Pernell Whitaker
5. Julio Cesar Chavez
6. Terry Norris
7. Evander Holyfield
8. Erik Morales
9. Kostya Tszyu
10. Ricardo Lopez

Good list, Pastrano. Looking at those names reminds me of how great boxing was in the 90's. Lists today consist of guys like Andre Berto and Tim Bradley, which is sad.

Those are legends above and fights like Jones vs Toney, Oscar vs everybody, Terry Norris and his exciting offensive style and the list goes on and on.

I believe that Naseem deserves a spot on that list. He doesn't get a lot of credit but he owned his division and did a lot of good for it. Hamed should be remembered in a better light than what he is.

[pacquia0]

Chavez was in the top 2 in every p4p standing at the time and had rattled off 23 ko's in his last 25 fights.

He was still an elite fighter but not prime.

[JAB5239]

He was still an elite fighter but not prime.

I have to respectfully disagree. He had just turned 31, had hardly had a tough fight in years and was in either the 1 or 2 spot p4p. Im not sure how you can say he wasn't prime. He was simply dominated by the better fighter.

[Pastrano]

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How do you figure this?

Coz I've scored it for Buddy, 115-114. It was a close fight, but Buddy won.