Ring Magazine top-10 heavyweights in 1996

[BangEM]

1. Holyfield
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Mike Tyson
4. Moorer
5. Golota
6. Akinwande
7. Mercer
8. Tua
9. Bowe
10. Witherspoon

And people still think this is a weak era.

[kushking]

1. Holyfield
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Mike Tyson
4. Moorer
5. Golota
6. Akinwande
7. Mercer
8. Tua
9. Bowe
10. Witherspoon

And people still think this is a weak era.

the majority of that list would be heavily favoured to spark todays hws(& I believe todays fighters are very underrated historically due to nostalgia but the top 3 of that list are champ level fighters in any era)

[BangEM]

the majority of that list would be heavily favoured to spark todays hws(& I believe todays fighters are very underrated historically due to nostalgia but the top 3 of that list are champ level fighters in any era)

Akinwande, Golota, Moorer (got sparked by 50-yr old foreman lol), Tua, Witherspoon and Mercer?

I’d say only Mercer and probably Tua would be top-10 in this era. And they would be where Rivas is.

[The Big Dunn]

None of the guys on the list would get ktfo by Andy Ruiz.

[REDEEMER]

None of the guys on the list would get ktfo by Andy Ruiz.

Ruiz is better then Tua , Moorer , Witherspoon and Akiwande . Probably outboxes Golota as well who can win all 12 rounds against Ruiz outside Lewis and Tyson who probably knocks him out on the list ?

[IronDanHamza]

That's a pretty solid Top 10 if you ask me.

[IronDanHamza]

Ruiz is better then Tua , Moorer , Witherspoon and Akiwande . Probably outboxes Golota as well who can win all 12 rounds against Ruiz outside Lewis and Tyson who probably knocks him out on the list ?

Andy Ruiz better than Tua? How?

[The Big Dunn]

Ruiz is better then Tua , Moorer , Witherspoon and Akiwande . Probably outboxes Golota as well who can win all 12 rounds against Ruiz outside Lewis and Tyson who probably knocks him out on the list ?

I think I made an error in my first post.

None of them would lose to Ruiz other than Akinwande and Lewis because they’re Brits and every top British HWT’s destiny is to get ktfo by a mid tier, slightly above average American.

[The Big Dunn]

Andy Ruiz better than Tua? How?

He thinks it’s poster Tua, not hwt tua. Lol.

[REDEEMER]

Andy Ruiz better than Tua? How?

Holyfield shared the ring with both those guys .

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterkahn/2019/06/03/andy-ruiz-evander-holyfield-tried-to-warn-us-about-the-new-champions-power-in-pre-fight-interview/?sh=7012446bd100