Ring Magazine top-10 heavyweights in 1996

[QueensburyRules]

Witherspoon was a very good fighter and for me that era wipes the floor with today’s ....even Joshua would lose to Lewis and I’m a Joshua fan and I would not be comfortable watching Joshua try to deal with David tua and mercer....murderous punchers.

- -What shade of purple U be slurple today?

Lewie couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't ever face a prime AJ. He could barely handle past it Field and Tyson and was lucky Big Dummy more fainting goat than Lewie who let his career and last belt be retired by Vitali 5 fights short of his planned retirement...

[BangEM]

Witherspoon was a very good fighter and for me that era wipes the floor with today’s ....even Joshua would lose to Lewis and I’m a Joshua fan and I would not be comfortable watching Joshua try to deal with David tua and mercer....murderous punchers.

Your opinion.

My opinion: 90s was the most overrated era and AJ beats everyone on that list.

The best boxer on the list, Lennox Lewis, arguably lost again a guy who started boxing at 25/26 and got sparked twice. And he was also dominated by Bruno and Dubois might be Bruno-esque but he sparks Frank Bruno in 6.

[The plunger man]

Your opinion.

My opinion: 90s was the most overrated era and AJ beats everyone on that list.

The best boxer on the list, Lennox Lewis, arguably lost again a guy who started boxing at 25/26 and got sparked twice. And he was also dominated by Bruno and Dubois might be Bruno-esque but he sparks Frank Bruno in 6.

but we all know boxers lose to fighter they shouldn’t .....Joe Louis did t , ray Robinson did it , Roberto Duran did it , manny pacquaio did it and lennox Lewis and Anthony Joshua did as well......it’s boxing it happens but Lennox Lewis is considered an all time great heavyweight and those are the facts.......if Joshua continues to win and go’s on to beat usyk , fury in style then my view will change but at the moment Joshua is way behind Lennox Lewis and the way it is

[The plunger man]

- -What shade of purple U be slurple today?

Lewie couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't ever face a prime AJ. He could barely handle past it Field and Tyson and was lucky Big Dummy more fainting goat than Lewie who let his career and last belt be retired by Vitali 5 fights short of his planned retirement...

what on earth are you saying tosspot ? Lennox was 38 when he stopped a prime vitali klitchcko lol......so what would Lewis other 5 fights ? Talk sense gumbo ffs

[The plunger man]

Well, Szpilka and Duhaupas are not much higher level than Minto.

Whyte actually has better resume than Wilder, lol.

nor is seferi and pianeta

[The Big Dunn]

Well, Szpilka and Duhaupas are not much higher level than Minto.

Whyte actually has better resume than Wilder, lol.

Dude please stop. It’s fine if you don’t like wilder but this is ridiculous.

[The Big Dunn]

Modern mccall ...****ing Jesus you are so dumb

Theyre nothing alike...ruiz is a fat bum who took out a China chinned champion...

The picture in your sig tells me you’re an imbecile.

Even the dimmest bulb in the package could see the comparison is a joke and solely because they knocked out top British hwt champs and not fighting style.

How about you take a second to think before you post?

[The Big Dunn]

Scrambled head a week leading up to the fight and Edward Hearn’s greed made Josh the laughing stock of the world. Hearn would sell his mum for a quick bucks and he did AJ dirty. He made £100m in Saudi for the rematch but I doubt he’ll ever be able to shake that embarrassment off.

But he’s never losing a fight again in his career and it’s going to start with an emphatic destruction of Usyk.

That’s an excuse. He lost. He won the rematch.

I am looking forward to that fight. I don’t know if Usyk can handle the hwt power but I do think he has the skill to beat all the top HWT’s.

I have him as a top 5 p4p boxer right now.

AJ by late stoppage would be a safe bet.

[BangEM]

but we all know boxers lose to fighter they shouldn’t .....Joe Louis did t , ray Robinson did it , Roberto Duran did it , manny pacquaio did it and lennox Lewis and Anthony Joshua did as well......it’s boxing it happens but Lennox Lewis is considered an all time great heavyweight and those are the facts.......if Joshua continues to win and go’s on to beat usyk , fury in style then my view will change but at the moment Joshua is way behind Lennox Lewis and the way it is

I wasn’t arguing about Lennox Lewis but you made it about him. Whether AJ beats Lennox or not is a matter of opinion. Let’s not act like Lennox Lewis didn’t get sparked twice by two average boxers. If Bruno had AJ’s power and was more coordinated - he would’ve sparked Lennox as well. He was beating up Lennox before Lennox landed his big right that changed the fight. Mercer outboxed and out-jabbed Lennox Lewis despite Lennox’s size/height/reach advantage and that’s a guy who got destroyed by 45-yr old Holmes and also lost to Jesse Ferguson. And Mercer started boxing at age 23/24. So, how are you sure Lennox Lewis beats AJ?

Looking the list - none of them was perfect. Holyfield lost to Moorer and the same Moorer got sparked by 50-yr old Foreman. Tyson got sparked by Douglas who was a part time cropper. Akinwande is one the worst HW champs the U.K. has ever produced. Tua was only great at blocking punches with his face and throwing big hooks - and Ruiz is bigger, more skilled and faster than him. The only things Ruiz and Tua have in common are hooks, cemented feet and great chin but Ruiz beats him every day of the week. Golota isn’t better than Hrgovic and he ended Bowe’s career.

[BangEM]

That’s an excuse. He lost. He won the rematch.

I am looking forward to that fight. I don’t know if Usyk can handle the hwt power but I do think he has the skill to beat all the top HWT’s.

I have him as a top 5 p4p boxer right now.

AJ by late stoppage would be a safe bet.

Not an excuse when it was obvious before the fight. You saw how battered his face looked throughout fight week. And on fight night how long it took him to leave the dressing room and how he was before the fight started. He didn’t make any excuse but it’s obvious why he lost. People just don’t allude to that because it’s AJ - if it had been someone else, Hearn would’ve been slaughtered.

I think Usyk is decent but nothing about him screams “special talent”. I expect AJ to outbox him and spark him late. The guy is easy to hit and a slow caveman like Glassiev landed on him at will. I just hope the referee isn’t the same as the Pulev fight who doesn’t know a fight is over once a boxer turns his back.