Top 25 fighters of the last 25 years

[-Kev-]

Mccallum and chavez I can't have on the list because there best work wasn't between
1991-2015

Speaking of best work, why is Dariusz Michalczewski there?

If you speak of fighters who were still fighting anywhere from 25 years ago to present, McCallum was one of them. Yes his best wins came in the late 80s. but from 1990-1997 he did beat Kalambay, arguably James Toney twice, and Jeff Harding. Dariusz beat Virgil Hill and Montell Griffin, and lost to Julio Cesar Gonzalez.

[W1LLPARK3R]

He was undefeated like 12 years is why. Granted he beat Roys left overs as best wins..they were in talks to fight, never happened..

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Speaking of best work, why is Dariusz Michalczewski there?

If you speak of fighters who were still fighting anywhere from 25 years ago to present, McCallum was one of them. Yes his best wins came in the late 80s. but from 1990-1997 he did beat Kalambay, arguably James Toney twice, and Jeff Harding. Dariusz beat Virgil Hill and Montell Griffin, and lost to Julio Cesar Gonzalez.

I don't have either on my list...

[BrometheusBob.]

1 floyd
2 roy
3 manny
4 pernell
5 holyfield
6 toney
7 hopkins
8 barrera
9 marquez
10 Oscar
11 morales
12 ricardo Lopez
13 Calzaghe
14 lennox
15 Tito
16 ward
17 shane
18 carbajal
19 wlad
20 cotto
21 forrest
22 tsyzu
23 froch
24 prince
25 winky

Much better list than the original.

First thing I thought when I saw the OP was dam, Pernell got robbed blind twice and now robbed of top five recognition.

[-PBP-]

If it's just resume over 25 years I would have it

Floyd
Pac
Roy
Whitaker
BHop

If it's best fighters period considering total body of work I would have it

Whitaker
Floyd
Pac
Roy
B Hop

[mastertech1985]

Lennox Lewis is waaaaaaay too high

his best wins are over faded Holyfield and Tyson and he has 2 upset ko losses at or near his prime

other than those two names, he ledger is very deep

Look at the guys Tyson and Holyfield beat...its not even close

[HanzGruber]

Still not sure why jmm is so high

[Showtime..]

If it's just resume over 25 years I would have it

Floyd
Pac
Roy
Whitaker
BHop

If it's best fighters period considering total body of work I would have it

Whitaker
Floyd
Pac
Roy
B Hop

If it was resume I would have Pacquiao at #1.
For best fighter you can make a case for RJJ, Whitaker, or Floyd.

The Top 5 is a consensus those 4 + Hopkins.

[daggum]

vitali better than toney? vitali's resume is complete and utter sh-it. why do people keep ranking him so high?

[mastertech1985]

If it was resume I would have Pacquiao at #1.
For best fighter you can make a case for RJJ, Whitaker, or Floyd.

The Top 5 is a consensus those 4 + Hopkins.

Manny definitely doesn't have the best resume of the past 25 years

Roy Jones was considered p4p the best for an entire decade....you'd be hard pressed to find rounds he lost until the mid 2000's...that's a hell of an accomplishment

Hopkins is the oldest champ ever and also is the only fighter in history not named **** Tiger, Bob Fitzsimmons to win titles lineal at 160 and 175

Floyd has the same amount of lineal titles as Pacquaio...but Mayweather also has over twice as many title defenses and title fight wins


those 8 titles at 8 weights is overblown considering there are 4 weight classes where he never faced the best opposition....wbc at 150 vs margo was a joke....david diaz at 135 was hot gawbage considering how deep the class was at the time....that WBOgus belt at 147 over Cotto who arguably got beat 2 fights in a row against Clottey and Margo



Pacquaio is very accomplished a top 5-6 best of the last 25 years but his resume is overrated

you have to consider who and when someone beat a guy for the strap and he beat a lot of guys after they got starched or beat up bad