90s or 70s which is the best heavyweight era

[Godsfly]

no fella it was just his size that pretty much kept him competitive in his comeback......refused to step in the ring with Lewis and foreman’s victories were against small or limited heavies...moorer , Shultz etc.
The best heavyweight of the 70’s vs the best of the 90’ would be 50/50 with Ali vs Lewis ...bowe would beat most 70’ heavy and Holyfield would be a night mare for Frazier ......Tyson already destroyed Holmes before.
Prime for prime it’s a toss up

Bro did u just say that Ali vs Lewis would be a 50 50 fight? Whoooohahaha!!!! The only thing that Lewis has is size in that fight. Lewis was stiff compared to Ali. Ali would twist Lewis feet into a knot with his footwork and unleash hell on him embarrassing him. Lewis had absolutely nothing for a prime ali nothing.......

[champion4ever]

Right now you guys are just basing your opinions on recent memory because the 1990s wasn't that long ago. What you guys really need to do is go back and watch some 1960s and 1970s boxing video footage of those decades.

Muhammad Ali lost 3 of his 5 fights in the 1970s and he is regarded as the greatest Heavyweight of all time. Moreover, the pool was a lot deeper in the 1970s than it was in 1990s. Their were more top Heavyweight fighters in the 1970s than it was in 1990s.

[Sun_Tzu]

Id say if Tyson fought Lewis in his absolute prime and fully motivated he'd destroy him, same for Holyfield

I disagree, Tyson could have beaten Lewis before he got with Manny but he would have never beat Holyfield in my opinion. I remember watching Holyfield when he moved to HW and thought this guy will beat Tyson pillar to post.

[Sun_Tzu]

Right now you guys are just basing your opinions on recent memory because the 1990s wasn't that long ago. What you guys really need to do is go back and watch some 1960s and 1970s boxing video footage of those decades.

Muhammad Ali lost 3 of his 5 fights in the 1970s and he is regarded as the greatest Heavyweight of all time. Moreover, the pool was a lot deeper in the 1970s than it was in 1990s. Their were more top Heavyweight fighters in the 1970s than it was in 1990s.

The way I see it there was more quality at the top three or four in the seventies and the 90s were deeper. Its all in the eye of the beholder though I reckon.

[champion4ever]

The way I see it there was more quality at the top three or four in the seventies and the 90s were deeper. Its all in the eye of the beholder though I reckon.

The only drawback that the 1990s Heavyweights had is that they didn't always fight each other. There was a lot of ducking and cherrypicking going on in that decade. The best didn't always fight the best. On the other hand, the 1970s were the complete opposite.

In order to get the biggest payday and the title shots, the best always had to fight the best. The very same cannot be said about the 1990s because it was just too much boxing politics going on which was why we never got to see Rid**** Bowe vs Lennox Lewis.

[strykr619]

This is true

But the 90s guys would beat the crap out of everyone from the 70s

No they wouldn't closer to Prime Ali would wreck all of them, Prime Foreman was insane too so was Prime Frazier.

[Sun_Tzu]

The only drawback that the 1990s Heavyweights had is that they didn't always fight each other. There was a lot of ducking and cherrypicking going on in that decade. The best didn't always fight the best. On the other hand, the 1970s were the complete opposite.

In order to get the biggest payday and the title shots, the best always had to fight the best. The very same cannot be said about the 1990s because it was just too much boxing politics going on which was why we never got to see Rid**** Bowe vs Lennox Lewis.

I agree with that.

[The plunger man]

Bro did u just say that Ali vs Lewis would be a 50 50 fight? Whoooohahaha!!!! The only thing that Lewis has is size in that fight. Lewis was stiff compared to Ali. Ali would twist Lewis feet into a knot with his footwork and unleash hell on him embarrassing him. Lewis had absolutely nothing for a prime ali nothing.......

Lewis vs Ali would be a 50/50 fight simple as that

[Curtis Harper]

I enjoyed the 90's more

[Left Hook Tua]

No they wouldn't closer to Prime Ali would wreck all of them, Prime Foreman was insane too so was Prime Frazier.

Frazier is too small

Ali and foreman would've beat almost everyone

Holmes too

But that's just 3 guys