Top 5 fighters of the 90s

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  1. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    I would say:

    1. Roy
    2. Whitaker
    3. Holy
    4. Trinidad
    5. Oscar

    HMs: Lewis, Chavez, Ricardo Lopez, Toney, Mosley, Naz.
     
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    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    No way is Holyfield that high based on what he did in the 90s. He was a heavyweight for the whole decade, and clearly overshadowed by Lennox
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    I'm not gonna argue too much as I'm no Holy defender, but Vander had the more significant wins in the decade. I don't have a problem if someone wants to put Lunnox top 5 instead.
     
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    Yeah, I try not to be too Euro-centric with these things - you ask a Brit in the 90s to list the 'top 90s fighters' and you're getting Lewis, Benn, Eubanks and Naz then A.N. Other. That is obviously wrong, but Lennox is a definite inclusion IMO. He was clearly the best HW on the planet at that time, in the last era when HW was a deep division.

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    meetthefeebles Drunken Geordie Bastard

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    Lewis beat Holy, twice, in that period. Once as clear as day, the other close but clear. Resume only goes so far (accepting at face value that Holy had a better 90s run). If you beat the guy, twice, who beat all the other guys, you're THE guy.

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    #05. James Toney
    #04. Lennox Lewis
    #03. De La Hoya
    #02. Pernell Whitaker
    #01. Roy Jones Jr.
     
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    Jones
    Pea
    Lewis
    Holy
    Trinidad.

    Toney, Oscar, Finito and Hopkins could easily be in there tbf.
     
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    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Roy
    Whitaker
    Trinidad
    Lewis
    De La Hoya
     
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    Toney for Oscar, for me.
     
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    Erratic "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Roy, then Whitaker

    The rest of my top 5 is tougher and perhaps interchangeable. I guess I’d put Oscar 3rd. The remaining 2 is between Tito, Lennox, and Holyfield.
     

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