Favorite fighters from the 90s.

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  1. puerto rock

    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    Tito Trinidad
    Sweet Pea Whitaker
    Roy Jones
    James Toney
    Ricardo López

    Honorables (Mainly, guys I appreciate more now).

    Erik Morales
    Naseem Hamed
    Shane Mosley
    Lennox Lewis
     
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  2. BOSS

    BOSS TBD

    Man I miss the 90s.... nowadays the only time we get a glimpse of the 90s is when reed takes an iq test
     
  3. Flo-Raiden

    Flo-Raiden Undisputed Champion

    Ricardo López
    Pernell Whitaker
    Yuri Arbachakov
    Mark Johnson
    Orlando Canizales
    Roy Jones Jr
    Felix Trinidad
    Johnny Tapia
     
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  4. Slice N Dice

    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

    Have to say Hamed and Lewis as they were the two that got me into the sport to begin with.
     
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  5. Jesus of montreal

    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    Dave hilton :(
     
  6. Neil

    Neil tueur de grenouilles

    Evander holyfield
    Marcellus Johnson
    Ike quartey
    Shane mosley
    Julian Jackson
    Winky Wright
    Veerapol sahaprom
     
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  7. puerto rock

    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore.
     
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  8. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    If by 90s fighters we define them as guys who peaked in the 90s, then I can't include Jackson because Jackson's peak was the late 80s, like 87-89. My favorite true 90s fighters:

    Roy
    Toney
    Tito
    Whitaker
    Too Sharp
    Mosley
     
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  9. Double L

    Double L Book Reader

    ODH
    Trinidad
    Lewis
    Nunn
    Toney
    Golota
    McCallum
     
  10. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Nunn and McCallum are two guys I consider more 80s fighters, but that's just me.
     
  11. whiskey

    whiskey Czarcasm

    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Joe Gans
    Peter Maher
    Kid McCoy
    Peter Jackson
     
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  12. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

    Toney & Pernel
     
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  13. Erratic

    Erratic "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    90s fighters who I probably rewatch the most nowadays are Toney, Tito, RJJ, Holyfield.
     
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  14. REEDsART

    REEDsART MATCHMAKER

    Just for You employee...REED's 90's Favorites...










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    REED:emoji_ok_hand:
     
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  15. ILLUMINATI

    ILLUMINATI Roberto Duran

    El grand Tito Trinidad

    El Niño de oro Oscar de la Hoya

    Evander “The real deal” Holyfield

    Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker
     
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  16. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    Michael Watson
    Carl Thompson
    Veeraphol Sahaprom
    James Toney

    Erik Morales too, although I don't think he counts.
     
  17. Wiser 1878

    Wiser 1878 Bridgerweight Champion

    JCC
    Holyfield
    MAB (I became more of a Morales fan after their first fight)
    Morales
    Carlos "Bolillo" Gonzalez
     
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  18. Boxingfan25

    Boxingfan25 Undisputed Champion

    I was never a fan of Evander. Maybe because Tyson got me into watching boxing.

    My favorites of the 90s

    Dlh
    Trinidad
    Morales
    Corrales
    Gatti
    Rafa Marquez
     
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  19. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Roy, Johnny Tapia,Calzaghe, those guys
     
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  20. Boxingfan25

    Boxingfan25 Undisputed Champion


    Joe Slapzaghe had fans lol?
    Tapia another slapper.
     
  21. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    In the 1990s I don't know any better
    ....I thought Danny Romero was a good fighter..... I thought Romero Vs Tapia was a huge fight, meaningful, historical. Looking back it was just a massive local bout.
     
  22. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    I don't care for Tapia, but he wasn't a slapper.
     
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  23. Jesus of montreal

    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ


    Always surprised me how some could love that slapping coward. Was a moderate fan at the beggining, but his shameless ducking had me always rooting against him
     
  24. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    Come on, Slapia was right there.
     
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  25. Boxingfan25

    Boxingfan25 Undisputed Champion


    Cross town rivals. It was as meaningful historically as perhaps Dela Hoya vs Genaro Hernandez. Both from east LA ect.
     
  26. Wiser 1878

    Wiser 1878 Bridgerweight Champion

    I was the opposite. I went from a hater to a fan. I liked the way he took over fights. Kessler-Calzaghe, RJJ-Calzaghe & Hopkins-Calzaghe. The first halves of those fights were competitive. The second halves, not so much. They couldn't do shit to Calzaghe down the stretch.
     
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  27. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Calzaghe a ducker?
     
  28. Wiser 1878

    Wiser 1878 Bridgerweight Champion

    I was perplexed too. Carl Froch might have a case at the ass end of Calzaghe's career.
     
  29. Neil

    Neil tueur de grenouilles

    There was a good 5+ year stretch between beating an aging Eubanks for his wbogus belt and facing another live body

    Let's face it, he would have shelled up vs Jones jr in the late 90s
     
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  30. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    That doesn't mean he was ducking anyone. He had repeated injuries and was making good money for Warren so he was badly promoted.

    Neil picks a hypothetical of Jones shelling up against the GOAT of 94-04 as proof that Calzaghe was ducking.

    Weak .
     
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