Top 50 fighters last 30 years ie since 1984

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Irondan and myself were having a discussion in NSb when this topic got brought up and we had some interesting posts and mini debate about it... It made me start to think about who would be on it... I decided to start a thread about it here since NSb is full of idiots...
How I want the thread to go is I will list off 50 guys off the top of my head, and you guys pick out the ones you disagree with and for every fighter you drop, pick a replacement... It doesn't have to be in any order, I don't want to argue about placement, just if they belong or not.. I think this will be an interesting topic and I'm eager to hear everyone's viewpoints on it..

Remember that we are only going back 30 years to 1984, so while guys like srl, Duran, Holmes etc were still active, only use resume from 1984 to present.. And this isn't about atg rankings, just the top 50 guys even if not an atg..
Here is my top 50, I will try and it keep in order of weight class but no promises.

I'm sure I will leave some obvious guys off..

1 Tyson
2 spinks
3 Holyfield
4 bowe
5 Rosendo alaverez -edit
6 Lennox
7 vitali
8 wlad
9 toney
10 Roy jones
11 Virgil hill
12 Hopkins
13 calzaghe
14 benn
15 Eubanks
16 hearns
17 Trinidad
18 winky
19 mccallum
20 curry
21 julien Jackson
22 meldrick taylor
23 Gerald McClellan
24 Andre ward
25 oscar
26 mosely
27 camacho
28 pernell
29 Chavez sr
30 terry Norris
31 Kosta tyszu
32 Vernon Forrest
33 jm Marquez
34 Barrera
35 morales
36 Johnny tapia
37 prince naz
38 Ricardo Lopez
39 Michael carbajal
40 Chiquita Gonzalez
41 Michael Watson
42 Sergio Martinez
43 Marvin hagler
44 Juan Luis Castillo
45 Rosario
46 Michael nunn
47 Ike quartey
48 Ricky Hatton
49 daruisz michlewski
50 Azumah Nelson


I know that I'm leaving off some great Asian fighters, sad to say, I'm not that familiar with them,so please list the ones I missed..

[Holywarrior]

Tyson, Bowe, Vitali

[J The UnBiased]

replace holyfield with another holyfield

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Tyson, Bowe, Vitali

List 3 replacements if your going to drop those 3


My list isn't perfect, or with much deep thinking, just a starting point

[Sugar Adam Ali]

replace holyfield with another holyfield

Replace this post with another one that makes sense..





I have no idea what your trying to say J

[J The UnBiased]

Replace this post with another one that makes sense..





I have no idea what your trying to say J

lmao you put holyfield twice, and i tried to make a joke out of it but failed miserably lol

[Sugar Adam Ali]

lmao you put holyfield twice, and i tried to make a joke out of it but failed miserably lol

Lol,,, didn't even realize I did that, total brain fart on my part...

Any suggestions on who I should use as replacement cotto? Margs? Mcgirt?

[Scott9945]

Lol,,, didn't even realize I did that, total brain fart on my part...

Any suggestions on who I should use as replacement cotto? Margs? Mcgirt?

Mother****ing Butterbean, goddamnit!!!

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Mother****ing Butterbean, goddamnit!!!

In all honesty, that would be a serious post in NSb...

Someone would be like "he is the king of the 4 rounders, just because he never fought for world titles doesn't mean he wasn't great, Langford and burley never got titles and are considered great,why not Eric esch".

[J The UnBiased]

Lol,,, didn't even realize I did that, total brain fart on my part...

Any suggestions on who I should use as replacement cotto? Margs? Mcgirt?

McGirt....the again Cotto....Then again, you know these lists can never be done lol, it's too many great fighters that your almost certain to always leave a deserving fighter off the list and as a fan, you feel like you're doing them a disservice and then you have to revamp your list by dropping another deserving fighter off the list and it's just a never ending cycle lol. I'm just happy I got to witness so many great fighters and great fights in this beautiful sport we call our own. From Pernell vs Oscar all the way to Marquez vs Diaz, we truly are a spoiled bunch of fans lol.