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Mike Tyson
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
Roy Jones
Joe Calzaghe
Bernard Hopkins
Oscar De La Hoya
Felix Trinidad
Floyd Mayweather
Other (fighter must have been active this decade)


All the above fighters are either retired - or are veterans of the game with a whole career behind them - nearing the end of the road

They are modern day fighters who have all fought in this first decade of the 21st century

The question is - whos career was the most stella - who achieved the most - who had fufilled the most - who had the greatest career?

Holyfield by a mile!

Undisputed Cruiser and Heavy champ that fought EVERYONE!

Just a few of the names.

Tyson
Bowe
Lewis
Moorer
Rahman
Mercer
Toney
Holmes
Foreman
D.M.Qwai
Dokes
Pinklon Thomas
Stewart

Legend!

A few noteworthy names that I couldnt fit on the poll................


Ricardo Lopez
James Toney
Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales
Naseem hamed
Ricky Hatton
Riddick Bowe

My opinion:
1.Bernard Hopkins
2.Evander Holyfield
3.Oscar De La Hoya
4.Lennox Lewis
5.Mike Tyson
6.Felix Trinidad
7.Roy Jones
8.Floyd Mayweather
9.Joe Calzaghe

hitman09 wrote:My opinion does not count for toffee.
1.Bernard Hopkins
2.Evander Holyfield
3.Oscar De La Hoya
4.Lennox Lewis
5.Mike Tyson
6.Felix Trinidad
7.Roy Jones
8.Floyd Mayweather
9.Joe Calzaghe

B-Hop?
DLH?

B-Hop beat 17 mediocre middles in his reign and a couple of blown up welters.

DLH? He made da cheddar- but always managed to lose the big ones despite what you might think.

Mosleyx2
Trinidad
B-Hop

Evander is the King!

1- Holyfield fought the best at LHW and up at HW still going for titles at 46 and nearly dethrowned Valuev closely followed by Hopkins who has been a top contender for all most 2 decades and is still beating notable opponants at 42 fought the best and beat a few of them

FLINT ISLAND wrote:A few noteworthy names that I couldnt fit on the poll................


Ricardo Lopez
James Toney
Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales
Naseem hamed
Ricky Hatton
Riddick Bowe

You are joking?

DG. wrote:

FLINT ISLAND wrote:A few noteworthy names that I couldnt fit on the poll................


Ricardo Lopez
James Toney
Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales
Naseem hamed
Ricky Hatton
Riddick Bowe

You are joking?

I just threw him in as a British novelty choice ...................LOL !!!!

FLINT ISLAND wrote:

DG. wrote:

FLINT ISLAND wrote:A few noteworthy names that I couldnt fit on the poll................


Ricardo Lopez
James Toney
Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales
Naseem hamed
Ricky Hatton
Riddick Bowe

You are joking?

I just threw him in as a British novelty choice ...................LOL !!!!

Novelty it is!

Tyson has a stand out unique achievement though

THE YOUNGEST WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF ALL TIME...........20 YEARS OLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll leave this thread to you 2 and your insane ravings. Enjoy.

Holyfield has met more world champs than any other fighter in history (22): Tyrone Booze, Dwight Braxton, Ricky Parkey, Ossie Ocasio, Carlos DeLeon, Pinklon Thomas, Michael Dokes, James Douglas, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Ray Mercer, Bobby Czyz, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, John Ruiz, Hasim Rahman, Chris Byrd, James Toney, Sultan Ibragimov and Nikolai Valuev.
Of course most of them were a crock of s hite.
Duran took on 18, Sugar Ray Robinson 17. Julio Cesar Chavez took on 19.

De La Hoya because he fought great fighters and made an absolute fortune aswell.

Holyfield beat Foreman, Tyson, Holmes and Bowe.

3 of whom are top 10 heavyweights of all time, and the fourth is top 20.

Holyfield squeezed EVERY drop of achievement from his talent.

You cannot say the same for virtually everyone else on that list.

Holyfield.

Define greatest

Greatest Legacy in the Biggest Division - Lennox
Career that transcended boxing - Tyson
Most Excitement Career - Tyson
Highest P4P ability - Jones
Greatest Overall LEgacy - debatable
Career most tarnished with Steroid Use - Holyfield D

surprised so many are picking holyfield, his form at heavyweight was patchy, though he still had a very good career.

for me, despite the detractors, and the ways his late career has panned out, roy jones still had the best career. had he retired following the ruiz win, i think we would view him in a different light, but i don't think you can knock a guys achievements because he got old and didnt quit.