Everyone Vote! Top 5 greatest fighters of the past ...15 years (in order please)?

Question

Everyone Vote! Top 5 greatest fighters of the past ...15 years (in order please)?

Answer 1

Best boxers in the last 15 years 1995-2010



I will try my best to use facts and I wont engage in favoritism. :-)



1. Manny Pacquiao



Since 1995 he has won 7 titles, jump 11 wight classes and 4 lineal belts. All 7,11, and 4 are world records. He fought champions by moving up the weight and have been an underdog in many of his fights. Pacquaio's early losses where due to being weight drained and going pros as such a very young age. Pacquaio fought an astonishing 53 fights in the 15 year span, that is a higher record more than Lennox Lewis and Bernard Hopkins COMBINED in the same span of 15 years! Cant deny the man his place in history especially when every boxing site and boxing experts have ranked him the greatest boxer of this century, check out Ring Magazine, CNNSI, Fox sports, boxingscene, ESPN, TV Azteca, BBC Sports, etc.





2. Bernard Hopkins- Since 1995 he defended his IBF Middleweight title 20 times including against Prime Glen Johnson, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya and losing it to a controversial split decision vs Jermain Taylor. From 1995 to 2010, Hopkins has maintained the holds of WBA Super World middleweight title, WBC middleweight title, IBF middleweight title, and WBO middleweight title.



3. Lennox Lewis- After Lewis was knocked out by Oliver McCall in 1994, 1995 became the year for Lennox to work his magic. The resume for Lewis despite fighting in less than 20 fights in 15 years are pretty impressive considering he has knocked out Vitali Klistcko and mike Tyson in the process together with compilations of victories over Evander Holyfield, Golota, Briigs, Tua, and Rahman.



4. Floyd Mayweather Jr.: You cannot deny Mayweather's place among the greats of 1995-2010. Before his arrival at the weltereight, he fought the best and quickly won an amazing 6 championships in 5 different weight classes. He fought Corrales as an underdog, and defeated Castillo (twice, one was controversial, beat Judah, Hatton, Marquez, and Oscar De La Hoya. His display of perfectionism is spectacular exhibition of artwork. He is a masterpiece of great counter punching, accurate lands, and impenetratable defense.







5. Oscar De La Hoya- De La Hoya had many losses in his career but let's all remember most of his losses were late in his career and also against top notch elites. Also what makes De La Hoya great is his selection fo top notch opponents. He has been accused of ducking MArgarito who was begging to fight him, but other than that, Oscar fought the best his entire career. Oscar had 6 losses, and 4 of those fights were controversial (Vs Trinidad, VS Mosley, twice, and Mayweather Jr.). 2 of his losses that is convicng were against Hopkins, which he met at a catchweight title bout for the Middleweight title and 1 against Pacquaio, whom many though Oscar was way past his prime and was weight drained. Oscar, however, had a couple of gift decisions as well to make it up vs Sturm and Whitaker. However, Oscar since 1995, has defeated the likes of Leija, Julio Cesar Chavez, Camacho, WHitaker, STurm, Quartey, Trinidad, Gatti, and Vargas.



Couldnt make it in the list:



Shane Mosley: had an impressive resume, but the steroid case did not help his cause. His resume, however, is still a notch below this top 5. Mosley is an excellent champion overall.



Roy Jones Jr: Same issue when he tested positive with steroids. RJJ fought 80% of his fights against nobodies. But he did went up in weight and is probably the smallest boxer ever to win the heavyweight division ever.



Calzaghe: Lacks serious competition hurt his legacy. Kessler or Lacy are no HOF. Calzaghe in my opinion should have gotten a draw with Hopkins and he fought RJJ when RJJ already was pass his prime and was 3-3 in his previous bouts. But Calzaghe is an undefeated champion and was clearly one of the top 3-4 best for a very long period.



Marco Antonio Barrera- I consider him the greatest active Mexican boxer and is superior in resume vs Morales or Marquez. However, his resume is still a notch below the top 5 I listed.

Answer 2

5. Oscar De La Hoya - he has carried the sport on his back

4. Joe Calzaghe - stayed unbeaten, beat hopkins, jones

3. Bernard Hopkins - this guy fought everyone

2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. - most skillful

1. Manny Pacquiao - the complete boxer, displayed offense and defense in the cotto fight as well as being able to take clean welterweight shots well and showing power against bigger fighters.

Answer 3

1.Manny Pacquiao

2.Mayweather

3.Oscar De La Hoya (yes you are wrong,the man was the number 1 face of boxing for two decades)

4.Erik Morales

5. Kostya Tszyu

Answer 4

Since we're going back 15 years, that takes us back to 1995, this makes for tough choices because some of the more deserving fighters aren't fighting anymore.



1. Lennox Lewis: He's first because he defeated every top heavyweight except the one who didn't have the guts to fight him, Riddick Bowe, who was afraid of Lewis. His grade here is partly from an historical stand point as he ranks in the Top Five on my all-time IN THE RING list.



2. Manny Pacquiao: It's easy to pick Pacquiao because his most impressive victories are also his most resent ones. He's still on a roll, halted only by the political mess surrounding a possible fight with Floyd Mayweather.



3. Bernard Hopkins: Hopkins lost 3 very close fights but also won impressively in most of his others.



4. Oscar de la Hoya: Oscar lost the big ones but, besides Forest and Wright, he fought Everyone. It's easy to understand why he never got around to Forest and Wright. I doubt fear had as much to do with it as did their lack of marketability.



5. Roy Jones Jr.: Roy was still Superman during the latter part of the 90s. His career was undoubtedly shortened by his ill-fated move, then return, to and from the heavyweight division. He hasn't been the same since. This, more than age, contributed to Roy's decline.



Close Call



Floyd Mayweather: I'm not impressed with much of what Floyd did after Arturo Gatti. He has done nothing worth mentioning, at welterweight, except talk. He's the most talented fighter on the planet but what good is talent if you don't face the best competition. He avoided Miguel Cotto when Cotto was on top. The fight with Oscar was more event than action. It's still obvious that, without a marque name, Floyd can't make big numbers as he often claims he can. He clearly needs Pacquiao more than Pacquiao needs him.



Shane Mosley: It's a shame he's being shut out by the higher payed boxers but Shane's career was quiet for the past few years before his explosive win over Margarito.



Evander Holyfield: It's worth mentioning that Holyfield defeated Tyson in 96 and 96, which puts him in this time frame. He also looked impressive in destroying Michael Moorer in their unification rematch.



Joe Calzaghe: He retired undefeated but people will always wonder if things might have been different had he faced Hopkins and Jones at earlier times. Beating Jeff Lacey was impressive but partly due to Lacey's foolish tactics and lack of respect for the then unknown Calgazhe. Lacey, along with Mayorga and Judah has proven to be among the dumbest boxers in the sport.

Answer 5

Pacquiao

Mayweather

Calzaghe

Vitali Klitschko

Oscar De La Hoya and Lennox Lewis



Yes you are wrong to omit the biggest super star of boxing for the last 20 years,gold olympic champion and 10 times champion in 6 different weight divisions,you are biased probably.

Answer 6

1) Pacquiao

2) B-Hop

3) Mayweather

4) Calzaghe

5) Lewis



Mayweather's the best boxer to come around the past 15 years, but as far as "fighters" Pacquiao triumphs because his fights are more dominant and exciting. I put B hop higher because I think he's willing to challenge himself more than Mayweather and still being able to dominate at his age is just ridiculous.

Answer 7

my opinion...



if your asking for greatest FIGHTERS(in the past 15 yrs.) its this



1.Manny Pacquiao

2.Erik Morales

3.Marco Antonio Barrera

4.Oscar Dela Hoya

5.Jose Luis Castillo



if your asking for greatest BOXERS(in the past 15 yrs.) its this



1.Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2.Bernard Hopkins

3.Roy Jones Jr.

4.Juan Manuel Marquez

5.Lennox Lewis

Answer 8

1) Manny Pacquiao

2) Lennox Lewis

3) Floyd Mayweather

4) Roy Jones

5) Joe Calzaghe

Answer 9

1. Pacquiao

2. Hopkins

3. Mayweather

4. Roy Jones Jr.

5. Lennox Lewis

Answer 10

1. Manny Pacquiao

2. Bernard Hopkins

3. Lennox Lewis

4. Roy Jones Jr.

5. Oscar De La Hoya

Answer 11

Interesting. I badly want to put Ricardo Lopez on the list, especially since he was one of my favorites. Unfortunately, Lopez only fought during six of the last fifteen years, which is well below half. With that said, I won't include him on the list for that reason.



*1. Floyd Mayweather - definitely one of the best pure boxers we've seen in not only the last 15 years, the last 25 years as well. Despite what anyone thinks about his competition, he has done what he is suppose to do against them, which is defeat everyone in front of him. It may not mean much to some, because of what some think about his competition, but when you think about it, there have been many fighters who have lost matches to some who they should've beaten.



*1. Manny Pacquiao - one of the most exciting and interesting fighters we've seen in the last 15 years. He has came a long way from the start of his career, which began at junior flyweight. Now, he's a welterweight with claim of titles from seven different divisions and going against the odds in defeating the likes of Morales, Barrera, Hatton, De La Hoya and Cotto, just to name a few. Not only did he beat them, he did it in impressive fashion. He has only shown improvement through out his career.



3. Joe Calzaghe - just like Mayweather, he has done nothing but win against all in front of him and was one of the longest reigning champions.



4. Bernard Hopkins - this man doesn't seem to know that he is in his mid 40s, and yet he continue to defy odds with wins over big mans like Pavlik and Tarver. Also, he had a long reign at middleweight, just as Calzaghe had his at super middleweight.



5. Lennox Lewis - not only did he dominate the heavyweight division, but he was the only to defeat each opponent that stepped in the ring with him, at least once.



* Mayweather and Pacquiao are tied in my opinion. Their styles are so contrasting and works well for each man. Roy Jones comes up short, because he had been on somewhat of a down slope over the last six years. Sean, you're not wrong for omitting Oscar from the top five. He has came up short against many top opponents, but I would consider him a top ten, though in the last 15 years.

Answer 12

1) Pacquiao

2) Morales

3) Mayweather

4) Marquez

5) Lewis

Answer 13

1) Manny Pacquiao

2) Bernard Hopkins

3) Floyd Mayweather Jr

4) Lennox Lewis

5) Roy Jones Jr/Calzaghe

*6) Oscar De La Hoya (It is true that he was a huge seller, made a huge impact in the sport and etc, but I just don't think he did enough at the 15-year span to claim a top 5 spot, he lost a lot of big fights and still won a few as well, and he faced alot of challenges, fighting the best, and that is why he is my #6.

Answer 14

1. Manny Pacquiao

2. Bernard Hopkins

3. Oscar De La Hoya

4. Roy Jones Jr.

5. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Answer 15

1. Bernard Hopkins

2. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

3. Manny Pacquaio

4. Lennox Lewis

5. Roy Jones Jr.

Answer 16

* Mayweather and Pacquiao are tied in my opinion. Their styles are so contrasting and works well for each man. Roy Jones comes up short, because he had been on somewhat of a down slope over the last six years. Sean, you're not wrong for omitting Oscar from the top five. He has came up short against many top opponents, but I would consider him a top ten, though in the last 15 years.

Answer 17

1. Hopkins

2. Pacquiao

3. Jones jr.

4. Lewis

5. Mayweather jr

Answer 18

1. Genghis Khan 2. Alexander the Great 3. Hannibal 4. Napoleon 5. Khalid bin Walid

Answer 19

1. Evander Holyfield

2. Manny Pacquiao

3. Floyd Mayweather

4. Roy Jones Jr

5. Lennox Lewis

Answer 20

You are partially wrong to omit Oscar, he wasn't that good but he did take on everyone who was willing and was the face of boxing for years. You and others are wrong to have Mayweather Jr. anywhere in there, yet alone in the number one spot, I feel.



This is a very tough one. I don't feel I'm that qualified to weigh in on it as accurately as others, but I will try. I'm basing my decisions more so on skill, accomplishment, and grade of opposition all mixed into one.



1.) Manny Pacquiao

2.) Lennox Lewis

3.) Bernard Hopkins

4.) Oscar De La Hoya

5.) Roy Jones Jr.



Honorable mentions go to Evander Holyfield, Kostya Tszyu, Felix Trinidad, James Toney, and so many others. I spent literally an hour thinking about my rankings I typed above and I know I'm going to be kicking myself for forgetting or over-crediting someone but I can't afford to spend my day doing that, so I'm going to go ahead and hit submit. Pretty much the same answers as everyone else has said, nothing special.

Answer 21

1.) Pacquiao = 7th division title, possibly 8th this March.

2.) Mayweather = undefeated in 40 outings, 6 division champ

3.) Roy Jones = winning the HW title from being a middle weight champ, nobody will ever do that again.

3.) B -Hop = the greatest old or the oldest great whichever, fighter in my eyes

4.) Lewis = Gold medalist, defeated Bowe in the Olympics,never ducked any one. Defeated Holyfield, Tyson, Tua any heavies feared that time.

5.) Oscar dela Hoya = Why not give credit to the Bill gates of boxing?

6.) Tyson = youngest ever to become HW champ

7.) Holyfield = 4x HW champ.





Calzaghe = Why include that guy?

Answer 22

You are not wrong to omit Oscar. He lost all of his big fights, except his wins against Pernell and Quartey. I actually think he lost to Quartey. My list.

1)Manny Pacquiao

2)Floyd Mayweather Jr.

3)Joe Calzaghe

4)Bernard Hopkins

5)Lennox Lewis

I left out Roy because what has happened with his career in the last 6 years. From 1994-2003 He was no. 1 in my book.

Answer 23

1)hopkins

2)mayweather

3)pacquiao

4)jones jr

5)lewis



truly over the past 15 hopkins has shown long jeverdy as a world champion and is still currently in the top 5 pound for pound ranks. during late 90's to mid 2000's was all floyd mayweather moving from 130lb all the way up to 150 defeating all his opponents while obtaining a belt in each class. pacman similar to mayweather became a belt holder in mulitple weight classes. from the mid 2000's-current he has become the most popular fighter today. lewis had complete domination over the heavyweight division during the mid 90's to early 2000's

Answer 24

1) roy jones

2) lennox lewis

3) manny pacquiao/floyd mayweather

4) oscar de la hoya

5) bernard hopkins



ya pretty much the same as everyone else....

Answer 25

I find it funny that those who didn't pick Pacquiao as either 1 or 2 received a lot of thumbs down.



1. Lennox Lewis

2. Bernard Hopkins

3. Floyd Mayweather

4. Manny Pacquioa

5. Roy Jones Jr.

Answer 26

People must forget that before Mayweather retired he was the undisbuted #1 P4P fighter in the world. The question is not right now. It is in the past 15 years. And in the past 15 years the top 5 most dominanting boxers are/have been



1) Floyd Mayweather

2) Bernard Hopkins

3) Manny Pacquaio

3) Erik Morales

4) Lennex Lewis

5) Roy Jones Jr. and Sugar Shane Mosley

@Teotor- You lost all credibility when saying Tyson dominated in the 90s and early 2000s. I think we all agree the only good Tyson was pre 1989

Answer 27

1.) pacquiao



2.) roy jones jr.



3.) lewis



4.) hopkins



5.) mayweather



just look at the pound for pound list of the RING, these are in order

Answer 28

1 Floyd Mayweather Jr

2 Manny Pacquiao

3 Joe Calzaghe

4 Lennox Lewis

5 Vitali Klitschko



Jones Jr is just kept from the top 5 for a combination of reasons which are: He took steroids; he fought mostly nobodies; and he severely damaged his career by not knowing when to retire. Jones Jr was one of the most gifted fighters of all time, but really his legacy is overrated and his greatness has been surpassed by the top 5 fighters I've mentioned.



There is definitely some valid reasons as to why De La Hoya should make the top 5, as there are also valid reasons for the inclusion of a few other worthy boxers, however, most likely favouritism will play its part to a certain degree on everyone's list.



@Sean G's Additional Details - Mosley has had many impressive victories, he's a tough fighter, would still be a very difficult opponent for anyone to defeat and is no doubt a very talented boxer, but, on the flip side, he's also a drug cheat, and in my opinion anyone who is a cheat does not deserve to be called great.

Answer 29

1. Manny Pacquiao

2. Floyd Mayweather

3. Roy Jones

4. Juan Manuel Marquez

5. Joe Calzaghe



No you are perfectly correct in omitting Oscar De la Hoya. He has lost all of his big bouts and has only beaten an over the hill Chavez.



Im basing my picks on quality of opposition, Style of fighting(more attractive styles earn bonus points), manner of victorys(i.e KO is better than UD), records and how good they were in theior primes.

Answer 30

1. Roy Jones Jr.

2.Evander Holyfield

3.Bernard Hopkins

4.Lennox Lewis

5,Floyd Mayweather

Answer 31

De La Hoya

Bernard Hopkins

Arturo Gatti

Pac Man

Roy Jones Jr.



I think because of the effect DLH had and has on boxing, its wrong to omit him. You dont have to like him, but he has been part of basically every major boxing event in the last 15 years. My opinion only.

Gatti made my list for pure excitement only, could be replaced obviously with Lennox, Morales, Barrera, Mosely, Calzaghe, I just liked him.

Answer 32

Kick Mayducker in your list and it will be partially correct.



Please check Mayweather's new business. Help the poor guy from being broke again.

Atleast the guy has a fallback after BOXING expels him:

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs181.snc3/18868_238665310887_207150970887_3359618_4026711_n.jpg

Answer 33

From 95 till Now i Say....



1)Roy Jones jr

2)Floyd Mayweather

3)B-Hop

4)Shane Mosley

5)Felix Trindade



Also James Toney would be number 6

Answer 34

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2. Joe Callzaghe

3. Vitali Klitshko

4. Roy Jones Jr.

5. Manny pacquaio

Answer 35

1994 - 2009? Other than #1, the order is difficult.



1. Roy Jones Jr. - no question, fighter of the decade for the 90s which had a ton more talent the the 00s.

2. Ricardo Lopez (for every putting Lennox you should have Lopez)

3. Morales/Barrera

4. Mosely

5. Pacquiao



De la Hoya misses by a hair, top 5 is tough. Floyd was on his way, but his post-Gatti career has been a dissappointment. Hopkins and Calzaghe are in the same category for me (squandered prime years and cherry picked to try and build legacy), Hopkins is higher but neither top 5. Talented fighters like Toney and Hamed could have been up there had they handled their career's differently. Tszyu and Tito should be mentioned as 2 of the best power punchers of that era, Lennox was the top heavyweight by a mile.

Answer 36

1. Bernard Hopins

2. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

3. Manny Pacquiao

4. Erik Morales

5. Lennox Lewis/ Roy Jones, Jr.



B-Hop to me is the best of the pack. When you unify all four belts and make 20 defenses of your title, your resume trumps the rest over the past 15 years.



Ricardo Lopez, the legendary strawweight, deserves some mention, as does Shane Mosley and Oscar De la Hoya, and no, I don't think it's unreasonable that you left him off. There's plenty reasons not to keep him on, frankly.

Answer 37

1. Mayweather

2. Jones Jr

3. Calzaghe

4. Hopkins

5. Pacquiao



HM: Lennox Lewis, Shane Mosley, & Winky Wright



I left Oscar out because he could never win the big fights.

Answer 38

roy jones jr

oscar de la hoya

bernard hopkins

ricardo lopez

manny pacquiao

Answer 39

1. Manny Pacquiao

2. Roy Jones Jr

3. Pernell Whitaker

4. Bernard Hopkins

5. Floyd Mayweather Jr (his recent antics drop him in my opinion)





I dont understand having Calzage there with the competition out there

Answer 40

Last fifteen years will bring as back to 1994, what the hell you're ranking Pacquiao (who only became world champion in 1998), Mayweather ( much later, in the 2000s), Hopkins, etc very high up there? The dominant boxers of the mid to late 1990s were James Toney, Roy Jones, Jr., Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfields, Oscar de la Hoya, Tito Trinidad. The early to past mid part of the 2000s they were Floyd Mayweather, Erick Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Lennox Lewis and Bernard Hopkins although a case could still be made for Roy Jones, Jr.. Pacquiao came to attention with his victories over Lebwaba in 2001, Barrera in 2003, draw with JMM in 1994 and his series with Morales in 1994-95 but he became a recognized top fighter only much later in 1997 when Floyd first retired and through the present with his four-title conquests between 2008-2009. So if you are asking for the best five boxers of the last fifteen years, it should be:

1. Roy Jones, Jr.----Transcended two decades winning titles in the middle, super middle, lightheavy and heavyweight

2. Oscar de la Hoya/Tito Trinidad (Tied)- The staples of the mid to late 90s, they were still good for the early to middle parts of the 2000s

3. Evander Holyfields/Mike Tyson/ Lennox Lewis ( Tied)---These three ruled the heavyweight roosts for much of the 90s and the 2000s

4. Manny Pacquiao/Floyd Mayweather (Tied)----These two are the most dominant fighters of the 2000s, going up in weight and winning world titles along the way.

5. Marco Antonio Barrera/Erick Morales ( Tied)----These two provided the top boxing entertainment in the early to middle parts of 2000s.

Of course you are very wrong by not ranking Oscar. This only proves that fans have short memories. Oscar first won a world title in the jr. lightweight after the 1992 Olympics. He then proceeded to annex the lightweight, jr. welterweight, welterweight, jr. middleweight and middleweight titles in the next ten years or so. All of Oscar's world titles are lineal though he had only six to Pacquiao's seven ( actually only five since the Ring magazine and the obscure IBO title should not count).

I think most of you are just angry at Oscar since he is at the other side of the fence opposite Pacquiao and his camp at Top rank.

Answer 41

1. Lewis

2. Jones Jr

3. Mayweather

4. Hopkins

5, Pacquiao

Answer 42

pacquiao

calzaghe

jones jr

lennox lewis

de la hoya

Answer 43

1.) pacquiao



2.) roy jones jr.



3.) lewis



4.) hopkins



5.) mayweather



just look at the pound for pound list of the RING, these are in order

Answer 44

my choices (dont know if ali was in the past 15 years)

1:mohamad ali

2:mike tyson

3:holyfield

Answer 45

1) Roy Jones Jr.

2) Mayeather

3) Hokins

4) Lewis

5) Pacquiao

Answer 46

1. Lennox Lewis

2. Floyd Mayweather

3. Bernard Hopkins

4. Manny Pacquiao

5. Kostya Tszyu



No you are not wrong to omit Oscar



I'm taking everything into consideration, if I was just going on boxing ability then Calzaghe would be in my list

Answer 47

1-Hopkins

2-Pacquiao

3-Lewis

4-Mayweather

5-Jones

Answer 48

those who rate pacquiao below top 1 are either mo*ons or bl*nd who likes to suck their favorite boxer.



MAYWEATHER, HOPKINS, AND LEWIS HIGHER THAN PACQUIAO IS A TOTAL BALONEY!