1970's heavyweights vs 1990's heavyweight. Which group had more overall talent?

[Mendoza]

You make the call. Which decade had more talent?

1970's

The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: Heavyweight--1970s

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1970 1971 1972 Joe Frazier ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
George Foreman ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Oscar Bonavena ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jerry Quarry ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Mac Foster ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Henry Cooper ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
George Chuvalo ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Sonny Liston ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jose Ibar Urtain ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jose Luis Garcia ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Joe Frazier ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jerry Quarry ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
George Foreman ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Oscar Bonavena ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Mac Foster ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jimmy Ellis ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Floyd Patterson ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jose Luis Garcia ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jack Bodell ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Bugner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Joe Frazier ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
George Foreman ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jimmy Ellis ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ron Lyle ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Floyd Patterson ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ernie Terrell ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jose Roman ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Bugner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ken Norton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jose Luis Garcia ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

1973 1974 1975 George Foreman ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Frazier ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ken Norton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jerry Quarry ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ron Lyle ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Earnie Shavers ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Oscar Bonavena ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Bugner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jimmy Ellis ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Chuck Wepner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


George Foreman ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Frazier ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ron Lyle ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Oscar Bonavena ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Bugner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ken Norton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jerry Quarry ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Chuck Wepner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Henry Clark ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Larry Middleton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


Ken Norton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jimmy Young ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Frazier ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
George Foreman ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ron Lyle ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Earnie Shavers ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Duane Bobick ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Bugner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Chuck Wepner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Randy Neumann ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

1976 1977 Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


George Foreman ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ken Norton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jimmy Young ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Duane Bobick ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ron Lyle ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Larry Holmes ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Howard Smith ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Johnny Boudreaux ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Stan Ward ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Joe Bugner ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


Ken Norton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jimmy Young ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Larry Holmes ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ron Lyle ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Duane Bobick ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
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Kallie Knoetze ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Alfredo Evangelista ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Leon Spinks ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Gerrie Coetzee ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

1978 1979 Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion


Larry Holmes ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ken Norton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Leon Spinks ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ron Lyle ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Jimmy Young ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Kallie Knoetze ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Alfredo Evangelista ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Gerrie Coetzee ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Ossie Ocasio ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Domingo D'Elia ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Title Vacant

Larry Holmes ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
John Tate ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Gerrie Coetzee ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Mike Weaver ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Earnie Shavers ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Leroy Jones ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Lorenzo Zanon ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Alfredo Evangelista ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Gerry Cooney ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Scott LeDoux ([Only registered and activated users can see links])



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1990's

The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: Heavyweight--1990s
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1990

1991

1992
Title Vacant

1. Evander Holyfield
2. Mike Tyson
3. Razor Ruddock
4. James (Buster) Douglas
5. Tim Witherspoon
6. Carl Williams
7. Francesco Damiani
8. Riddick Bowe
9. Ray Mercer
10. George Foreman



Name No. 1, Champion

1. Name No. 2
2. Etc.


Title Vacant

1. Riddick Bowe
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Evander Holyfield
4. Michael Moorer
5. Tony Tucker
6. George Foreman
7. Razor Ruddock
8. Ray Mercer
9. Tommy Morrison
10. Alex Garcia

1993

1994

1995
Title Vacant

1. Evander Holyfield
2. Riddick Bowe
3. Lennox Lewis
4. Michael Moorer
5. Michael Bentt
6. Oliver McCall
7. Ray Mercer
8. Phil Jackson
9. Tommy Morrison
10. Mike Hunter


Title Vacant

1. George Foreman
2. Oliver McCall
3. Riddick Bowe
4. Michael Moorer
5. Lennox Lewis
6. Herbie Hide
7. Larry Holmes
8. Henry Akinwande
9. Jorge Luis Gonzalez
10. Lionel Butler


Title Vacant

1. Riddick Bowe
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Mike Tyson
4. Michael Moorer
5. Evander Holyfield
6. Bruce Seldon
7. Frank Bruno
8. George Foreman
9. Alexander Zolkin
10. Henry Akinwande

1996

1997
Title Vacant

1. Evander Holyfield
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Mike Tyson
4. Michael Moorer
5. Andrew Golota
6. Ray Mercer
7. Henry Akinwande
8. David Tua
9. Riddick Bowe
10. Tim Witherspoon



Name No. 1, Champion

1. Name No. 2
2. Etc.

1998

1999
Title Vacant

1. Evander Holyfield
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Michael Grant
4. Michael Moorer
5. Shannon Briggs
6. Chris Byrd
7. Ike Ibeabuchi
8. David Tua
9. Andrew Golota
10. Hasim Rahman


Title Vacant

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Evander Holyfield
3. Michael Grant
4. Ike Ibeabuchi
5. David Tua
6. Mike Tyson
7. Vitali Klitschko
8. Andrew Golota
9. Derrick Jefferson
10. Oleg Maskaev

[jaffay]

If it is for talent, I would pick 90's. In 70's they're bigger fights

[rekcutnevets]

Both decades mentioned have talent rich divisions. The 90's guys didn't quite face off quite like the 70's guys. However, the fact that 90's fighters didn't square off when they should have is not my most contributing factor.

My most contributing factors are George Foreman and Larry Holmes. Larry Holmes did most of his work in the 80's, but he began his reign in '78. Anyway, Holmes and Foreman are 2 of the best fighters the 1990's had to offer. Holmes and Foreman were in their 40's, and were able to compete with the 1990's best still in their 20's.

[p.Townend]

Its quite a hard one,we had some good fights in the 90s but for me the 70s list of fighters is slightly stronger.Both good decades though.

[Bummy Davis]

the more I know about the era's the harder it is to pick.....

[SuzieQ49]

Ill have to think about it. On a side note, I think the big alpha champs of the 1980s were more talented than the 1990s. I also think after the top 5 of the 1970s, it gets dramatically weak. Not alot of depth.