The Best Boxers of the 1990s
Boxing in the 1990s saw Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis dominate the heavyweight division. Mike Tyson was also around, although he had to take a three-year hiatus after running into trouble with the law. Buster Douglas, Riddick Bowe, Pernell Whitaker, Julio Caesar Chavez, Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr., Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Michael Watson all rose to prominence in the decade to become some of the greatest boxers of all-time.
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36 fights in the 1990s
35 wins (28 KO)- Age: 55
- Birthplace: USA, Florida, Pensacola
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12 fights in the 1990s
9 wins (7 KO)- Age: 58
- Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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18 fights in the 1990s
13 wins (4 KO)- Age: 61
- Birthplace: Atmore, Alabama, USA
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30 fights in the 1990s
28 wins (20 KO)- Age: 58
- Birthplace: London, England, UK
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39 fights in the 1990s
36 wins (26 KO)- Age: 59
- Birthplace: USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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24 fights in the 1990s
20 wins (5 KO)- Age: 60
- Birthplace: Virginia
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15 fights in the 1990s
12 wins (8 KO)- Age: 75
- Birthplace: Marshall, Texas, USA
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32 fights in the 1990s
31 wins (18 KO)- Age: 51
- Birthplace: USA, East Los Angeles, California
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40 fights in the 1990s
34 wins (23 KO)- Age: 62
- Birthplace: Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
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48 fights in the 1990s
45 wins (30 KO)- Age: 50
- Birthplace: Mexico, Mexico City
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- Age: 57
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
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Kostya Tszyu
Light middleweight, Light welterweight - 17
- Age: 56
- Birthplace: Michigan, USA, Grand Rapids
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- Age: 63
- Birthplace: Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
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- Age: 50
- Birthplace: Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Age: Dec. at 50 (1962-2012)
- Birthplace: Bayamón, United States, with Territories
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- Age: 51
- Birthplace: Faleasiu, Samoa
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- Age: 57
- Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas
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- Age: 58
- Birthplace: Dulwich, London, England, UK
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- Age: Dec. at 45 (1967-2012)
- Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Age: Dec. at 44 (1969-2013)
- Birthplace: Jay, Oklahoma, USA
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- Age: 57
- Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Age: 56
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
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- Age: 54
- Birthplace: Bukom, Ghana
34- Age: 63
- Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida
- Age: 56
- Birthplace: Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
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- Age: 62
- Birthplace: Hammersmith, England, UK
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Mike McCallum
Light middleweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight - 38
- 39Won the WBO light heavyweight title in 1994 and went on to defend it a whopping 23 times and was a two weight division champion, winning titles as both a Light Heavyweight, and as a Cruiserweight.
- Age: 56
- Birthplace: Gdańsk, Poland
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- Age: 46
- Birthplace: USA, California, Oxnard
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- Age: 50
- Birthplace: Balkhash, Kazakhstan
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- Age: 61
- Birthplace: USA, Cranston, Rhode Island
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- Age: 60
- Birthplace: Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
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- Age: 56
- Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona
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- Age: 62
- Birthplace: Birmingham, USA, Alabama
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- Age: 60
- Birthplace: Republic of Ireland, Cabra, Dublin
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- Age: 60
- Birthplace: Brentwood, New York
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- Age: 60
- Birthplace: USA, Clinton, Missouri
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- Age: 53
- Birthplace: Navojoa, Mexico
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- Age: 58
- Birthplace: Mexico
- Age: 59
- Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
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- Age: Dec. at 46 (1966-2012)
- Birthplace: Pretoria, South Africa
- Age: Dec. at 31 (1964-1995)
- Birthplace: Kostroma, Russia
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Eric "Butterbean" Esch
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- Age: 59
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
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- Age: 58
- Birthplace: Houston, Texas
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- Age: 59
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- Age: 64
- Birthplace: Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Age: 54
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
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- Age: 60
- Birthplace: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
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- Age: 53
- Birthplace: Owerri, Nigeria
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- Age: 54
- Birthplace: Argentina
- Age: 58
- Birthplace: Montoro Inferiore, Italy
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- Age: 57
- Birthplace: Caleta Olivia, Argentina
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Joichiro Tatsuyoshi
Bantamweight- Age: 54
- Birthplace: Kurashiki, Japan
