# Who was the best heavyweight boxer of the 1990s?

> Undisputed champions, alphabet-belt holders, an Olympic great and a few feared contenders shared a famously crowded era for the big men.

*By YPB Team · Published November 3, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-was-the-best-heavyweight-boxer-of-the-1990s*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Lennox Lewis** — score 1000/1000
   Named WBC champion in 1992 after Riddick Bowe gave up the belt, and won the undisputed title from Holyfield in November 1999.
2. **Evander Holyfield** — score 546/1000
   Became undisputed heavyweight champion by knocking out Buster Douglas in 1990 and beat Mike Tyson in 1996.
3. **Félix Savón** — score 471/1000
   Cuban amateur who won Olympic heavyweight gold in 1992 and 1996, and a third in 2000.
4. **Michael Moorer** — score 464/1000
   Beat Evander Holyfield in April 1994 to become the first southpaw heavyweight champion.
5. **Shannon Briggs** — score 415/1000
   Won a disputed decision over George Foreman in 1997 and challenged Lennox Lewis for the WBC title in 1998.
6. **Riddick Bowe** — score 415/1000
   Took the undisputed heavyweight title from Evander Holyfield in November 1992 and fought him three times by 1995.
7. **Tommy Morrison** — score 360/1000
   Won the WBO heavyweight title by outpointing George Foreman in 1993 and was stopped by Lennox Lewis in 1995.
8. **Mike Tyson** — score 360/1000
   Lost his titles to Buster Douglas in Tokyo in 1990, then regained the WBC and WBA belts in 1996 after leaving prison.
9. **Oliver McCall** — score 360/1000
   Won the WBC title in 1994 by stopping Lennox Lewis in the second round in London.
10. **Frank Bruno** — score 360/1000
   Won the WBC heavyweight title from Oliver McCall at Wembley in 1995 and lost it to Mike Tyson in 1996.
11. **George Foreman** — score 296/1000
   Knocked out Michael Moorer in November 1994 to win the heavyweight title at 45, the oldest man to do so.
12. **Buster Douglas** — score 296/1000
   Knocked out the unbeaten Mike Tyson in Tokyo in February 1990, then lost the titles to Holyfield that October.
13. **Vitali Klitschko** — score 296/1000
   Ukrainian who won the WBO heavyweight title by knocking out Herbie Hide in June 1999.
14. **Andrew Golota** — score 223/1000
   Polish heavyweight disqualified twice for low blows against Riddick Bowe in 1996, then knocked out by Lennox Lewis in 1997.
15. **Ray Mercer** — score 223/1000
   1988 Olympic gold medallist who won the WBO heavyweight title from Francesco Damiani in 1991.
16. **Larry Holmes** — score 138/1000
   Former champion who returned in the 1990s, outpointing Ray Mercer in 1992 and losing title fights to Holyfield and McCall.
17. **David Tua** — score 138/1000
   Samoan-born New Zealand puncher who knocked out John Ruiz in 19 seconds in 1996.

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