List of The Ring pound for pound rankings (1990s)

Boxing magazine The Ring began naming the top 10 pound for pound boxers in 1989. The first #1 pound for pound fighter was heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. To reduce the number of tables, a table is only added if there are changes in the rankings. For WBA titles, only titles in the primary champion lineage are listed.

1999

+October 31, 1999 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Roy Jones Jr. 401 (33 KO) Light heavyweight 2 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 220 (17 KO) Super featherweight 3 Felix Trinidad 360 (30 KO)Welterweight 4 Oscar De La Hoya 311 (25 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 5 Shane Mosley 330 (31 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 6 Mark Johnson 381 (25 KO) Super flyweight 7 Ricardo López 4901 (35 KO) Light flyweight 8 Erik Morales 350 (28 KO) Super bantamweight 9 Bernard Hopkins 35211 (27 KO) Middleweight 10 Stevie Johnston 281 (14 KO) Lightweight

+October 5, 1999 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Roy Jones Jr. 401 (33 KO) Light heavyweight 2 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 220 (17 KO) Super featherweight 3 Felix Trinidad 360 (30 KO)Welterweight 4 Oscar De La Hoya 311 (25 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 5 Shane Mosley 330 (31 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 6 Mark Johnson 381 (25 KO) Super flyweight 7 Ricardo López 4901 (35 KO) Light flyweight 8 Erik Morales 340 (28 KO) Super bantamweight 9 Naseem Hamed 320 (29 KO) Featherweight 10 Bernard Hopkins 35211 (27 KO) Middleweight

+September 13, 1999 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 310 (25 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 401 (33 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Felix Trinidad 350 (30 KO)Welterweight 4 Shane Mosley 320 (30 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 5 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 220 (17 KO) Super featherweight 6 Mark Johnson 381 (25 KO) Super flyweight 7 Ricardo López 4801 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 8 Erik Morales 340 (28 KO) Super bantamweight 9 Naseem Hamed 320 (29 KO) Featherweight 10 Bernard Hopkins 35211 (27 KO) Middleweight

+August 10, 1999 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 310 (25 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 401 (33 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Felix Trinidad 350 (30 KO)Welterweight 4 Shane Mosley 320 (30 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 5 Mark Johnson 371 (25 KO) Super flyweight 6 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 210 (16 KO) Super featherweight 7 Ricardo López 4801 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 8 Erik Morales 340 (28 KO) Super bantamweight 9 Naseem Hamed 320 (29 KO) Featherweight 10 Bernard Hopkins 35211 (27 KO) Middleweight

+July 13, 1999 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 310 (25 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 401 (33 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Felix Trinidad 350 (30 KO)Welterweight 4 Shane Mosley 320 (30 KO)Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 5 Mark Johnson 371 (25 KO) Super flyweight 6 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 210 (16 KO) Super featherweight 7 Ricardo López 4801 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 8 Naseem Hamed 320 (29 KO) Featherweight 9 Erik Morales 330 (27 KO) Super bantamweight 10 Bernard Hopkins 35211 (27 KO) Middleweight

+March 22, 1999 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 300 (24 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 391 (33 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Felix Trinidad 340 (29 KO)Welterweight 4 Shane Mosley 310 (29 KO) Lightweight 5 Mark Johnson 361 (25 KO) Flyweight 6 Ricardo López 4801 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 7 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 200 (15 KO) Super featherweight 8 Naseem Hamed 310 (28 KO) Featherweight 9 Johnny Tapia 4502 (25 KO) Bantamweight 10 Lennox Lewis 3411 (27 KO) Heavyweight

+January 3, 1999 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 290 (24 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 381 (32 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Evander Holyfield 363 (25 KO) Heavyweight 4 Felix Trinidad 330 (29 KO)Welterweight 5 Mark Johnson 361 (25 KO) Flyweight 6 Shane Mosley 300 (28 KO) Lightweight 7 Ricardo López 4801 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 8 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 190 (15 KO) Super featherweight 9 Naseem Hamed 310 (28 KO) Featherweight 10 Johnny Tapia 4502 (25 KO) Bantamweight

1998 +November 29, 1998 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 290 (24 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 381 (32 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Evander Holyfield 363 (25 KO) Heavyweight 4 Felix Trinidad 330 (29 KO)Welterweight 5 Mark Johnson 361 (25 KO) Flyweight 6 Naseem Hamed 310 (28 KO) Featherweight 7 Johnny Tapia 4402 (25 KO) Super flyweight 8 Shane Mosley 300 (28 KO) Lightweight 9 Ricardo López 4801 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 10 Pernell Whitaker 39211 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z"

+October 7, 1998 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 280 (23 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 371 (31 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Evander Holyfield 363 (25 KO) Heavyweight 4 Felix Trinidad 330 (29 KO)Welterweight 5 Mark Johnson 361 (25 KO) Flyweight 6 Pernell Whitaker 39211 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 7 Naseem Hamed 300 (28 KO) Featherweight 8 Johnny Tapia 4402 (25 KO) Super flyweight 9 Shane Mosley 290 (27 KO) Lightweight 10 Ricardo López 4701 (35 KO) Mini flyweight

+June 18, 1998 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 280 (23 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 361 (31 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Evander Holyfield 353 (25 KO) Heavyweight 4 Felix Trinidad 330 (29 KO)Welterweight 5 Mark Johnson 341 (24 KO) Flyweight 6 Pernell Whitaker 39211 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 7 Naseem Hamed 300 (28 KO) Featherweight 8 Johnny Tapia 4302 (25 KO) Super flyweight 9 Ricardo López 4701 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 10 Bernard Hopkins 3421 (26 KO) Middleweight

+March 26, 1998 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 270 (22 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 351 (30 KO) Light heavyweight data-sort-value="Z" 3 Evander Holyfield 353 (25 KO) Heavyweight 4 Felix Trinidad 320 (28 KO)Welterweight 5 Pernell Whitaker 39211 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 6 Mark Johnson 341 (24 KO) Flyweight 7 Naseem Hamed 290 (27 KO) Featherweight 8 Johnny Tapia 4302 (25 KO) Super flyweight 9 Ricardo López 4701 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 10 Bernard Hopkins 3421 (26 KO) Middleweight

+January 9, 1998 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 270 (22 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 351 (30 KO) Light heavyweight data-sort-value="Z" 3 Felix Trinidad 320 (28 KO)Welterweight 4 Evander Holyfield 353 (25 KO) Heavyweight 5 Pernell Whitaker 39211 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 6 Ricardo López 470 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 7 Naseem Hamed 290 (27 KO) Featherweight 8 Johnny Tapia 4202 (25 KO) Super flyweight 9 Mark Johnson 331 (23 KO) Flyweight 10 Bernard Hopkins 3321 (25 KO) Middleweight

1997 +November 5, 1997 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 260 (21 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 351 (30 KO) Light heavyweight 3 Pernell Whitaker 39211 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 4 Felix Trinidad 320 (28 KO)Welterweight 5 Evander Holyfield 353 (25 KO) Heavyweight 6 Ricardo López 470 (35 KO) Mini flyweight 7 Junior Jones 442 (26 KO) Super bantamweight 8 Naseem Hamed 280 (26 KO) Featherweight 9 Johnny Tapia 4102 (25 KO) Super flyweight 10 Mark Johnson 331 (23 KO) Flyweight

+August 1, 1997 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 250 (21 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 341 (29 KO) Light heavyweight data-sort-value="Z" 3 Pernell Whitaker 3921 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 4 Felix Trinidad 310 (27 KO)Welterweight 5 Ricardo López 460 (34 KO) Mini flyweight 6 Junior Jones 442 (26 KO) Super bantamweight 7 Terry Norris 456 (30 KO) Light middleweight 8 Evander Holyfield 343 (24 KO) Heavyweight 9 Johnny Tapia 4102 (25 KO) Super flyweight 10 Mark Johnson 321 (23 KO) Flyweight

+June 4, 1997 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 240 (20 KO) Welterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 341 (29 KO) Light heavyweight data-sort-value="Z" 3 Pernell Whitaker 3921 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 4 Felix Trinidad 310 (27 KO)Welterweight 5 Ricardo López 460 (34 KO) Mini flyweight 6 Junior Jones 442 (26 KO) Super bantamweight 7 Terry Norris 456 (30 KO) Light middleweight 8 Evander Holyfield 333 (24 KO) Heavyweight 9 Mark Johnson 321 (23 KO) Flyweight 10 Ike Quartey 340 (29 KO) Welterweight

+April 17, 1997 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Oscar De La Hoya 240 (20 KO) Light welterweightWelterweight 2 Roy Jones Jr. 341 (29 KO) Light heavyweight data-sort-value="Z" 3 Pernell Whitaker 3921 (16 KO) Welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 4 Felix Trinidad 310 (27 KO)Welterweight 5 Ricardo López 460 (34 KO) Mini flyweight 6 Junior Jones 432 (26 KO) Super bantamweight 7 Kostya Tszyu 18001 (14 KO)Light welterweight 8 Terry Norris 456 (30 KO) Light middleweight 9 Evander Holyfield 333 (24 KO) Heavyweight 10 Mark Johnson 311 (22 KO) Flyweight

1996 +December 5, 1996 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) data-sort-value="Z" 1 Roy Jones Jr. 340 (29 KO) Super middleweightLight heavyweight 2 Oscar De La Hoya 220 (20 KO) Light welterweight 3 Pernell Whitaker 3911 (16 KO) Welterweight 4 Felix Trinidad 300 (26 KO)Welterweight 5 Ricardo López 440 (33 KO) Mini flyweight 6 Junior Jones 432 (26 KO) Super bantamweight 7 Kostya Tszyu 180 (14 KO)Light welterweight 8 Terry Norris 446 (29 KO) Light middleweight 9 Evander Holyfield 333 (24 KO) Heavyweight 10 Mark Johnson 301 (22 KO) Flyweight

+November 10, 1996 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Roy Jones Jr. 330 (29 KO) Super middleweight 2 Oscar De La Hoya 220 (20 KO) Light welterweight 3 Pernell Whitaker 3911 (16 KO) Welterweight 4 Felix Trinidad 300 (26 KO)Welterweight 5 Marco Antonio Barrera 430 (31 KO) Super bantamweight 6 Ricardo López 440 (33 KO) Mini flyweight 7 Kostya Tszyu 180 (14 KO)Light welterweight 8 Terry Norris 446 (29 KO) Light middleweight 9 Evander Holyfield 333 (24 KO) Heavyweight 10 Mark Johnson 301 (22 KO) Flyweight

+July 18, 1996 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Roy Jones Jr. 320 (28 KO) Super middleweight 2 Oscar De La Hoya 220 (20 KO) Light welterweight 3 Pernell Whitaker 3811 (16 KO) Welterweight 4 Felix Trinidad 290 (25 KO)Welterweight 5 Marco Antonio Barrera 420 (30 KO) Super bantamweight 6 Ricardo López 430 (32 KO) Mini flyweight 7 Kostya Tszyu 170 (13 KO)Light welterweight 8 Terry Norris 436 (28 KO) Light middleweight 9 Mike Tyson 441 (38 KO) Heavyweight 10 Mark Johnson 291 (22 KO) Flyweight

+June 12, 1996 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Roy Jones Jr. 310 (27 KO) Super middleweight 2 Oscar De La Hoya 220 (20 KO) Light welterweight 3 Pernell Whitaker 3811 (16 KO) Welterweight 4 Felix Trinidad 290 (25 KO)Welterweight 5 Marco Antonio Barrera 410 (29 KO) Super bantamweight 6 Ricardo López 420 (31 KO) Mini flyweight 7 Kostya Tszyu 170 (13 KO)Light welterweight 8 Riddick Bowe 38101 (32 KO) Heavyweight data-sort-value="Z" 9 Terry Norris 436 (28 KO) Light middleweight 10 Mike Tyson 441 (38 KO) Heavyweight

+April 18, 1996 Changes Rank Boxer Record Weight class Title(s) 1 Roy Jones Jr. 310 (27 KO) Super middleweight 2 Pernell Whitaker 3811 (16 KO) Welterweight 3 Oscar De La Hoya 210 (19 KO) Light welterweight data-sort-value="Z" 4 Felix Trinidad 280 (24 KO)Welterweight 5 Marco Antonio Barrera 400 (28 KO) Super bantamweight 6 Ricardo López 420 (31 KO) Mini flyweight 7 Kostya Tszyu 160 (12 KO)Light welterweight 8 Riddick Bowe 38101 (32 KO) Heavyweight 9 Terry Norris 436 (28 KO) Light middleweight 10 Mike Tyson 441 (38 KO) Heavyweight