top 10 fights of this decade

[ArturoGatti]

What do you think of this list?

10. Lennox Lewis vs. Vitaly Klitcshko
9.Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
8.Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas
7.Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Burton (Augustus)
6.Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermaine Taylor
5.James Toney vs. Vasilly Jirov
4.Rafael Marquez vs. Israel Vasquez 2
3.Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti 1
2.Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales 1
1.Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo 1

[CleanYourClock]

Decade as in 1998 to 2008 ?

[ArturoGatti]

Decade as in 1998 to 2008 ?no, the decade of the 00's.

[Octopus]

What do you think of this list?

10. Lennox Lewis vs. Vitaly Klitcshko
9.Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
8.Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas
7.Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Burton (Augustus)
6.Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermaine Taylor
5.James Toney vs. Vasilly Jirov
4.Rafael Marquez vs. Israel Vasquez 2
3.Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti 1
2.Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales 1
1.Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo 1

I pretty much agree with this list:bears:

[Rubio MHS]

Lewis-Quitali over Sith-Monshipour?!?!?!? :laughing: :nono:

[Double L]

What do you think of this list?

10. Lennox Lewis vs. Vitaly Klitcshko
9.Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
8.Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas
7.Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Burton (Augustus)
6.Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermaine Taylor
5.James Toney vs. Vasilly Jirov
4.Rafael Marquez vs. Israel Vasquez 2
3.Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti 1
2.Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales 1
1.Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo 1

good list - although i'm not sure about Ward/Burton or Ward/Gatti I. Also, Pavlik/Taylor was a good fight, but not worthy of the list IMO. For example, ODH/Mosley I was a much better fight than it. So was Marquez/Austin. Even Marquez/Vazquez I was better than Taylor/Pavlik IMO.

[Mitchell Kane]

What do you think of this list?

10. Lennox Lewis vs. Vitaly Klitcshko
9.Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
8.Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas
7.Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Burton (Augustus)
6.Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermaine Taylor
5.James Toney vs. Vasilly Jirov
4.Rafael Marquez vs. Israel Vasquez 2
3.Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti 1
2.Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales 1
1.Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo 1

Is this list limited to American television?

[ArturoGatti]

Is this list limited to American television?No, I just listed the ten fights that I have seen that were the best, most of them happened in the usa. I have never seen Monshipour-Sith.

[ArturoGatti]

good list - although i'm not sure about Ward/Burton or Ward/Gatti I. Also, Pavlik/Taylor was a good fight, but not worthy of the list IMO. For example, ODH/Mosley I was a much better fight than it. So was Marquez/Austin. Even Marquez/Vazquez I was better than Taylor/Pavlik IMO.Marquez vs. Austin was not even the best fight of that night. that was a solid title fight, not great. And Ward/Burton was awesome. And ODH/Mosley 1 I should have put instead of Klit/Lewis.

[Double L]

Marquez vs. Austin was not even the best fight of that night. that was a solid title fight, not great. And Ward/Burton was awesome. And ODH/Mosley 1 I should have put instead of Klit/Lewis.

Williams/Valenzuela was a good fight too - better than Taylor/Pavlik IMO. I think Pavlik/Taylor is over-rated. It was an entertaining fight, but nothing "that" special.

[ArturoGatti]

Williams/Valenzuela was a good fight too - better than Taylor/Pavlik IMO. I think Pavlik/Taylor is over-rated. It was an entertaining fight, but nothing "that" special.the fact that it was a legitimate middleweight title fight, between two undefeated fighters, and that it was a good fight is what made it special.

[whiskey]

I'd put ODLH-Vargas in there somewhere.

[Ugotabe Kidding]

All fights including Gatti and/or Ward should automatically be dropped out. Also I'd add Lewis-Tyson :clap:

[ArturoGatti]

All fights including Gatti and/or Ward should automatically be dropped out. Also I'd add Lewis-Tyson :clap::rolleyes:

[CleanYourClock]

I'd put ODLH-Vargas in there somewhere.

I agree. I thought that was a great fight ...

Also Campas / Duddy was an absolutely awesome fight to say the least !!!

[valdosta]

A few other great fights (that easily should beat out a fight like LL-Vitali....

Lorenzo Parra-Takefumi Sakata I
Injin Chi-micheal brodie I
Erik Morales-injin Chi
Eagle Kyowa-Lorenzo Trejo
Roberto Vasquez-Bebis Mendoza
Edwin Valero-Vicente Mosquera
Vicente Mosquera-Yodsanan
Sith-Monshippour (although already mentioned)

I am sure I left out some.

[valdosta]

Also Campas / Duddy was an absolutely awesome fight to say the least !!!

yeah that fight was a complete war as well. Kind of puts Duddy's "talent" into perspective but regardless yeah it was a great fight.

[Ugotabe Kidding]

A few other great fights (that easily should beat out a fight like LL-Vitali....

Lorenzo Parra-Takefumi Sakata I
Injin Chi-micheal brodie I
Erik Morales-injin Chi
Eagle Kyowa-Lorenzo Trejo
Roberto Vasquez-Bebis Mendoza
Edwin Valero-Vicente Mosquera
Vicente Mosquera-Yodsanan
Sith-Monshippour (although already mentioned)

Take it to the smacktalk

[His_Royness]

I like the list besides Toney-Jirov i fail to see what made this fight very good let alone great.



btw if u wanna see heavyweights going at each other like a duracell bunny with hundreds of punches and no effect you're in the wrong sport. LL-Vitali was better than all of the fights Dosta mentioned for other reasons IMO.

[Mitchell Kane]

good list - although i'm not sure about Ward/Burton or Ward/Gatti I. Also, Pavlik/Taylor was a good fight, but not worthy of the list IMO. For example, ODH/Mosley I was a much better fight than it. So was Marquez/Austin. Even Marquez/Vazquez I was better than Taylor/Pavlik IMO.

You could add fights like Cotto-Torres, Ayala-Adams, Brewster-Klitschko to the list that could probably go over Lewis-Klitschko.

[valdosta]

There was someone hurt, knocked down or knocked out in every single fight I mentioned. LL-Vitali was a slopfest, it wasn't better than any of them.

[Double L]

You could add fights like Cotto-Torres, Ayala-Adams, Brewster-Klitschko to the list that could probably go over Lewis-Klitschko.

brewster/sergei - good heavy-weight fight...

[Joe King]

DLH-Vargas belongs up there.

Hussein Hussein vs Arce 1 should be appreciated

[ArturoGatti]

brewster/sergei - good heavy-weight fight...brewster/krasniqi as well.

[Mitchell Kane]

brewster/krasniqi as well.

Heck, I'd throw Meehan-Brewster in there as well.

[ArturoGatti]

Heck, I'd throw Meehan-Brewster in there as well.brewster is like the hw arturo gatti. :lol:

[Erratic]

Of the 2000s

1) Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo I
2) Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales 1
3) Somsak Sithchatchawal- Mahyar Monshipour
4) Felix Trinidad-Fernando Vargas
5) Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Torres
6) Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward I
7) Isreal Vasquez-Rafael Marquez II
8) Sergei Liakhovich-Lamon Brewster
9) James Toney-Vassily Jirov
10) Emmanuel Augustus-Micky Ward


I'm not too sure about the ordering, and maybe a fight like Kelly Pavlik-Jermaine Taylor or Oscar De La Hoya-Fernando Vargas should be on there instead.

[D MAN]

Judah - Cotto

Jones - Ruiz

Mayorga - Forrest I

[Mitchell Kane]

Of the 2000s

1) Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo I
2) Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales 1
3) Somsak Sithchatchawal- Mahyar Monshipour
4) Felix Trinidad-Fernando Vargas
5) Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Torres
6) Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward I
7) Isreal Vasquez-Rafael Marquez II
8) Sergei Liakhovich-Lamon Brewster
9) James Toney-Vassily Jirov
10) Emmanuel Augustus-Micky Ward


I'm not too sure about the ordering, and maybe a fight like Kelly Pavlik-Jermaine Taylor or Oscar De La Hoya-Fernando Vargas should be on there instead.

I may be in the minority, but I thought Oscar Larios-Israel Vazquez II was better than Vazquez-Marquez I or II.

[Xplosive]

What do you think of this list?

10. Lennox Lewis vs. Vitaly Klitcshko
9.Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
8.Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas
7.Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Burton (Augustus)
6.Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermaine Taylor
5.James Toney vs. Vasilly Jirov
4.Rafael Marquez vs. Israel Vasquez 2
3.Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti 1
2.Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales 1
1.Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo 1

Tito-Vargas is WAAY too low on that list. It should be no lower than 3rd or 4th. It was a MUCH better fight than Ward-Burton & Taylor-Pavlik.

[Rubio MHS]

Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough was better than De la Hoya-Vargas. It actually won ESPN Fight of the Year over Ward-Burton. I mean, you had Gonzalez falling flat on his back and his eyes rolling back, and getting up to win the fight on points. Both guys on the canvas and badly hurt.

[Joe King]

Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough was better than De la Hoya-Vargas. It actually won ESPN Fight of the Year over Ward-Burton. I mean, you had Gonzalez falling flat on his back and his eyes rolling back, and getting up to win the fight on points. Both guys on the canvas and badly hurt.

That was a good one.

[steve_dave]

Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough was better than De la Hoya-Vargas. It actually won ESPN Fight of the Year over Ward-Burton. I mean, you had Gonzalez falling flat on his back and his eyes rolling back, and getting up to win the fight on points. Both guys on the canvas and badly hurt.


I have that FNF year in review special on tape and I'm about 90% sure they called Ward/Augustus the FOTY.

[whiskey]

I have that FNF year in review special on tape and I'm about 90% sure they called Ward/Augustus the FOTY.

I'm pretty sure you're correct. I think the Gonzalez-Letterlough won fight of the year in some other place though.

[Rubio MHS]

Teddy at ringside had it one way and Max in the booth had it another way, if I remember correctly.

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

brewster/sergei - good heavy-weight fight...Thats the best heavyweight fight of the 00's by far.

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

You could add fights like Cotto-Torres, Ayala-Adams, Brewster-Klitschko to the list that could probably go over Lewis-Klitschko.Pretty much any Morales fight this decade has been better.

[ArturoGatti]

Judah - Cotto

Jones - Ruiz

Mayorga - Forrest I:dunno:

[ArturoGatti]

Tito-Vargas is WAAY too low on that list. It should be no lower than 3rd or 4th. It was a MUCH better fight than Ward-Burton & Taylor-Pavlik.I disagree. 8Th spot is good enough for it.

[Xplosive]

I disagree. 8Th spot is good enough for it.

No definitely not. Tito-Vargas was a high profile fight which involved plenty of skill, action, and drama, and it was between top fighters. Not bums like Ward, Augustus, and Gatti. Its no lower than 4th. Only fights which you can rank ahead of it is Corrales-Castillo, MAB-Morales, and Marquez-Vasquez.

[Ugotabe Kidding]

No definitely not. Tito-Vargas was a high profile fight which involved plenty of skill, action, and drama, and it was between top fighters. Not bums like Ward, Augustus, and Gatti. Its no lower than 4th. Only fights which you can rank ahead of it is Corrales-Castillo, MAB-Morales, and Marquez-Vasquez.

The result was overshadowed by Tito's cheating

[Xplosive]

The result was overshadowed by Tito's cheating

Well Corrales-Castillo involved cheating as well, by BOTH fighters!

[Ugotabe Kidding]

Well Corrales-Castillo involved cheating as well, by BOTH fighters!

True, that's why it is borderline top-10

[ArturoGatti]

No definitely not. Tito-Vargas was a high profile fight which involved plenty of skill, action, and drama, and it was between top fighters. Not bums like Ward, Augustus, and Gatti. Its no lower than 4th. Only fights which you can rank ahead of it is Corrales-Castillo, MAB-Morales, and Marquez-Vasquez.who cares if they are bums or not, all their fights were better than Tito's destruction of Vargas.

[Xplosive]

True, that's why it is borderline top-10

You're retarded.

[Ugotabe Kidding]

You're retarded.

Did you enjoy Tyson-Holyfield II. It was also a dramatic, violent fight with little skill involved and rules not strictly followed.

[Erratic]

Tito-Vargas is WAAY too low on that list. It should be no lower than 3rd or 4th. It was a MUCH better fight than Ward-Burton & Taylor-Pavlik.

I think I've watched Trinidad-Vargas more than any fight ever.

[Double L]

I think I've watched Trinidad-Vargas more than any fight ever.

same here; very entertaining fight;

tito/reid was an under-rated fight too - 1st 7 rounds were very compelling with both guys visiting the canvas and reid arguably ahead on the cards.

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

Did you enjoy Tyson-Holyfield II. It was also a dramatic, violent fight with little skill involved and rules not strictly followed.Corrales-Castillo 1 is the greatest fight ever. Anybody who shits on that fight isn't a real fan of the sport.

[Erratic]

Corrales-Castillo had a lot of skill involved.

It was a clinic on inside fighting between the two best lightweights in the world at the time.

[Joe King]

Corrales-Castillo 1 is the greatest fight ever. Anybody who shits on that fight isn't a real fan of the sport.

or a troll. By his posting history, I'd go with troll.

[Ron King 702]

Morales Pacman 1 is getting no love
Barrera Morales 3 as well

[Ugotabe Kidding]

Corrales-Castillo 1 is the greatest fight ever. Anybody who shits on that fight isn't a real fan of the sport.

It was a good fight, Chicho just ruined it by cheating

[D MAN]

:dunno:

Yes

Jones-Ruiz

It was a monumental event, in which Jones openly gave away 20+ pounds to fight a very difficult heavyweight beltholder. Jones made Ruiz look foolish start to finish, in an extreme display of skills. It was a very good fight to watch.

[Rubio MHS]

Yes

Jones-Ruiz

It was a monumental event, in which Jones openly gave away 20+ pounds to fight a very difficult heavyweight beltholder. Jones made Ruiz look foolish start to finish, in an extreme display of skills. It was a very good fight to watch.Don King got to pick the judges, and Murad Muhammad got to pick the referee.

[Ugotabe Kidding]

Corrales-Castillo 1 is the greatest fight ever. Anybody who shits on that fight isn't a real fan of the sport.

So there is just one corret way to view boxing?

That's stupid. Different people get different things from looking boxing. I have rewatched Corrales-Castillo once, there are plenty of fights I enjoy more

[Rubio MHS]

So there is just one corret way to view boxing?

That's stupid. Different people get different things from looking boxing. I have rewatched Corrales-Castillo once, there are plenty of fights I enjoy moreAgreed. It wasn't even the best fight that year, let alone the best fight of all time.

[ArturoGatti]

Agreed. It wasn't even the best fight that year, let alone the best fight of all time.what was the best fight that year?

[Rubio MHS]

what was the best fight that year?Too many mojitos last night. Sith-Monshipour was in 2006. That fight was clearly better.