Fighter of the decade

I only give Hopkins and Pacman a realistic chance of winning this title. Perhaps they should get it both. Hopkins still has a lead though. It depends on what Pacman achieves in the next two years. If Hopkins loses from now on it won't diminish his legacy because of his age.

 

probably mayweather.

 

Hopkins

He opened the decade with the fight of his life, and is closing it with one of his best performances. pacquiao started doing his thing by half the decade, and floyd.... gimme a break :shit:

 

Mayweather artie:

 

Probably Manny, but it's up for grabs.

 

Probably Mayweather......taking the BITCH route......having never fought the best Welterweights of his time Margarito/Cotto/Clottey/Cintron/Williams...none of them...

He will likely come out of retirement and clinch the award of fighter of the decade by beating the MUCH smaller MANNY PACQUIAO....bitcchhhhh..

 

1. Hopkins
2. Pacman
3. Mayweather

Very hard to rank Pacman and Mayweather.

 

It has to be Calzaghe or Taylor, both of whom proved they were superior fighters to Hopkins,...although,..Hopkins was 'green' for Taylor :laughing:.

 

Pacquiao
Hopkins
Floyd (he really needs to beat Pacquiao now)

 

It's Mayweather easly!

 

If it were Determined TODAY, REED would Give the Nod to Floyd...But w/Time Remaining N the Decade, Manny Pac has a REALISTIC Chance of Supplanting Floyd....Floyd's Going to HAVE to Drop the FAUX Retirement Bullshit & Win Another MEANINGFUL Fight or 2 to SEAL the Deal...



REED:hammert:

 

"erik morales" -ron king

 

What do you say about Hopkins REED? He's done great things throughout the decade, including stopping Trinidad, breaking monzon's record, beating Roy's conqueror - Tarver. Beating a solid champion in Pavlik...

 

Sounds inferior to Calz

 

Please....

Calzaghe ISN'T Even N the Discussion for "Fighter of the Decade"...Pacquiao, Hopkins AND Mayweather have ALL CLEARLY Done More...



REED:mj:

 

What Bernard did is EXTREMELY Impressive, No Doubt...But REED Rates Manny & Floyd Slightly HIGHER Based on Moving Up SEVERAL Divisions Throughout the Decade...

However, if Bernard were to Fight & BEAT Chad Dawson (Or Won a Title @ Crusier or Heavy), that'd B Enough for REED to Give him the Nod...It's Definitely CLOSE btwn Floyd, Manny & Bernard...



REED:mj:

 

The best answer would be: "The winner of Pacquiao-Mayweather".

 

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agREED. Calzahge would be among the names if you were making a top 10 (or possibly even Top 5), but he wouldn't be a serious contender for the top spot.

 

What if you were making a list of best Welsh fighters of Italian descent?

 

Gotta be in the top 3 ::

 

Floyd comes nowhere near Manny or BHop.

 

It depends, are they all named "Joe"?? if so, most definately.

 

Why is Floyd Mayweather in this discussion?

 

It's a bit messy judging fighters by decade. Better to group them by what decade they won their first world title, that way you can judge their whole career, rather than penalizing guys who did allot but spread over two decades.

Based purely on what they did in the 00's though I'd say Manny is gonna end up taking it by a slim margin over B-Hop.

 

Manny has by far the best resume of the decade, and probably the highest number of quality wins/achievements.

Hopkins wasted 3+ years after Trinidad fighting basura, then lost twice, then lost to Calzaghe, with some solid wins sprinkled between. What he did against a poor and inconsistent Tarver is impressive, but what I midget like Manny did to Oscar at 147 is amazing.

Floyd is an obvious choice also, but I don't get the same sense of historical accomplishment from him that I do Pacquiao.

I'll take making a name by beating Barrera 2x, morales 2x, Marquez 2x, Larios, DLH, etc. over Corrales, Castillo, Gatti, Hatton, and the same Oscar

 

When you add in losing to Morales, drawing with Marquez, and take out Larios, I don't think it looks the same as Mayweather's going undefeated through the names he did...with only one debatable decision in the first Castillo fight.

Seriously, if we're counting Larios, why not mention guys Baldoimr, Judah, Chavez, Hernandez?

Of course, the decade isn't over, so if Mayweather returns and wins or loses against the winner of Hatton-Pacquiao this could change. Just as it could if Pacquiao wins/loses to Hatton, and never fights Mayweather.

 

at the time Larios was considered good, and he was broken down by a much smaller guy.

really its a size issue. Someone of manny's stature doing what he's done is more impressive to me, much in the way I rate Duran so highly for what he did with his (again at the time) meager frame.

 

Larios moved up in weight for the fight.