What are your picks for the below categories: Fighter of the decade Fight of the decade KO of the decade Upset of the decade
Upset of the decade....I am not sure. Fury was 4/1 to beat Wlad. Hardly massive. It's got to be Fat Andy vs AJ, that was what, 25-1, 33-1, I think. It depends what we mean by "Upset"- bookies or boxing fans? It;'s funny becayse it upset the bookies but I knew anyone who hit AJ hard on the temple might stop him. It didn't shock me. I didn't wake up and say "did this really happening".... So....hard to say.
Fair point about the odds but I personally have Wlad-Fury above AJ-Ruiz I. I guess see it as a mix of betting odds and pre-fight perception. Fighter of the decade for me is Lomachenko, I know as a pro he only really covers the second half but I rate him that highly. Fight of the decade I need to think a bit more about, same with KO of the decade.
I myself have absolutely no idea either. So you look at the RING Magazine KO's of the year for the decade 2010: Sergio Martínez KO 2 Paul Williams – see Sergio Martínez vs. Paul Williams II 2011: Nonito Donaire KO 2 Fernando Montiel – see Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire 2012: Juan Manuel Márquez KO 6 Manny Pacquiao – see Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV 2013: Adonis Stevenson TKO 1 Chad Dawson 2014: Carl Froch KO 8 George Groves[3] – see Carl Froch vs. George Groves II 2015: Canelo Álvarez KO 3 James Kirkland 2016: Canelo Álvarez KO 6 Amir Khan – see Canelo Álvarez vs. Amir Khan 2017: David Lemieux KO 3 Curtis Stevens 2018: Naoya Inoue KO 1 Juan Carlos Payano 2019: Deontay Wilder KO 7 Luis Ortiz – see Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II Canelo vs Kirkland, seriously? FFS. There muyst have been fuck all going in 2013 and 2014 No Wlad vs Pulev?
Same. Usually at least a couple of these categories would have a clear favorite. It's not quite "there are no wrong answers" but pretty near.
I’d say Pacquiao for fighter of the decade. Upset of the decade has to be Ruiz over AJ I don’t have a fight of the decade.
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as much as I hated the arrogant SOB, there is no doubt that Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr was the decade's best boxer, hands down, undisputed fact. FORBES also called him the Athlete of the decade just by his earnings that left in the dust everyone else. Floyd Mayweather Tops Forbes' 'Highest-Paid Athletes of the Decade' List
Fighter of the decade - Pacquiao. Upset of the decade - Pacquiao over Thurman. Fight and KO? No idea tbh, I'd have to see a good selection of both to choose, nothing obviously springs to mind for either. Wilder and Canelo have had some nice KO's, over crap opposition. Should quality of opposition factor into best KO's or? Even Donaire had a really good recent KO, and Inoue too.
Mex, You do realize that Pac was the betting favorite over Thurman, right? Not even remotely close to upset of the decade. It was the expected result by most.
Haha, I know I know. I was just kidding with that one, playing the Pacquiao fanboy. Was going to list Pacquiao as the best fight and KO too but couldn't be bothered But yeah, he was a narrow favourite and rightfully so. Right when the fight was announced I said on that thread, even a 40 year old Pacquiao is a clear level above Thurman and should win. As for real biggest upset, what do you think? I'm really not sure Ruiz over Joshua is it tbh. I mean, Joshua is just not that good, I knew fat Andy had an excellent chance to beat him.
Could actually be KO of the decade and upset of the decade. At that moment in their careers, no one gave Marquez much of a shot, let alone by brutal 1 punch KO. Pacquiao was considered to be very much prime and on a tear, despite being 34. And obviously more suited to welter.
Even though it wasn't fought between elite fighters, I'm kinda leaning toward Rios-Alvarado 1 as fight of the decade.
Yeah probably. The punch leading to the ko wasn't very spectacular, but pac was literally sleeping for 5 minutes. Very rare to see this in a high profile fight
