Most significant fight of the decade?

So being mentioned as one of the best fights in boxing history for years to come, makes it insignificant?

 

Yeah I was pretty much expecting someone to argue that last point. Mosely certainly did gain alot of standing after that fight, but I don't think his overall perception changed to the degree that was present in these other significant fights. Mosely was always a speedy slugger, and many gave him a good shot to win. DLH performed as expected, and despite it being a clear Mosely win, DLH definately won some rounds (it WAS a SD). While Mosely went to p4p #1 after that, he was already top 5 prior to the fight, and he didn't really show anything new, or unexpected. It was a fairly standard fight, by superfight standards, and the result was not any great shock.

With Pacman, you had a young fighter propel himself into the spotlight by completely dominating a GREAT experienced fighter who seems to be only slightly past his peak, if at all.

With Hopkins there was a veteran who despite his accomplishments still failed to capture alot of respect. He was given little chance, and again he dominated the younger seemingly more dangerous fighter.

Roy did a historic leap in weight to fight a guy who still outweighed him by 30 pounds at fight time, a heavyweight who had fought almost everyone and was ugly as hell, and Roy dominated him and solidified his own standing as one of the best ever.

 

fair points on the Mosley-DLH argument.

i think Hopkins-Trinidad wins out for me. Don't think Pac-MAB was mainstream enough and no fight with John Ruiz deserves to be in a conversation, imo.

 

I'll be the loser who throws out an honorable mention to Gatti/Ward I.

That's still the fight I show friends who I think I can turn on to the sport. I can think of at least ten friends who follow boxing to this day because I loaned them my VHS copy of Gatti/Ward.