top 10 fights of this decade

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  1. ArturoGatti

    ArturoGatti WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    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
     
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  2. CleanYourClock

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    Decade as in 1998 to 2008 ?
     
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  3. ArturoGatti

    ArturoGatti WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    no, the decade of the 00's.
     
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  4. Octopus

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    I pretty much agree with this list:bears:
     
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    Lewis-Quitali over Sith-Monshipour?!?!?!? :laughing: :nono:
     
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  6. Double L

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    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.
     
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  7. Mitchell Kane

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    Is this list limited to American television?
     
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  8. ArturoGatti

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    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.
     
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  9. ArturoGatti

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    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.
     
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  10. Double L

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    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.
     
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  11. ArturoGatti

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    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.
     
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    I'd put ODLH-Vargas in there somewhere.
     
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  13. Ugotabe Kidding

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

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

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

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    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.
     
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  18. Ugotabe Kidding

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    Take it to the smacktalk
     
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  19. His_Royness

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    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.
     
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  20. Mitchell Kane

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

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    brewster/sergei - good heavy-weight fight...
     
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  23. Joe King

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    DLH-Vargas belongs up there.

    Hussein Hussein vs Arce 1 should be appreciated
     
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  24. ArturoGatti

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    brewster/krasniqi as well.
     
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  25. Mitchell Kane

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

    Jones - Ruiz

    Mayorga - Forrest I
     
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  29. Mitchell Kane

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