My Top 10 Fights of the Decade.

[Addie]

70% Excitement, 30% significance is my chosen criteria. In order to be a great fight it must first be an exciting, competitive affair. Whether it be by pure volume of punches being thrown, or shifts in momentum. I also take significance into consideration and the quality of the combatants. A fight like Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou was wonderful action, but it gets zero points in the significance category, and it wasn't performed at a particularly high level in comparison to other candidates. Any way, I won't pretend that I gave this mountains of thought, so here we go.


1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I (2000)
2. Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales I (2005)
3. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III (2008 )
4. Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou (2006)
5. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez II (2007)
6. Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas (2000)
7. Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II (2007)
8. Aturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I (2002)
9. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz (2009 )
0. Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko (2003)

Missed the cut: Cotto vs Torres / Marquez vs Pacquiao (1) / Vasquez vs Marquez (1) / Burton vs Augutus / Barrera vs Morales (3) / Williams vs Martinez / etc.

Cotto vs Margarito was purposefully excluded due to the controversy surrounding it. Lewis vs Vitali may be a surprise to some but I think the action is very very exciting, and you seldom see more significant fights than Heavyweight title fights. It was a great, great fight. Marquez vs Pacquiao the rematch got in as opposed to their first effort, because it was practically P4P 2 and 3 going at it at their respective peaks, it was a great technical fight, great action and shifts in momentum.

Let's here your top 10.

[MW159]

70% Excitement, 30% significance is my chosen criteria. In order to be a great fight it must first be an exciting, competitive affair. Whether it be by pure volume of punches being thrown, or shifts in momentum. I also take significance into consideration and the quality of the combatants. A fight like Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou was wonderful action, but it gets zero points in the significance category, and it wasn't performed at a particularly high level in comparison to other candidates. Any way, I won't pretend that I gave this mountains of thought, so here we go.


1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I (2000)
2. Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales I (2005)
3. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III (2008 )
4. Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou (2006)
5. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez II (2007)
6. Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas (2000)
7. Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II (2007)
8. Aturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I (2002)
9. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz (2009 )
0. Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko (2003)

Missed the cut: Cotto vs Torres / Marquez vs Pacquiao (1) / Vasquez vs Marquez (1) / Burton vs Augutus / Barrera vs Morales (3) / Williams vs Martinez / etc.

Cotto vs Margarito was purposefully excluded due to the controversy surrounding it. Lewis vs Vitali may be a surprise to some but I think the action is very very exciting, and you seldom see more significant fights than Heavyweight title fights. It was a great, great fight. Marquez vs Pacquiao the rematch got in as opposed to their first effort, because it was practically P4P 2 and 3 going at it at their respective peaks, it was a great technical fight, great action and shifts in momentum.

Let's here your top 10.

For me I honestly grade completely on how much the fight entertains me so my list might have a few odd ones but here goes:

1-Vasquez | Marquez III
2-Barrera | Morales I
3-Gonzalez | Letterlough
4-Marquez | Diaz
5-Arce | Hussien I
6-Dorin | Balbi I
7-Morales | Pacquiao
8-Freitas | Barrios
9-Castillo | Corrales
10-Etienne | Clay-Bey

[bodhi]

I don´t do list fights, I just enjoy them. One recent fight I enjoyed very much was Erdei-Fragomeni. That fight had everything, a good technical showing in the early rounds from Erdei and than you have a fighter out-slugging a 20 pounds heavier, albeit limited, world champ despite running out of gas.
That fight was fun but also made me angry because Erdei´s talent was wasted for most of his career by his promoters and this fight showed what he had despite him beeing already a bit past it.

[GPater11093]

Erdei Fragomeni was a classic fight

1. Barrera vs Morales 1
2. Marquez vs Vasquez 3
3. Cotto vs Margarito
4. Marquez vs Pacquiao 2
5. Marquez vs Diaz
6. Gatti vs Ward 1
7. Trinidad vs Vargas
8. Marquez vs Pacquaio 1
9. Gatti vs Ward 3
10. Morales vs Pacquiao

[Addie]

No possible way anyone could ever leave Corrales/Castillo out of the top 10. Smarten up, G.

[Flea Man]

No possible way anyone could ever leave Corrales/Castillo out of the top 10. Smarten up, G.

It's a matter of taste. I'd rank it above Gatti-Ward deffo :good It's in my top ten put it that way

[Addie]

Dude, you can't leave it out of a top 10. It's madness!

[Flea Man]

I pretty much agree :lol:

[GPater11093]

No possible way anyone could ever leave Corrales/Castillo out of the top 10. Smarten up, G.

I honestly dont like it, i think its 9 rounds of smothered inside fighting then 1 amazing round. I have watched it once and am not to keen on watching it again after being so disappointed by the sloppiness of the inside work, but the 10th round was amazing

[Addie]

I honestly dont like it, i think its 9 rounds of smothered inside fighting then 1 amazing round. I have watched it once and am not to keen on watching it again after being so disappointed by the sloppiness of the inside work, but the 10th round was amazing

You're just tryin to be a different aren't you, Greg. :lol:

Complaining about the sloppiness of it and then having Gatti/Ward at 6 is comedy gold.

[GPater11093]

You're just tryin to be a different aren't you, Greg. :lol:

Complaining about the sloppiness of it and then having Gatti/Ward at 6 is comedy gold.

:lol::lol:

No im being serious, at least Gatti and Ward were trading clean shots, whereas Corralles and Castillo were inside being sloppy as hell, Gatti and Ward were trading hard shots.

[Addie]

:lol::lol:

No im being serious, at least Gatti and Ward were trading clean shots, whereas Corralles and Castillo were inside being sloppy as hell, Gatti and Ward were trading hard shots.

I knew you were on the cuff of blindness when you had Pryor only 1 point up prior to the stoppage in his first with Arguello, but this sealed the deal.

[Mantequilla]

Did the sloppy nature of the first barrera Morales fight not put you off it a bit addie?

[GPater11093]

I knew you were on the cuff of blindness when you had Pryor only 1 point up prior to the stoppage in his first with Arguello, but this sealed the deal.

:lol::lol:

Naw seriously though I just dont like the fight I think it is very sloppy work, in terms of smothering each other whereas Gatti and Ward were sloppy but that made the figth more exciting as they were hitting each other.

Anyway I prefer a skilled bout thats why Barrera vs Morales 1 and Marquez vs Vasquez 3 are a long way out in front.

[GPater11093]

Did the sloppy nature of the first barrera Morales fight not put you off it a bit addie?

fuck off

[Mantequilla]

:lol:

[Flea Man]

:lol: Mante you've been a right terrorist as of late! It's funny as fuck though pal, keep up (Greg will no doubt call me McLovin now :rofl)

[GPater11093]

:lol:

:twisted:


:lol:

:lol: Mante you've been a right terrorist as of late! It's funny as fuck though pal, keep up (Greg will no doubt call me McLovin now :rofl)

Mante has had me in stitches recently, i thought it was funny what he said. Why would i call you McLovin?

[Flea Man]

For sharing in his amusement :lol:

[GPater11093]

For sharing in his amusement :lol:

:lol::lol:

Anyway do you guys not think that it was sloppy?

[northernstar83]

:good70% Excitement, 30% significance is my chosen criteria. In order to be a great fight it must first be an exciting, competitive affair. Whether it be by pure volume of punches being thrown, or shifts in momentum. I also take significance into consideration and the quality of the combatants. A fight like Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou was wonderful action, but it gets zero points in the significance category, and it wasn't performed at a particularly high level in comparison to other candidates. Any way, I won't pretend that I gave this mountains of thought, so here we go.


1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I (2000)
2. Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales I (2005)
3. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III (2008 )
4. Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou (2006)
5. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez II (2007)
6. Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas (2000)
7. Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II (2007)
8. Aturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I (2002)
9. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz (2009 )
0. Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko (2003)

Missed the cut: Cotto vs Torres / Marquez vs Pacquiao (1) / Vasquez vs Marquez (1) / Burton vs Augutus / Barrera vs Morales (3) / Williams vs Martinez / etc.

Cotto vs Margarito was purposefully excluded due to the controversy surrounding it. Lewis vs Vitali may be a surprise to some but I think the action is very very exciting, and you seldom see more significant fights than Heavyweight title fights. It was a great, great fight. Marquez vs Pacquiao the rematch got in as opposed to their first effort, because it was practically P4P 2 and 3 going at it at their respective peaks, it was a great technical fight, great action and shifts in momentum.

Let's here your top 10.


Terrific list its hard to argue too much with it :good

[BENNY BLANCO]

70% Excitement, 30% significance is my chosen criteria. In order to be a great fight it must first be an exciting, competitive affair. Whether it be by pure volume of punches being thrown, or shifts in momentum. I also take significance into consideration and the quality of the combatants. A fight like Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou was wonderful action, but it gets zero points in the significance category, and it wasn't performed at a particularly high level in comparison to other candidates. Any way, I won't pretend that I gave this mountains of thought, so here we go.


1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I (2000)
2. Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales I (2005)
3. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III (2008 )
4. Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou (2006)
5. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez II (2007)
6. Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas (2000)
7. Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II (2007)
8. Aturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I (2002)
9. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz (2009 )
0. Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko (2003)

Missed the cut: Cotto vs Torres / Marquez vs Pacquiao (1) / Vasquez vs Marquez (1) / Burton vs Augutus / Barrera vs Morales (3) / Williams vs Martinez / etc.

Cotto vs Margarito was purposefully excluded due to the controversy surrounding it. Lewis vs Vitali may be a surprise to some but I think the action is very very exciting, and you seldom see more significant fights than Heavyweight title fights. It was a great, great fight. Marquez vs Pacquiao the rematch got in as opposed to their first effort, because it was practically P4P 2 and 3 going at it at their respective peaks, it was a great technical fight, great action and shifts in momentum.

Let's here your top 10.Where would you place the first Mosley-De La Hoya fight?......That fight has become very underrated surprisingly.

[VX.Nefarious]

70% Excitement, 30% significance is my chosen criteria. In order to be a great fight it must first be an exciting, competitive affair. Whether it be by pure volume of punches being thrown, or shifts in momentum. I also take significance into consideration and the quality of the combatants. A fight like Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou was wonderful action, but it gets zero points in the significance category, and it wasn't performed at a particularly high level in comparison to other candidates. Any way, I won't pretend that I gave this mountains of thought, so here we go.


1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I (2000)
2. Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales I (2005)
3. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III (2008 )
4. Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou (2006)
5. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez II (2007)
6. Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas (2000)
7. Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II (2007)
8. Aturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I (2002)
9. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz (2009 )
0. Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko (2003)

Missed the cut: Cotto vs Torres / Marquez vs Pacquiao (1) / Vasquez vs Marquez (1) / Burton vs Augutus / Barrera vs Morales (3) / Williams vs Martinez / etc.



Let's here your top 10.

:scaredas:
No Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao? it cant be :|

[VX.Nefarious]

My Top 13 Fights

1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I
2. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III
3. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao II
4. Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales I
5. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez II
6. Erik Morales vs Manny Paacquiao I
7. Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou
8. Aturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I
9. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz
10. Shane Mosley vs Oscar De La Hoya


11. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao I
12. Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas
13. Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera III

[GPater11093]

I thought Gatti's fight with Baldomir,even with Damgaard was a hell of alot more entertaining than the last two Gatti-ward fights.


It's a shame that trilogy is going to be remembered as fondly as it is.

I realy enjoyed the third fight

[turpinr]

I realy enjoyed the third fightno school ????

[GPater11093]

no school ????

snowed in

[asero]

corrales vs castillo 1
morales vs barrera 1
margarito vs cotto
vazquez vs marquez 3
ward vs gatti 1
morales vs pacquiao 1
marquez vs vazquez 1
trinidad vs vargas
sithchatchawlan vs monshipour
marquez vs diaz

[asero]

Micky Ward—Emanuel Burton

is the most overlooked great fight this decade

[Popkins]

70% Excitement, 30% significance is my chosen criteria. In order to be a great fight it must first be an exciting, competitive affair. Whether it be by pure volume of punches being thrown, or shifts in momentum. I also take significance into consideration and the quality of the combatants. A fight like Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou was wonderful action, but it gets zero points in the significance category, and it wasn't performed at a particularly high level in comparison to other candidates. Any way, I won't pretend that I gave this mountains of thought, so here we go.


1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I (2000)
2. Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales I (2005)
3. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III (2008 )
4. Somsak Sithchatchawlan vs Mahyar Monshipou (2006)
5. Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez II (2007)
6. Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas (2000)
7. Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II (2007)
8. Aturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I (2002)
9. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz (2009 )
0. Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko (2003)

Missed the cut: Cotto vs Torres / Marquez vs Pacquiao (1) / Vasquez vs Marquez (1) / Burton vs Augutus / Barrera vs Morales (3) / Williams vs Martinez / etc.

Cotto vs Margarito was purposefully excluded due to the controversy surrounding it. Lewis vs Vitali may be a surprise to some but I think the action is very very exciting, and you seldom see more significant fights than Heavyweight title fights. It was a great, great fight. Marquez vs Pacquiao the rematch got in as opposed to their first effort, because it was practically P4P 2 and 3 going at it at their respective peaks, it was a great technical fight, great action and shifts in momentum.

Let's here your top 10.

My top five would be:

1.Vasquez-Marquez III
2.Barrera-Morales I
3.Corrales-Castillo II
4.Cotto-Margarito
5.Morales-Pacquiao I