Who will be the fighter of the 2000's

[Sheikh]

In the 70's you had Ali
In the 80's you had Tyson, or Sugar Ray Leonard.
in the 90's you had De la Hoya

So who will be fighter of this decade?

TO CLARIFY, A fighter of the decade IS NOT NECESSARILY the best fighter. It is the fighter who had big fights, that had alot of fans, that was in big events, and that did accomplish a a little bit as well.

So who will be fighter of this decade? Will it be De la Hoya for 2 decades in a row? Or can Mayweather take it? what about Pacquiao, Hopkins, Mosley or Taylor, they are on good starts

[acb]

If Miguel Cotto continues to fight like he does, destroying whats in front of him, he stands a good chance of captivating the publics imagination.

[Thread Stealer]

In the 70's you had Ali
In the 80's you had Tyson, or Sugar Ray Leonard.
in the 90's you had De la Hoya

So who will be fighter of this decade?

TO CLARIFY, A fighter of the decade IS NOT NECESSARILY the best fighter. It is the fighter who had big fights, that had alot of fans, that was in big events, and that did accomplish a a little bit as well.

So who will be fighter of this decade? Will it be De la Hoya for 2 decades in a row? Or can Mayweather take it? what about Pacquiao, Hopkins, Mosley or Taylor, they are on good starts

For big events, I'd say Oscar, again.

But for my choices of fighter of the decade, which is about who is the best fighter and achieves the most (not who is the most popular), it would be:

70s: Duran, followed by Monzon.
80s: not sure. I had made a list in the Classic Forum but the boards crashed.:twisted:
90s: Whitaker, I guess.
00s: Pacquiao or Mayweather.

[heerko koois]

Ricky Hatton , vicious boxer .....

[igotJUIC3]

if Ffoyd fights Hatton,Cotto, and Mosley...he easily gets it.

[dangerousity]

Depends what PBF & Pac do in the last 3 years. I got a feeling PBF is winding his career down this year whilst Pac will just run through some big names in the next 3 years.

[PowerPuncher]

Mayweather and Pacman by a long long way

[acb]

Ricky Hatton , vicious boxer .....

I would rank Hatton slightly higher than Vicious Boxer.

One think is for sure, VB has a much better idea for how to work public relations and the press. Ricky has a long way to go in this respect. Just listen to VB´s quote after a an intense sparring session while preparing for his 1st proffesional fight:

"I got down with this big motherfucker, you know what I'm saying. We got each other, you know, I got him the first one, he got me the second one. You know I've been getting down a lot. So if you fools want to get down, you know what I'm saying. You knwo where to find me." -VB

[brooklyn1550]

Hmm, good question...one of the following

Manny Pacquiao - If he cleans out 130 and beats Juan Diaz
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. - If he beats Cotto, Hatton, Mosley, and maybe another top 147 pounder
Miguel Cotto - If he continues to destroy every one in front of him
Juan Manuel Marquez - If he beats Pacquiao, Soto, Guzman, Valero, and maybe wins a 135 title
Rafael Marquez - If he cleans out 122 and wins a title or two at 126

[ibragimovfan]

Bhop

[sandwichsurgeon]

When Tyson comes back and unifies he will get that honour again, i heard he is getting into 1988 shape so i think he can do it.

[ibragimovfan]

if we are being crazy here based off our personal favorites then im gonna say


SULTAAAAAAAAN IBRAGIMOVVVVVVV

[the_what]

Pacman

[George W Hedge]

I dont really like the guy but Mayweather has been the outstanding boxer of the 00s.

:good

[Richel Hersisia]

pretty boy floyd hands down, at this moment.

Pacquiao runner up.

Baby bull Diaz and Cotto can still do some things

[Oscar de la Roa]

Barrera If he wins against pacquiao

[Bad Blood]

Rafael Marquez.

[heerko koois]

:lol: I would rank Hatton slightly higher than Vicious Boxer.

One think is for sure, VB has a much better idea for how to work public relations and the press. Ricky has a long way to go in this respect. Just listen to VB´s quote after a an intense sparring session while preparing for his 1st proffesional fight:

"I got down with this big motherfucker, you know what I'm saying. We got each other, you know, I got him the first one, he got me the second one. You know I've been getting down a lot. So if you fools want to get down, you know what I'm saying. You knwo where to find me." -VB

[el mosquito]

Hmm, good question...one of the following

Manny Pacquiao - If he cleans out 130 and beats Juan Diaz
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. - If he beats Cotto, Hatton, Mosley, and maybe another top 147 pounder
Miguel Cotto - If he continues to destroy every one in front of him
Juan Manuel Marquez - If he beats Pacquiao, Soto, Guzman, Valero, and maybe wins a 135 title
Rafael Marquez - If he cleans out 122 and wins a title or two at 126


this goes to show that people today has had amnesia of how pacquiao's run as a former flyweight champ being a SFW champ was seen four years ago as a great feat in itself. This knowledgeable poster only expected pac to win some more at 130 and beat a lightweight champ and he would be a fighter of the decade in his book. Pac did alot more than that but the unknowledgeable posters today quickly forgot how unprecedented it is for a flyweight champ to conquer the welterweight division

[FORMIDABLE]

this goes to show that people today has had amnesia of how pacquiao's run as a former flyweight champ being a SFW champ was seen four years ago as a great feat in itself. This knowledgeable poster only expected pac to win some more at 130 and beat a lightweight champ and he would be a fighter of the decade in his book. Pac did alot more than that but the unknowledgeable posters today quickly forgot how unprecedented it is for a flyweight champ to conquer the welterweight division

PacDBest put it best when he said that peoples perception of Pac could change with one fight. Boy he was right on the money. Infact, it's been changing every fight since DLH. Now he's expected to fight the middleweight champ. Ridiculous. His accomplishments really should be measured by comparing him to his contemparies MAB, Morales and JMM. Only by doing that can you fully grasp the true greatness of what he's done. That will only come till long after he's retired and no other fighters are able to come close to achieving anything similar.