Best fight of the decade... 70s, 80s, 90s & 2000s

[Bill Butcher]

I wont go back any further than the 70s due to lack of real solid knowledge but here is my top fight + runner-up from each decade....

1970s - WINNER - ALI v FRAZIER III (Ali TKO14 Frazier)

Runner-up - Ali v Frazier I (Frazier W15 Ali)



1980s - WINNER - LIMON v CHACON 4 (Chacon W15 Limon)

Runner-up - Leonard v Duran I (Duran W15 Leonard)



1990s - WINNER - CHAVEZ v TAYLOR I (Chavez TKO12 Taylor)

Runner-up - Barrera v McKinney (Barrera TKO12 McKinney)



2000s - WINNER - MORALES v BARRERA I (Morales W12 barrera)

Runner-up - Castillo v Corrales I (Corrales TKO10 Castillo)



Ps Honourable mentions go to Hagler v Hearns & Morales v Pacquiao I.


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[natonic]

Good picks. I'll take a shot:
70's: 1) Frazier - Ali I 2) Ali - Foreman huge drama, huge upset. Thrilla in Manilla was a great fight but kind of sad in retrospect.They left a lot of themselves in the ring that night.

80's: 1) Hagler - Hearns 2) Leonard - Hearns great drama, amazing momentum and tactical swings

90's: 1) Douglas - Tyson 2) Chavez - Taylor

00's: 1) Castillo - Corales 2) Pacquiao - Marquez I

[TBooze]

My two pence:

70s

5 Leonard/Benitez
4 Ali/FrazierI
3 Foreman/Lyle
2 Ali/FrazierIII
1 Holmes/Norton

80s

5 Bassa/McAuleyI
4 Muhammad/LopezII
3 Leonard/HearnsI
2 Pryor/ArguelloI
1 Hagler/Hearns

90s

5 Quiroga/Akeem
4 Bowe/HolyfieldI
3 Robinson/GattiI
2 Carbajal/GonzalesI
1 Chavez/TaylorI

[DINAMITA]

70s: Thrilla in Manilla
80s: Pryor v Arguello I
90s: Alejandro Gonzalez v Kevin Kelley
00s: Barrera v Morales III

[McGrain]

TBooze - lovely picks. But Holmes/Norton at 1? Really? High praise.

[TBooze]

TBooze - lovely picks. But Holmes/Norton at 1? Really? High praise.

It is a very tough call, but I think it was a little more classy than the Thrilla and a little more intense than the first Ali/Frazier fight. But you can put all three in any order and have a fair argument as to why it should be that way.

[McGrain]

It is a very tough call, but I think it was a little more classy than the Thrilla and a little more intense than the first Ali/Frazier fight. But you put all three in any order and have a fair argument as to why it should be that way.

I go with Ali-Frazier III on the heart.

[TIGEREDGE]

I go with Ali-Frazier III on the heart.

i do not like that fight. it was to hard a struggle and there was very nearly a fatalitity

Here is my list:

70's
Frazier V ALI 1
RU: Norton V Holmes

80's
Duran V Leonard
RU: Pryor V Arguello]

90's
taylot v chavez
RU: Bowe Holyfield

this decade
Morales v MAB 1

[Thread Stealer]

1970s:

3. Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier I
2. Matthew Saad Muhammad-Marvin Johnson I
1. Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier III

1980s: (no order for these, I can't decide)

Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello I
Matthew Saad Muhammad-Yaqui Lopez II
Bobby Chacon-Bazooka Limon IV
Bobby Chacon-Cornelius Boza Edwards II

1990s:

3. Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor I
2. Ivan Robinson-Arturo Gatti I
1. Michael Carbajal-Humberto Gonzalez I

2000s:

1. Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo I

I need some more time about the order of the rest of the 2000s. Trinidad-Vargas, Morales-Barrera I, Gatti-Ward I, Sith-Monishpour, Vazquez-Marquez 3, etc.....Tough choices. Actually the others might change too. My lists always seem to change.

Keep in mind I watched some of these fights after the fact. For instance, a lot of people who love Hagler-Hearns saw it when it occurred, so there was the suspense factor. I thought it was a terrific short fight, but overrated. It might've been different if I had seen it live (then again I saw other fights on tape knowing the result and I thought they were clearly better).

[SorceryatCaesar]

70s- Ali-Foreman
80s - Pryor-Arguello I
90s - Tyson-Douglas
00s - Corrales-Castillo I

[Bill Butcher]

00s: Barrera v Morales III

Really Pac ?

I thought EM MAB 1 was much better & Id also rank EM Pac 1 as a better fight also.

[The Predator]

70´s
Ali - frazier 1 and 3
80´s
Leonard-Hagler
90´s
Chavez - Taylor
00´s
Have to check up some fight´s before I say anything here.

[redrooster]

80s

Animal Fletcher-James Green

[AustraHungarian]

80s

Animal Fletcher-James Green

Great fucking fight! Very, very underrrated!

[atberry]

70s
#1 Ali/Frazier I
#2 Saad Muhammad/Johnson I

80s
#1 Pryor/Arguello I
#2 Duran/Barkley

90s
#1 Eubank/Watson II
#2 Chavez/Taylor I

00s
#1 Barrera/Morales I
#2 Barrera/Morales III

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

In my opinion:


70s:

1-Joe Frazier vs Ali I
2-Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman
3- Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier III

80s:

1-Bobby Chacon-Cornelius Boza Edwards II
2-Bobby Chacon-Bazooka Limon IV
3-Pryor vs Arguello I

90s:

1-Bowe vs Holyfield I
2-Robert Quiroga vs Akeem
3- Michael Carbajal-Humberto Gonzalez I

00s:

1-Corrales vs Castillo I
2- Trinidad vs Vargas
3-Pacquiao vs JMM I