Who has the best single win in the last 20 years?

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  1. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    As the title thread asks, which fighter has the most prestigious and accomplished victory of the last two decades?

    There are many I can think of that would qualify, but it's so hard to pick a single one. Wins like Mosley VS De La Hoya 1, Hopkins VS Trinidad & Pavlik, RJJ over Ruiz or Tarver 1, Tarver VS RJJ 2, Douglas VS Tyson, Pacquiao over Barrera and De La Hoya all come to mind.

    There are also those fights which would have been great stand-out wins had their controversial outcomes been reversed (De La Hoya VS Trinidad/Mosley 2, JMM VS Pac 2)


    Which one is your pick? I'm sure I missed a bunch.
     
    Bogotazo, Sep 27, 2011
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  2. Jaguar

    Jaguar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My first thought was Tyson vs. Douglas.
     
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  3. Gonzarelli

    Gonzarelli Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Same here but That was a bit over the 20 year mark.

    My vote goes to Mab over Hamed!
     
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  4. Brand814

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    The first one that came to mind for me was Hopkins over Trinidad.
     
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  5. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera I.

    Barrera was arguably at the peak of his powers in 2003, was pretty much at the top of the ladder as far as the Featherweights were concerned, and Pacquiao moved up from SBW not only to defeat the Mexican, but absolutely destroy him. Taking into consideration the manner of the victory and how I highly I personally rank Marco Antonio Barrera, I can't think of another win I would clearly rank above it at this moment. I'll have to give it some more thought.
     
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  6. AP3RE2

    AP3RE2 El Ausente Full Member

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    Morales over Pacquiao I @ 130 comes to mind.
     
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  7. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    :patsch It did escape the time-frame.



    Great shout-out. What a classic.
     
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  8. reed_man02

    reed_man02 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Morales-Barrera 1
    Taylor-Hopkins 1
     
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  9. Rexrapper 1

    Rexrapper 1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I dont know. Maybe Jones vs Tarver 2
     
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  10. TheGreat

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    RJJ over Toney at the time was huge.
     
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  11. Rexrapper 1

    Rexrapper 1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Also Chavez over Taylor. No one saw that ending coming. Chavez was losing the fight without question and KOes him in the closing seconds
     
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  12. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Barrera UD Hamed
    Tarver KO2 RJJ II
    Forrest UD Mosley
    Morales UD Pacquiao
    Martinez KO2 Williams II
    Pacquiao TKO11 Barrera
    Hopkins TKO12 Trinidad
    Sanders TKO2 W. Klitschko
    Mayweather TKO10 Corrales
    Hatton RTD11 Kostya
    Freitas UD Casamayor
    Whitaker D JCC
     
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  13. Vano-Irons

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    Lewis-Holyfield deserves a mention
     
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  14. megavolt

    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    Tarver KO2 RJJ for me

    Notable mentions:
    Trinidad-Hopkins
    Hopkins-Pascal II
    Taylor-Hopkins
    Morales-Pacquiao I
    Pacquiao-Barrera I
    Floyd-Corrales
    Corrales-Castillo I
    RJJ-Toney
    RJJ-Griffin II
    MAB-Hamed

    Kind of left out big fights with controversial/event losing decisions.
     
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  15. tito44

    tito44 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Morales over Manny is the first one I thought of.

    You would think it would be a fight between two guys that were the same size. With Hopkins, Taylor beating him was more impressive.
     
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