If you had to pick 4 fighters that have defined the last 14 years of boxing. Who would they be? Discuss :bbb 2000-2014. Im confused about whether or not they need to be around the same weight class, and having fought eachother. Could be . JMM/FMJ/PAC/COTTO JOE/BHOP/RJJ/?? As KUSH said MAB/PAC/JMM/ERIC As duranimal said I don't know.
The original Fab 4 all fought each other, if that is a condition then Morales vs JMM is a fight missing but still the rivalries between Morales, Pac, Barrera and JMM stand out the most.
Top ten of 2000-2010 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 3. Bernard Hopkins 4. Erik Morales 5. Joe Calzaghe 6. Juan Manuel Marquez 7. Roy Jones Jr. 8. Marco Antonio Barrera 9. Rafael Marquez 10. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam That period was notable for it's bantamweight scraps, specifically Pac, Morales, JMM, and MAB. Though you could make a case for Jones, Hopkins, Calzaghe, though Jones was washed up for most of the period you are describing. If I were to pick 4 boxers to take the place of the fab 4 I'd pick Pac as Duran, Mayweather as Leonard, Martinez as Hagler, and Paul Williams for Hearns. If we mean the star money makers then Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, and Miguel Cotto.
boxrec dot com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine%27s_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--2000s Based upon number of appearances and then positions they appeared, here are the p4p top 4; 1. Mayweather. 9 appearances, 1 position place more than B-Hop 2. B-Hop. 9 apperances, 1 position place less than Floyd 3. Pac. 7 appearances. 4. Erik Morales. 6 appearances.
yeah dont put roy jones in there...you know, the fighter for the decade of the 1990s. i know your boxing knowledge is limited to only knowing about the shot version of roy jones, but did you know he was 48-0 at one time? thanks for continuing to show your ignorance modernhomo :good
Floyd Mayweather is head and shoulders much better than any other boxer of his era. Nobody stood out like that during those times. Mayweather has no rivals. Just a guy who claimed to be his equal as long as he didnt have to test for drugs. In 2009 pac ended negotiations and fought a PAID OFF CLOTTEY instead of taking a drug test for the biggest payday for a beating he could have ever received. Its too bad his entire fanbase gave their thumbs up to his drug addiction and blatant duck of the most prized fighter this world has ever seen, FLOYD "MONEY" MAYWEATHER.
try and change history all you want, but the world knows floyd ducked the former flyweight champ like he was the plaque.