Greatest fight of the 21st century so far

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Greatest fight of the 21st century so far

  1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales 1

    18.8%
  2. Micky Ward vs Arturo Gatti 1

    10.6%
  3. Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo 1

    22.4%
  4. Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez 3

    11.8%
  5. Amir Khan vs Marcos maidana

    3.5%
  6. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao 4

    10.6%
  7. Timothy Bradley vs Ruslan Provodnikov

    5.9%
  8. Francisco Vargas vs Orlando Salido

    1.2%
  9. James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov

    4.7%
  10. Other

    10.6%
  1. Faceplant

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    Bellew-Cleverly 1
     
  2. NoNeck

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    Vargas-Miura deserves mention.
     
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    Not enough skill involved.
     
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    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Micky Ward and Ruslan Provodnikov are present in the poll.
     
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    Lamon Brewster v Liakovich was also outstanding.
     
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    It depends what your looking for. If we're talking about high level offensive puchers going toe to toe then its Mab- EM or Corrales- Castillo.

    On the other hand, JMM-Pac IV is possibly the most satisfying to watch on many levels. I would rate it amongst fights like Duran-Leonard, Hagler-Hearns, Leonard-Hearns.. Two living legends fighting with the intention to win by KO and KO only. It was a tremendously high action fight with lots of back and forth drama that ended in a KO at the highest level. That's not even factoring the history between them and the sweet emotional redemption that came in rounds 6 that even Jim Lampley was overcome with emotion.
     
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    Trinidad-Vargas.

    Best fight I've ever watched.
     
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    I can see why if your PR. Definitely a great fight with two proven warriors in their primes, one freshly into his prime the other had already peaked for some time.
     
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    Doesn't really have anything to do with race although Trinidad is my favorite fighter in the modern era next to Roy Jones Jr.

    It was just a manly ass fight, took machismo to the extreme. Couple dick shots from both parties, extreme grit, skill and desperation, it all came down to who wanted it more. Vasquez/Marquez and Morales/Barrera were better fights overall, but these were midgets fighting. There's just something about midgets fighting that doesn't excite me as much as normal sized men duking it out.
     
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    That was Tito's greatest performance for sure. A great fight between two prime boxer punchers who lean on the puncher side.
     
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    Toney vs Jirov and I have zero doubt about it. Jirov made for a beautiful canvas on which James Toney painted the finest picture of technical infighting skill I've ever seen. I watched how great a fighter becomes when pushed by a hard working good one.
     
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    my thoughts exactly