Fighter of the Decade... Who Do You Have?

Pac, for obvious reasons.

 

Hoping to get a vote from British.

 

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• 2006, 2008 and 2009 Boxing Writers Association Of America Fighter of the Year
• 2006, 2008 and 2009 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year
• 2006 and 2008 SecondsOut.com Fighter of the Year
• 2008 and 2009 Ring Magazine No. 1 Pound-for-Pound (year-end)
• 5-Time PSA Sportsman of the Year
• 2008 University Athletic Association of the Philippines Honorary Award for Sports Excellence
• 2008 and 2009 ***********.com Fighter of the Year
• 2008 Sports Illustrated Boxer of the Year
• 2008 and 2009 TheSweetScience.com Boxer of the Year
• 2008 and 2009 WBC Boxer of the Year
• 2008 and 2009 8CountNews.com Fighter of the Year
• 2008 Yahoo Sports Fighter of the Year
• 2008 and 2009 ESPN Star's Champion of Champions
• 2009 ESPN Fighter of the Year
• 2009 ESPN Knockout of the Year
• 2009 ESPY Awards Best Fighter
• 2009 TIME 100 Most Influential People (Heroes & Icons Category)
• 2009 TIME Asia Magazine cover for November 16, 2009 Issue
• 2009 Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 (ranked 57th)
• 2009 Sports Illustrated Fighter of the Year
• 2009 The Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year
• 2009 Boxrec.com International Fighter of the Year
• 2009 Boxrec.com International Fight of the Year –Pacquiao vs. Cotto
• 2000-09 Philippine Sportswriters Association Athlete of the Decade
• 2000-09 The SweetScience.com Fighter of the Decade
• 2000-09 HBO Fighter of the Decade
• 2000-09 Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Awards: Fighter of the Decade
• 2000-09 Boxing Writers Association Of America Fighter of the Decade
• 2000-09 The Ring Magazine Fighter of the Decade
• 2009 World's Greatest Ever Featherweight
• 2009 World's Greatest Ever (ranked number 2)
• Only boxer to ever win 7 world titles in 7 different weight divisions

 

Mayweather and it's not even close.

P4P #1 almost double the time PAC was
More months ranked in top 10 p4p than PAC was
Undefeated in the decade

 

pacquaio of course

and between 2000 and 2003 he was tearing up the super bantamweight division incase anyone was wondering or forgot

 

Floyd Mayweather Jr. I don't understand how he is not #1 on so many lists even those of the "experts" There has been no better boxer in terms of skils and talenf over the past decade. Even if yo honestly fell he ducked oppoents. An assertion that I disagree with he still has faced opoents who are at least as good if not better than anyone else who can compare to him in terms of skills and acomplishments this past decade.

 

Absolutely. Probably of the last TWO decades.

As a matter a fact, probably since Ali.

 

Because there is someone who has a better resume and legacy.

 

to me its MONEY MAY by a MILE ...............:good

 

hands down. PAC

 

Pacquiao. Nothing to discuss. Even if you don't like him, there's nobody who accomplished more than Manny.

 

Calzaghe should not be in there, no way. From the last decade, he ranks below Mosley, Barrera, Morales, Marquez and Winky. You could also argue that JL Castillo deserves to be above him, I suppose your view of who won Floyd-Castillo 1 would inform that decision. But no way in hell is Calzaghe 4th of the decade.

To answer the question, Pacquiao by miles. He fought better fighters than anyone else, beat better fighters than anyone else, and scaled more weight classes than anyone else. He has been p4p#1 and he has looked sensational in the ring last couple of years, winning Fighter of the Year numerous times, becoming a superstar, etc etc etc.

No contest.

 

Fighter of the Decade is about concrete achievement, not your or anyone elses' subjective assessment of how good someone's skills are. And Pac's achievements this decade have been greater than Floyd's, no matter how you look at it.