Toney-Jirov Fight of the Decade?

No ****ing way.

 

Maybe top 20.

 

No chance. Brilliant fight but here are some I would rank ahead of it;

Castillo - Corrales
Barrera - Morales I
Monshipour - Sithchatchawal
Marquez - Vasquez II
Marquez - Vasquez III
Barrera - Morales III
Tito - Vargas
Gatti - Ward

 

maybe top 20

love how toney recieves huge credit for beating a eurobum, you couldn't make it up

its great how eurobums are slated continually then . . . . .

chad dawson beats weight drained adamek and it qualified him for being p4p number 3

andre ward headbuts eurobum kessler to death and people are now calling him p4p number 4

could you imagine the credit american fighters would have recieved for beating eurobum calzaghe :rofl

 

no

 

Wouldn't make my list. Off the top of my noggin:

1 - Diego Corrales v Jose Luis Castillo I
2 - Israel Vasquez v Rafael Marquez III
3 - Somsak Sithchatchawal v Mayhar Moshipour
4 - Erik Morales v Marco Antonio Barrera I
5 - Micky Ward v Arturo Gatti I
6 - Felix Trinidad v Fernando Vargas
7 - Erik Morales v Manny Pacquiao I
8 - Manny Pacquiao v Juan Manuel Marquez I
9 - Israel Vazquez v Jhonny Gonzalez
10 - Marco Antonio Barrera v Erik Morales III

 

Agree with this lsit but id put ward-gatti at no 2

 

also michael brodie- injin chi 1
jamie moore- matthew macklin
michael katsidis- graham earl
carl froch- jean pascal
vasquez- marquez 1 and 2 and 3.

 

No, the judges scorecards were horrific.

 

I wish they had Toney tested after that Fight...:think

 

too right, toney is a steroid riddled disgrace :deal

 

One of the greatest performances of all time...IDK about greatest fight but, truly a classic if you knew how unbeatable Jirov looked at the time and how Toney looked to be many years past his prime...Up there with Ali vs Foreman in my book...

 

I watched this with my brother at my mom's apartment. She brought over a computer nerd to fix the computer before the start of the 12th round. The nerd went to the computer, my brother and I started going ballistic midway through the round, and the nerd looked visibly shaken by our behavior.

 

The last round is my favourite round of all-time. A triumph of will and technique over volume and physicality.