Fighter of the Decade

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Who takes it

  1. Floyd Mayweather

    37 vote(s)
    52.9%
  2. Andre Ward

    10 vote(s)
    14.3%
  3. Canelo Alvarez

    23 vote(s)
    32.9%
  1. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Stop reading their publicist's newsletter you ball polisher.
    Oh, well that's better.
     
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  2. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Decade's P4P Top 20 based on significant wins, not hypothetical ability
    1.Mayweather: Mosley, Cotto, Canelo, Pacquiao
    2.Pacquiao: Margarito, Mosley, Bradley x3, Thurman
    3.Gonzalez: Estrada, Yaegashi, Sosa, Viloria, Wangek
    4.Donaire: Montiel, Narvaez, Nishioka, Arce, Darchinyan
    5.Golovkin: Jacobs, Canelo x2
    6.Canelo: Trout, Cotto, Jacobs, Kovalev
    7.Kovalev: Cleverly, Hopkins, Pascal x2, Ward
    8.Ward: Bika, Abraham, Froch, Dawson
    9.Usyk: Glowacki, Huck, Breidis, Gassiev, Bellew
    10.Joshua: Whyte, Breazeale, Klitschko, Takam, Parker, Povetkin
    11.Lara: Williams, Trout, Canelo
    12.Inoue: Narvaez, McDonnell, Donaire
    13.Rigondeaux: Donaire
    14.Martinez: Pavlik, Williams
    15.Klitschko: Haye, Povetkin, Pulev
    16.Estrada: Viloria, Wangek
    17.Lomachenko: Russell Jr, Linares
    18.Crawford: Gamboa, Khan
    19.Nietes: Sosa, Ioka
    20.Yamanaka: Darchinyan

    Ward and Canelo can't be fighter of the decade unless you have brain damage and can pretend like you didn't see them both get beat in their biggest fights. Voting for a fighter of the decade isn't done by looking at the dirty official record. It's looking at what everyone knows really happened and giving an honest assessment of men's accomplishments.
     
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  3. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    In every fight I watch All I want to see is the better man on the night get the win he deserves no matter which man it is. With the fighters you named that wasnt the case. Ward's low blows made Golota look like a choirboy
    Floyd & Canelo both CHEATED one with illegal IV's the other with Clenbutrol obviously needed to mask other Peds. They are not excuses theyre FACTS
     
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  4. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I too agree that Floyd and Canelo are automatically disqualified as they have been caught cheating. Ward would easily be the fighter of the decade if he was more active. So it's Pacquiao once again, in 2 consecutive decades.
     
  5. DONT B SCARED

    DONT B SCARED Pimpin Aint Easy Full Member

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    Floyd has the flashier record but Pacquio has the longevity and has fought and still is fighting the far better competition of the 2 over a longer period.
    The fact he isn't even a finalist makes the list hard to take seriously.
    I'm a massive Ward fan but he and Floyd didn't even fight a big chunk of the decade as well
     
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  6. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    He has 4 loses and one is the biggest ko of the decade and he lost the fight of the decade and lost to horn and still hasnt avenged the loss. What do you mean you cant take it seriously? All 3 have had a better decade 2 of which were undefeated with no bad loses to a guy like horn. Hell even loma is more deserving than pac. There's a reason why he's not a finalist it's common sense, too many loses.
     
  7. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Pbf never tested positive for anything you must have missed that. Canelo tested positive for tainted mexican beef. Which alot of Mexican fighters are testing positive for. The problem is so bad that a sanctioning body will no longer suspend fighters from mexico who test positive for trace amounts in tainted beef. Pac has too many loses ward deserves it more arguably the best wins of the decade.
     
  8. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Sure you do. You cried about crawford-khan crawford-EK. You dont want to see a fair fight you want to see the guy you like more win at all costs and are a hypocrite.
     
  9. DONT B SCARED

    DONT B SCARED Pimpin Aint Easy Full Member

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    Floyds is 1 of the best to ever do it and probably best defensive fighter i've seen but the fact is part of his brilliance was he took minimal risks the second part of his career and Pacquio easily could have been undefeated if he had fought the guys fought at the end of his career and Floyd would have struggled to remain undefeated if he fought who Pac did,remember it's not the best ever it's a decade award
     
  10. Pimp C

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    There's not a fighter on pac's resume that pbf wouldn't have beaten. He beat pac snd he beat canelo which is arguably the best win of the decade. Pac is an atg but this isnt a popularity award. Pbf has a better resume than pac this decade pac has 4 loses, that can't be overlooked and is factored into the equation when discussing fighter of the decade.
     
  11. acie2g

    acie2g Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Who did Manny beat that was better though? Canelo is over Bradley which would be their biggest names Mayweather beat him head to head, the after that overall quality isn't that far off considering most of Floyd's opponents were coming off big wins and Mannys ugly showings or recent losses the only real argument you have is longevity.

    From Mosley to Manny every fight was a current World Champ or Titlist top 5 rated and some P4P rated.. only real gimmie fights were at the end with Berto and McGregor which I dint even loom at like that. Marquez lost to Floyd easily yet arguably beat Manny twice at least 1 of the Bradley fights was a legit draw, rios,Algeri,Broner I feel like credit is given because of age yet that same credit isn't given to Floyd.. I do feel his longevity gives him a deserved shot but Mannys biggest argument is nothing he even did this last decade of fighters has been weak overall more businessmen the Champs Floyd was a business man but he realized the best fights were the best business these new fighter don't outside a few
     
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  12. acie2g

    acie2g Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    People arguing over Canelo or Floyd I feel Wards inclusion might be the biggest question between the end of the super 6 and Kovalev he really didn't do anything at all granted the Kovalev win was big but filled with controversy which when you have 2 top tier elite fighter typically close debated fights happen but overall I don't know if I'd necessarily give him the consistency or quality to add him into the mix.
     
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  13. acie2g

    acie2g Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I mean as far as achievements this decade Manny accomplished his 8th division title yet vs an unranked WW at a catchweight but but he never unified or was Lineal... Mayweather retired United champ at 47&54 after Berto and was pretty much undisputed at Welter holding the WBC,WBA,& WBO and finished with most champs beaten all time... don't think you can dismiss Money out of hand Pacmans biggest thing going is he's still active while Mayweather retired half way through
     
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  14. DONT B SCARED

    DONT B SCARED Pimpin Aint Easy Full Member

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    Lol @ common sense,as I said Floyd is 1 of the best ever and obviously ahead of Pacquio .I don't have an issue with him being among the finalists,the fact is he only fought 9 times in the decade with only a couple of those wins being noteworthy performances
     
  15. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Your "crying" makes no sense. YOU called Crawford " A Cold Eyed Assassin" I said he sure doesnt look like an Assassin to me judging on those fights. How the heck does that transcribe into "crying " LOL